Episode 101: Cults and Kibble

CW: Eugenics

“Five out of six dogs order Purina when they drive in!” But did you know none of those dogs knew that Purina has cultic ties? In this episode we talk about the origin of PURINA as a company and how they intertwine with the Ralston cult.

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We’ll just start with the Purina About Us page.

Purina History

For some extensive history, pop over to the Encyclopedia.

More History

The Wikipedia is a good source of extra links to news articles about Ralston Purina and the history of how the company got the Ralston part of its name.

Ralston Purina

Here we have some history of Ralstonism and some links at the bottom about the movement as well.

Ralstonism

This link is all about Edgerly’s utopian community he tried to build in New Jersey.

The Utopia