Bad Vegan Resurrected: Sarma Melngailis Sets the Record Straight

In this follow-up conversation, filmmaker, whistleblower, and podcast host Mark Vicente sits down again with Sarma Melngailis, the woman at the center of Netflix’s Bad Vegan.While the series portrayed her as complicit with Anthony Strangis and ignored key truths, Sarma’s new memoir, The Girl with the Duck Tattoo, reveals the deeper story: years of coercive control, psychological abuse, and dissociation.1st Interview with Sarma: https://youtu.be/p2bA7XiP83gSarma's Book Website: https://thegirlwiththeducktattoo.com/Sarma's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarmamelngailisSarma's Substack:  https://substack.com/@sarmamelngailis?utm_source=user-menuSarma's Website: https://www.sarmaraw.com/This episode explores: • How Netflix distorted her story • What coercive control and dissociation feel like from the inside • The pain of being criminalized and misrepresented by the media • Why intelligent, capable people can still fall prey to predators • The long, messy road of healing and reclaiming truth⚠️ This conversation includes discussion of coercive control, psychological manipulation, dissociation, and emotional abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.This is more than one woman’s story — it’s a case study in how media narratives can erase survivor truth, and how reclaiming your voice becomes an act of survival.Support the showThe views and opinions expressed on WTF is on my Mind?! do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast or Mark Vicente. Any content provided by guests are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MarkVicenteWebsite: www.markvicente.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@markvicente7Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markvicente/X: https://x.com/markvicenteTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mark_vicenteFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/markvicente/