EPISODE 344

From Cancelled to Cooking for Change: Pete Evans’ Comeback Story

Have you experienced being cancelled by friends, family and people you work with for saying the “wrong” thing?

World famous chef, author and speaker Pete Evans returns from several years of social hibernation to talk about his latest adventures — writing a new cookbook (Healthy Food for Healthy Kids) with help from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and opening a wellness retreat — this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Pete on his website and the Evolve network. Find him on social media via Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram. Listen to the Evolve with Pete Evans podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them.

 

SHOW NOTES

2:52 Pete’s latest adventure: Running a wellness retreat.

7:18 Thirty cookbooks over the past 15 years.

11:13 We’re living through a period of disconnection.

24:26 The catalyst for Pete’s latest book: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

29:35 Upside-down health information, dietary guidelines and subscription-based medicine is harming people.

42:12 Your spiritual relationship with food.

58:27 Pete’s next book examines the similarities between ancestral diets and Bitcoin.

1:12:23 Learn how lean in to life.

1:21:33 Do you eat brains?

1:27:41 A borrowed recipe from Sally Fallon prompted the destruction of a children’s diet book Pete wrote.

1:32:00 How picky eating guided Pete to a career in the culinary arts.

1:43:50 Is it easier to raise cattle and chickens or growing a robust vegetable garden?

1:52:51 Organic versus conventional farming.

2:07:04 Pete worked during his teen years at McDonald’s.

2:12:12 How to make good food choices on a tight budget.

RESOURCES & FURTHER READING

Healthy Food for Healthy Kids: 120 Simple, Nourishing, Gluten- and Dairy-Free Recipes Your Whole Family Will Love by Pete Evans

Heal: 101 simple ways to improve your health in a modern world by Pete Evans

The Magic Pill, a documentary by Pete Evans

Bubba Yum Yum The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies and Toddlers by Pete Evans, Charlotte Carr and Helen Padarin

Dune by Frank Herbert

Asimov’s Guide to the Bible by Isacc Asimov and Rafael Palacios (free PDF download)

The work of Isaac Asimov and William Albrecht

The Bitcoin Whitepaper

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Kelly Brogan

Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction by Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as Bears

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