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You Won't Believe What These 2 Vegan Powerhouses Have Done! · UNCHAINEDTV'S Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell

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Wouldn't you like to be fierce and vegan?
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I certainly would, and there she is, nobody
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more fierce and vegan than this extraordinary actress,
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activist, and now entrepreneur.
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All I can say is, I'll have what
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she's having, right?
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I would like to be this ripped, and
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I think everybody would like to be ripped,
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really, when you get down to it.
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And what's so amazing is that now Nina
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Bergman, the actress, activist, biting her high heels
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and launching a brand new company, and her
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bestie, Rebecca Mink, has three different companies.
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So there's a lot going on right now.
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I want to start with Nina Bergman.
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Tell us what you're doing and why.
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Um, well, you know, I'm Nina Bergman, and
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I'm a vegan, and been most of my
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life, and I just wanted to do more.
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And by doing undercover work and showing what
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happened behind slaughterhouses, I didn't really get anywhere.
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I didn't get where I wanted to be.
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So I started thinking of other ways.
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And then people kept asking me, how do
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you stay so fit?
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How do you, you know, you look so
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healthy, your muscles, your skin, your energy, what
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do you do?
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So for a decade, I wrote it all
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down.
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And I started logging everything.
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And then I created a 12-step program
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for anyone.
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If you're vegan, you can become a healthy
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vegan.
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If you are living in the Midwest, and
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you don't even know what a vegan is,
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it's for you.
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It's a broad program for 12 weeks.
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And it's all about taking it from where
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you are and improving, you know, even if
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it's just Meatless Monday, and that's all you
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get out of my program, in my opinion,
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you're a winner.
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There's no judgment in my program.
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It's not overwhelming.
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It's very simple.
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So that's what it is.
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And I have an app that I created
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too, a GPT app that I fetched, so
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you can ask me questions.
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It's like having me in your back pocket,
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so you can ask me questions throughout the
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process.
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For recipes, workout programs, what's healthy, how to
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get more protein, anything that you want.
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If you're depressed, and you need to, you
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know, up your mood or whatever it is,
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you can ask the GPT chat called Nina,
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so you can have me in my back
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pocket.
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So yeah, I created it to give.
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I just want to help people.
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This is your website.
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It is absolutely fantastic.
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And what I love about it is that
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there's a program.
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So many people want to get in shape.
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I mean, look, I struggle with it all
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the time.
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I wear ankle, wrist, and a heavy jacket.
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I walk a mile and a half with
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my dogs every day, but you know, it's
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a struggle.
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It's a work in progress.
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It would be great to have the kind
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of support and guidance that you offer.
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So tell us about this masterclass and how
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it plays out for, what is this, 50,
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basically 60 bucks a month for a whole
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new body, mind, and spirit.
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That's a good deal.
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Yes, I mean, I made it so it's
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affordable for everyone, or you can purchase the
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whole program for $149, and then you have
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it for life.
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And it's just because I was not a
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healthy vegan.
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I thought I was healthy, but I retained
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water in my body.
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My hormones were all over the place.
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You know, I did a Ted talk about
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it, my story, actually.
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I just did a Ted talk called Vegan
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Machine that you can check out, and it's
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like the whole story about how I came
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about it.
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But I wasn't doing well, and I realized
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that I had candida in my body.
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I had heavy metals in my body.
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I had all this stuff.
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So even though I was vegan, I wasn't
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healthy, and I was sluggish and tired, depressed.
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And I talk about that in my program.
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I have a whole chapter dedicated to the
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stomach, because that's our second brain.
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Our gut is our second brain.
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So it's all about cleaning out your body,
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cleaning out your gut, and what to clean
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out your fridge, what to have in your
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fridge.
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And it's all designed for people who have
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no money, and someone like me who can't
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cook.
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I can prepare food, but I can't cook,
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and I have no time to work out.
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So what do you do if you have
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no time and no money?
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So that's what the program is for.
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So there's no excuse.
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Well, let me say this, and I want
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to come back to you and get to
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Rebecca.
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But you are an actress.
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For those who've been living under a rock,
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you've been in some of these top films,
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Doom, Annihilation, Hell Hath No Fury, Chief of
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Station, The Car, Road to Revenge, Assassin X,
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Catacombs.
