Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
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 ( paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-121-pete-evans-cooking-up-freedom ) 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 at peteevans.com/about and the Evolve network at evolvenetwork.tv . Find him on social media via Twitter at https://x.com/peteevanschefx , Facebook at facebook.com/ThePaleoWayTribe , Instagram at instagram.com/chefpeteevans and Telegram at https://t.me/s/ChefPeteEvans .
Listen to the Evolve with Pete Evans podcast on Apple Podcasts at peteevans.com/evolve-podcast or wherever you listen to them.
0:00 Intro
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.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Pete Evans and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/344-from-cancelled-to-cooking-for-change-pete-evans-comeback-story
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as Bears at braveasbears.bandcamp.com
All Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024 at musicfitrecords.com
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 ( paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-121-pete-evans-cooking-up-freedom ) 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 at peteevans.com/about and the Evolve network at evolvenetwork.tv . Find him on social media via Twitter at https://x.com/peteevanschefx , Facebook at facebook.com/ThePaleoWayTribe , Instagram at instagram.com/chefpeteevans and Telegram at https://t.me/s/ChefPeteEvans .
Listen to the Evolve with Pete Evans podcast on Apple Podcasts at peteevans.com/evolve-podcast or wherever you listen to them.
0:00 Intro
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.
Listen to Paul's conversation with Pete Evans and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/344-from-cancelled-to-cooking-for-change-pete-evans-comeback-story
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• CHEK Institute Spring ATP Sale https://chek.group/springsale (check out the Chek Institute’s Spring Sale from May 9-18!)
• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• Paleovalley paleovalley.com/chek15 (save 15% on your first purchase)
• BIOptimizers bioptimizers.com/spiritgym (save an extra 10% on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout)
• Wild Pastures wildpastures.com/paulchek (save 20% and free shipping for life plus $15 on your first order)
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.
Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz) by Brave as Bears at braveasbears.bandcamp.com
All Rights Reserved MusicFit Records 2024 at musicfitrecords.com
