As the first guest on the Empire Longevity podcast we get a front row, mosh pit look into Rob Petrella who has gone from teen punk to plant based yoga. A quick 20 year transition. It even takes butterflies time to emerge from the cocoon. As the owner of BRIX Puberia in Cortland, NY (www.brixpuberia.com) he is spearheading the plant based movement in a sleepy college town in upstate New York. Learn: how the Bad Brains and Beastie Boys influenced him. what happened in October of 2000 that changed his life how the punk rock lifestyle still influences him todayYou will like this one. Feel free to pass it on. We’d love for you to join us on Saturday, September 29th for the Empire Longevity Symposium where we have a list of fantastic speakers to explode your idea of what it is to be healthy. Our keynote is Dr. T. Colin Campbell from Cornell who wrote “The China Study”, one of the best books on nutrition; and in the documentary “Forks Over Knives”. This will be a very special day. Get more information and tickets @ www.empirelongevity.com. Keep your bonfire lit.