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And that obviously helped you when it was
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time to do a TEDx talk because you're
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used to public speaking.
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So let's listen to a little bit of
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your TEDx talk, and then we're going to
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come back to you and really hone in
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on why you did this TEDx talk, and
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why you've decided with this incredible acting career
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to also take on this whole new role
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as essentially a vegan health and fitness guru.
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All right.
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I'm Nina Bergman, and I'm vegan, and I'm
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here to debunk the myth that vegans are
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weak and to tell you that anyone who
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is listening right now can be vegan if
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they choose to.
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But before we get into this, can we
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just leave all preconceived notions at the door
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just for the duration of my speech?
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I promise I will refund all of your
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opinions and your judgments for free.
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All right.
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What if I told you that vegans stand
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for vital, enlightened, global advocates, nonviolent soldiers?
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Now, while that sinks in, let me tell
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you a little bit about myself.
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I was a ballerina at age four, and
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I trained harder than anyone else.
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And my dad told me...
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All right.
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What did your dad tell you?
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That meat equals power.
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My Russian dad growing up in Denmark.
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Yeah, because that's what he was taught.
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So that's what I believed in as a
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little girl.
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We would break the chicken bones and suck
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out the marrow to become strong.
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I didn't know that being strong meant eating
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what the strongest animals on the planet eat,
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which is greens, veggies.
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So I have to ask you, when did
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you split from your dad's philosophy and come
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into your own?
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And how did you discover that, like a
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lot of dads, he was wrong?
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Well, I talk about it to him in
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my TED Talk.
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He took me fishing and he asked me...
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We caught a fish and he asked me
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to kill the fish, to beat it to
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death.
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That's how we killed them.
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And it was completely unnatural to me.
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And all I could do was pick it
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up and put it back in the water.
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It's not natural to want to kill.
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It's something that we had taught.
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And I put that together at age six
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or seven.
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I was like, oh, wow, I don't want
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to kill animals.
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I want to save them.
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Well, let me say the proof is in
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the pudding.
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And darling, you look marvelous.
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That's all I can say.
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And like I said, I want what she's
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having.
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Now, let's move on to the extraordinary Rebecca
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Mink.
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Again, this was one of the toughest podcasts
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because I'm like, they're doing so much.
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What do I talk about now?
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So, Rebecca, you are a famed entrepreneur who
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really broke new ground when you debuted your
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vegan shoes.
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And let's revisit history to see what you're
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doing now to take those vegan shoes and
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combine it with another extraordinary new company.
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I'm Rebecca Mink and I am the founder
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and designer of Mink Shoes.
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Every pair of Mink Shoes has a personality
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of its own.
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And since 2004, they have adorned the feet
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of the most famous women in the world.
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So what does it mean to have a
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vegan shoe?
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It doesn't mean that they're just not made
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of leather.
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It means that every step in the process
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is completely cruelty free and it's completely free
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of any animal product.
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And it's all made from rubber plant materials.
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Non-animal glues actually outlast animal glues.
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They crack less, they work better with water.
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And it turns out we've created something very
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special.
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All Mink Shoes are named after animals.
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The reason that I name every shoe after
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an animal is because of my love for
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them.
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Rebecca fills a void for something that is
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very unique, very stylish, very pretty and very
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well made.
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One picks up the shoe doesn't even know
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that it's not leather.
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It's so spectacular.
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Rebecca Mink succeeded in creating the first collection
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of Mink Shoes, which premiered in 2004.
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A lot of people didn't understand the concept
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of vegan shoes or cruelty free shoes.
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Why would it matter if a shoe was
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made out of leather or not?
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But now the idea of a cruelty free
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shoe, a gorgeous shoe that is not made
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of animal byproducts is pretty mainstream and Rebecca
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was at the forefront of that.
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You were a pioneer, Rebecca.
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I remember meeting you when you first launched
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Mink Shoes and it was a sensation.
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Tell us, how's Mink Shoes doing?
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Incredible.
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It's been such a journey.
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I mean, I started my journey at four
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years old when I was at a birthday
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party and a little boy told me hot
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dogs were made from dogs.
