Ep. 296: Dominick Thompson - Eat What Elephants Eat for a Strong Body and Gentle Spirit
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
What if your plate could tell the story of your past—and shape your future? Author and plant-based advocate, Dominick Thompson, returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Eat What Elephants Eat and explore his deeply personal journey of change.
Growing up on Chicago's West Side, Thompson became involved in the drug trade, leading to his imprisonment in his early 20s. It was in prison that he resolved to adopt a lifestyle that caused no harm to other beings. His mantra? “If it requires harm, then nahhh.”
His book, Eat What Elephants Eat, intertwines his personal story with practical guidance on how you can also adopt a plant-based lifestyle, featuring eighty simple vegan recipes and meal plans. He also discusses the deeper meaning of food as a bridge to identity and community.
Why elephants, you may ask? Well as you get to know Dom, you’ll understand why the elephant is his “spirit animal,” of sorts. It’s big, powerful, and yet gentle and mysterious. It’s also the largest land animal that eats plants. (And no one will ever accuse an elephant of being weak.)
This isn’t just a recipe book, but a manifesto of sorts on how to live a life that is truly connected to your values.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | What if your dinner plate could tell the story of your past and shape your future? |
| 0:12.7 | How cool would that be? |
| 0:15.9 | Author and Plant-based advocate, Dom Thompson, returns to the Planned Strong podcast to discuss his new book, |
| 0:23.9 | Eat What Elephants Eat, to explore his deeply personal journey of change. |
| 0:30.9 | And I want you to know that this isn't just a recipe book, but it's also a manifesto |
| 0:35.3 | of sorts on how to live a life that is truly connected to your |
| 0:39.3 | values. I'm going to have this powerful story along with some of his delicious recipes right |
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