Vegan Siths: The Rise and Fall of the Zizians
Vegan Siths is a serialized documentary series tracking the rise and violent collapse of the "Zizians", a fringe network of militant vegan computer whizzes led by a disillusioned software developer named Ziz LaSota. Hosted by Andrew Westlund, this limited series explores how an offshoot of a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence safety movement traded philosophy for extreme paranoia, isolation, and sleep-deprivation experiments. Over several episodes, Vegan Siths follows the digital breadcrumbs of a utopian experiment that spiraled into faked deaths, tactical ambushes, and a trail of blood stretching across three states. From the crowded waterways of the California coast to a chilling double execution in suburban Pennsylvania, this limited series pulls back the curtain on a modern descent into radicalization.
Episodes
In the premiere episode of this limited series, host Andrew Westlund follows the digital breadcrumbs back to the very beginning of the "Zizians", a fringe network of militant vegan computer whizzes.
We trace the early life of their de facto leader, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, from a gifted but troubled childhood in Alaska to her disillusionment with the Bay Area tech scene. After walking away from conventional startups, Ziz embedded herself...
In Chapter 2, we follow the Zizians from a rusted-out tugboat to an even stranger address: an 82-year-old landlord's trailer yard in Vallejo, California.
Curtis Lind was a retired crane operator with a soft spot for outcasts. He didn't seem to mind that most of his new tenants were transgender women....
On New Year's Eve 2022, Rick and Rita Zajko were shot to death in their Chester Heights, Pennsylvania home, in what used to be their daughter's childhood playroom. The only suspect law enforcement could find was the couple's own child, Michelle "Jamie" Zajko, who claimed they hadn't set foot in the state in over a year.
On January 20, 2025, a Border Patrol agent pulled over a blue Toyota Prius on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont. Within seconds, Agent David Maland was dead, one of the two women in the car was dead, and the other, Teresa “Milo” Youngblut, was in handcuffs.
This episode traces how two strangers in head-to-toe black tactical gear ended up on that road, from a motel in Lyndonville, VT, to a rent...
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