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And then I just wanted to figure out
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what everything was that I was eating.
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And then I became a stylist to celebrities
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and then I started this Mink Shoes, which
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is the first luxury vegan shoes created 26
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years ago.
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A really long time ago when people did
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not know what I was doing.
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So now I've developed a new invention, which
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is Plyd, the plant leather company.
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And we are creating plant leather that's made
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from upcycled fruit and vegetable waste.
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It's regenerative, it's circular, and it's actually using
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the actual looking at the polymers in each
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fruit and vegetable way so we can use
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all plants and we can create a leather
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that is scalable in existing plastic leather factories.
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So we are excited to be launching Plyd,
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the plant leather company in 2026 with my
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co-founder Ahmed Rahim and we are so
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thrilled to be moving into a direction of
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doing something so big.
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People don't realize how large the leather industry
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is.
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And then another thing people don't realize is
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how difficult it is to make something that
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is actually able to go through industrial production.
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So we are finishing our R&D, closing
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up some funding and getting some incredible investors
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on board if anyone's interested.
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And we are excited to move to the
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next level and revolutionize the leather industry, which
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is, you know, shoes have been incredible mission
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for me to really shift the paradigm of
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the way people think.
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So they don't think that gorgeous shoes have
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to be leather, but now Plyd, the plant
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leather company, is really moving the needle because
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we also will be putting this within automotive,
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we'll be putting this within all different fashion
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industries, leather goods, bags, belts, wallets, and also
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furniture, and the list goes on, sport.
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So we're excited to really regenerate what's happening
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in that leather industry.
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So lots, lots going on there in the
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tanneries and the carbon footprint of the emissions
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from the cows, and so much more that's
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unnecessary.
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I've always wondered why people haven't evolved beyond
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equating leather with luxury.
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It seems so 19th century to me.
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Now we know that fur is dead in
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the sense of being a fashion accessory.
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All the big labels have abandoned fur.
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Rodeo Drive, which used to be just a
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giant fur bazaar, has now pretty much almost
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eliminated fur with maybe one or two exceptions.
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But the big shift would be if we
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completely abandoned leather for what's called vegan leather.
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It is now popping up in cars and
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it is being equated with sort of a
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modern chic ethic.
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Can you tell us a little bit about
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that evolution, how you're interacting with designers and
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manufacturers and brands to convince them that the
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really hip, cool, new luxury is compassionate vegan
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leather?
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First, I have to say that the replacement
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for leather has been plastic.
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So that has been the biggest issue.
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And that was an issue for me, making
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a luxury shoe.
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I wanted the whole shoe to be sustainable.
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So really using plastic and all that's come
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out has a lot of plastic in it.
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So it might be not strong enough if
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it's not plastic without lining it with plastic
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to make shoes because there's a heavy amount
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of pressure and torque and heat that has
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to be able to sustain.
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So number one is that they've been plastic.
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So that's where Plaid is changing the game,
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making something that feels natural, feels like leather,
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doesn't feel like plastic, something scalable, something that
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uses all different plants.
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So never going to run out of our
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inputs for the production of it.
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So it's exciting to think about actually creating
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something that's adoptable by these brands.
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And I can tell you as a luxury
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brand creating mink shoes, I would look at
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what was out there and I shredded my
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competition.
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So there really hasn't been anything that a
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high-end brand would really design a collection
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around.
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And for example, I have an idea to
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create a collection that's a yellow crocodile with
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lemons from Sicily, for example, making a story,
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making something very unique, just like what they've
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been doing with leather for so many years.
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They really want something more than just another
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plastic leather.
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Wow, this is extraordinary.
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It's beautiful.
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So many colors.
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And I think the idea that fruit can
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become leather is such a breakthrough concept.
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Are there any particular fruits?
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I mean, I would think that for example,
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like a cantaloupe would be a little tougher
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than a strawberry, but what do I know?
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Well, it's interesting because we find a, when
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we look at the polymers, all of the
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different fruits have a skin.
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So it's almost like as if a human
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skin or a cow skin.
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So it protects, it's durable.
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And some of them are actually extremely waterproof.
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Some are more durable and some, even if
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they don't have the durability coming through, they
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add thickness or, so we've tested a multitude
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of different things.
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We've even tested bay leaves and roses and
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left the smell in.
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But of course, when we do cabbage, we
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take the smell out.
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So it's fun to think about leaving in
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lavender or doing some fun things like that
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in the future, because the plants coming through
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is a whole nother layer of what we're
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doing that we're just starting to explore.
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So it's, it's an exciting time.
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And you know, the bottom line is we
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do not need animals to create products that
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are leather-like.
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We just needed somebody to work as hard
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as I am to get through the R
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&D and get to the other side of
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this, where we're creating something very new and
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it's never been done before.
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And if you're just joining us, we are
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talking to two incredible powerhouse women, actress, activist,
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Nina Bergman, with her new Fierce and Vegan
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cutting-edge GPT-enabled fitness program, and Rebecca
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Mink of Mink Shoes, now launching into vegan
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leathers using fruit.
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Nina, you are in the Hollywood crowd because
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you're an actress, you go to these events,
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the red carpet events.
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Where is Hollywood when it comes to switching
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to compassionate fashion?
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I personally have attended protests.
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There have been years where some so-called
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star wears fur at a big event that's
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televised, and we've protested that.
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But it really seems that fur is an
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embarrassment to be caught in at this point,
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culturally.
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Where are we with leather?
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We're not there yet with leather.
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The connection, I feel like, haven't been made.
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I too was with the early fur campaigns,
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Lash Ends for Animals, and every Friday when
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they were doing them.
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But leather is, we are not there yet.
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And I think my philosophy on it is,
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someone like me that wants to wear something
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cool, hip, edgy, funky, whatever, high-end, at
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these kind of events, it's hard to find.
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Where now, it is so much easier, and
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that's why I'm so excited for Rebecca to
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start creating again, because she was one of
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the first vegan designers that I worked for
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as a model, fully vegan designers that I
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worked for.
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That's how we met, I was a model
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for her shoes.
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And I was just blown away by her
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style and the cool, edgy stuff that she
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was doing.
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And the quality, a lot of vegan quality
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doesn't last very long.
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You buy it and then it falls apart.
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But with someone like Rebecca, I just wanted
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to show you something.
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I have something right here, one of Rebecca's
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things that I got many years ago that
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I still have.
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There's Rebecca's shoes.
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I would wear those to the red carpet,
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I've worn them many times.
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But I wanted to show you, many, many
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years ago, I got this.
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This is a vegan wallet.
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Look, make.
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I have had this thing for God knows
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how long.
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It's cool, it's classy, it's edgy, it's high
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-end.
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It's a little worn because I've had it
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for, I don't even want to know how
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long I've had it for.
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I think that's the biggest problem is that
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there hasn't been cool vegan options.
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But it's slowly happening.
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They're saying that veganism is the fastest growing
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movement, and it's spreading.
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And especially in Hollywood, working, they always have
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options.
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And it's not that big of a deal
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anymore when I say, hey, I don't want
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to wear leather coat.
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Hey, I definitely can't wear fur.
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So it's changing rapidly in Hollywood, from my
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experience.
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And here is the Meek Shoe homepage.
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Look at these incredible collections.
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Oh my gosh.
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I more lean away from high heels to
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maybe the boots on the left or the
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loafers in the middle.
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They look fabulous.
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But if you're into high heels, boy, do
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they have them.
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And these are worn by some of the
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most famous women in Hollywood.
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I mean, this is gourmet.
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And now Rebecca is also launching Ply'd.
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Is that how you pronounce it?
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Ply'd, the plant leather company.
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Ply'd, Ply'd, the vegan leather, the plant leather.
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So are your shoes going to have Ply'd
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leather in them?
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Yeah, Ply'd is going to be the leather
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of choice for Mink, of course.
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But we are also talking to high-end
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brands.
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And we're in discussions with Honda.
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We're talking with brands such as Dolce Gabbana,
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Versace, Bottega Veneta.
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So I would just like to add on
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to your question to Nina that I know
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that they say a certain amount of brands
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are looking for vegan alternatives, and I would
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say all of them are.
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So I part-own a shoe factory in
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Italy.
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And in this shoe factory, we make Christian
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Louboutin, Chanel, Jimmy Choo, Dolce Gabbana, and they've
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always been looking for an alternative.
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And now I can offer them this.
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So it's an exciting new world.
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So gorgeous.
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I absolutely love it.
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So incredible to have her a part of
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different photos we've done with the shoes because
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she doesn't just bring the beauty and the
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energy and the passion, but she's a true
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vegan.
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And it's so exciting to have someone that
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really is who they say they are.
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I first met Nina at the National Animal
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Rights Day event where she spoke and spoke
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so beautifully.
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And you know what I said to myself?
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I said, I wish more Hollywood stars would
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have the guts to take a stand on
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this issue.
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Somebody is commenting right now, we need to
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make Hollywood less afraid of the beef lobby.
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Yes, there are so many people who really,
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their voice is very powerful, but they're not
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using it to speak up, for example, for
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animals.
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What would you say about that, Nina?
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Well, I think, number one, I believe we
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have to pay rent while we're here on
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earth, right?
22:45
We all have to do something.
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And I feel like when someone is suffering,
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and you're witnessing someone in pain, being tortured,
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and you know, it's going on.
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I mean, it's, it's a sin not to
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speak up.
22:59
You know, and for someone who has, I
23:01
mean, I have been to the dairy farms,
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I have been to the slaughterhouses, I have
23:05
watched what happens behind closed doors.
23:08
So every night, you know, I have a
23:10
hard time sleeping because of the screams and
23:12
the smells.
23:13
And, you know, I don't have a choice.
23:15
But I think even for other people, even
23:18
just I keep saying just start with meatless
23:20
Monday, just start slow, just baby steps, just
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start if you have an option of vegan
23:25
options, you know, buying leather and buying non
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leather, just, you know, go that extra mile,
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you know, just take that little extra step
23:34
to try to make a difference.
23:36
I mean, it's not that hard.
23:37
I think food and fashion and a vegan
23:39
lifestyle is just habit.
23:41
Like for me, it's easy because I'm so
23:43
used to it.
23:44
And I have put all of that in
23:46
my program to to try to just make
23:48
it as easy as possible for people because
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it's not that hard.
23:52
Once you build in those habits, it's just
23:55
we're not used to it.
23:57
And, and I, you know, and the stigma,
23:59
I have a whole thing about stigma, the
24:01
last chapter in my program about how dealing
24:04
with being the crazy one, the weird one,
24:07
the, you know, the one where when I
24:10
sit quietly in the corner and eat my
24:11
veg veggies, and I just get reprimanded for
24:15
being better than anyone else.
24:18
And all I'm doing is just sitting there
24:19
and my greens, you know, we, people get
24:23
triggered by us because we speak the truth,
24:25
and we holding up a mirror.
24:27
So I feel that there is a community
24:29
and it's important that we stick to our
24:32
community, just to have one friend that is
24:35
also vegan or someone who is on the
24:37
same path.
24:37
So we don't get led astray because we
24:40
have to, I think it's our duty.
24:42
I think we don't have a choice.
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We have to.
24:46
I couldn't agree with you more.
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And, you know, conformity is never really admirable.
24:54
In retrospect, it only made me feel safe
24:57
while you're doing it.
24:58
But then when you look back, you go,
25:01
history will show, look at the things that
25:04
used to be normal.
25:05
And we look back, whether it's about race,
25:08
about gender, about any number of things, we
25:12
look back in horror, horror.
25:14
But at the time, the people who were
25:16
horrified at that time were often castigated.
25:20
So I think it's a badge of honor
25:23
personally.
25:24
And I think you're absolutely right.
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Vegan isn't a diet.
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It's a lifestyle.
25:28
It's a philosophy.
25:30
And that's what we really try to show
25:33
people on Unchained TV.
25:35
Now, guess what?
25:37
If you're into luxury, if you're into fashion
25:39
and compassion, there is an incredible tour that
25:43
you can take with the one and only
25:45
Rebecca Mink.
25:46
Tell us all about it.
25:48
And while you do, I'm going to put
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up the link.
25:51
If people are interested in this tour, and
25:54
it is so fabulous, that's where you go.
25:57
Well, it's exciting.
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I've been going to Italy for 26 years.
26:03
And I've been vegan since I was four.
26:05
So you can imagine, all of those years,
26:08
I've been vegan, roaming around Italy, trying to
26:11
figure out what the best things to do
26:13
and see and eat are.
26:14
So I have taken two different tours with
26:18
incredible women to Italy before, and I'm doing
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it again.
26:22
I've got two this year coming up.
26:25
And the link is in Instagram as well,
26:29
if you need it.
26:29
But it's so exciting because I take you
26:33
to the restaurants that are not necessarily all
26:36
vegan, ones that have been cooking vegan local
26:40
dishes for me for 20 years.
26:43
So some unique and very special places, some
26:46
hidden gems.
26:48
I also have a cooking class where you're
26:50
able to make vegan pasta.
26:52
And then we have chefs cook it for
26:54
us.
26:54
And we get to sit in Tuscan hills
26:57
and eat it.
26:58
And I also take everyone to my shoe
27:01
factory, which is incredible to see shoes made
27:06
from start to finish.
27:07
And we'll teach you how to make shoes
27:10
and show you a lot more about the
27:12
leather.
27:12
But shoes are made in about 30 different
27:15
factories, and they're put together in one.
27:17
And I part own a mounting factory where
27:19
the magic happens, where the whole shoe comes
27:21
together.
27:22
And I've taken some women in there that
27:23
started crying when they see all these designer
27:27
shoes being made.
27:28
But I make all of my brands and
27:30
white labels vegan.
27:31
And I hope to turn the entire factory
27:33
vegan soon with plied plant leather.
27:36
But it's exciting to see where I can
27:38
take you that you wouldn't go on a
27:40
normal tour on your own.
27:42
And you're in a safe zone with an
27:44
incredible driver and tour guide that's been doing
27:48
for over 30 years by our side.
27:50
So it's an experience of a lifetime.
27:53
And every single woman that's gone on it,
27:55
they've become friends for life.
27:57
And it really is a life changing.
28:00
So vegan food and the incredible women in
28:02
Italy.
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I mean, who could ask for more?
28:05
How many people per tour?
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Well, I keep it really, really small.
28:10
I would go to the maximum of 16.
28:12
But we're looking at 12.
28:14
And even the first tour to even do
28:16
a very small curated tour of even lower
28:19
number than that.
28:21
So it's just about really showing something in
28:24
a way that we need.
28:25
It's curated by design to be small so
28:28
that we can take you to these unique
28:30
locations and places that no one can access.
28:35
It sounds absolutely fabulous.
28:38
I want to thank both of you.
28:39
You are my heroes.
28:41
My gosh, just a recap and review.
28:46
So many things happening.
28:49
We've got obviously mink shoes.
28:52
We've got the vegan leather, plied, plied leather.
28:58
And there she is with what are the,
28:59
what is all that behind you?
29:01
I have to ask you.
29:02
That's, you know, I've, you know, I know
29:06
Jane Goodall has a saying that girls just
29:09
want to do science.
29:10
And I'm one of those.
29:11
I dove in to the university.
29:14
I'm a product based CEO.
29:16
So I love to get my hands on
29:17
the product and really be a part of
29:18
that.
29:20
I'm a lab rat.
29:23
Well, hopefully there'll be no actual lab rats
29:26
very soon.
29:28
And then we have the Fierce and Vegan
29:31
launch that we're so excited to be a
29:36
part of today by letting everybody know, and
29:40
this is really transformational, but it's modern using
29:45
chat GPT.
29:48
This founder, Nina Bergman, actress, activist, athlete, can
29:54
guide you if you want to change.
29:57
You don't have to bite a high heel
29:59
shoe, but you can have a lot of
30:02
fun with Fierce and Vegan.
30:04
I want to thank both of you.
30:05
You are extraordinary.
30:08
Everybody check out these companies, check out the
30:14
tour.
30:14
This is so much fun.
30:17
And we're going to have them back as
30:19
they take over the world.
30:22
Thank you.
30:23
See you next time on Truth Files on
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30:28
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30:30
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30:30
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