The Ridiculous History of Dog Food

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Here on Ridiculous History, we are avowedly pr-dog. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into a strange evolution of slave, to companion, to family member, tracing the evolution of dog food as it blossoms into a multi-billion dollar marketing phenomenon (and one heck of a grift).

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.
0:30.2	We can't wait to hear from you on this one.
0:33.7	Just off, Mike.
0:34.6	We were talking with each other other and I asked the question.
0:40.2	Noel Brown super producer Max have any of us eaten dog food?
0:46.7	Max said maybe once on a dare.
0:49.7	No, definitely on a dare.
0:51.9	Definitely on a, okay.
0:53.4	Oh, yeah, I know. I've done with cat food also. But like, you know, you're a dumb kid. You're like, oh,. Definitely on it. Okay. Oh, yeah, I know.
0:54.4	I've done with cat food also.
0:56.3	But like, you know, you're a dumb kid. You're like, oh, let's do it. But never for sustenance. Never like, oh, this is my meal for the day. Okay. Noel, you've got a story as well. Only that back in the day when we used to get snacks at one of our early offices, our delightful office manager, who we still work with to this day, but is in a different position, much more on the content creation side.
1:16.7	There's an awesome human being, Tamika.
1:18.6	Shout out.
1:19.6	I think she accidentally put in an order for some doggy chicken jerky chew sticks that were mixed in with the, you know, human meat stick
1:31.7	type things.
1:32.3	And I certainly ate most of one before realizing that something wasn't quite right.
1:37.5	My teeth are healthier than they've ever been, though.
1:40.0	So sharp and clean.
1:43.5	And so that is Dohl-Brown. I have been bull-ed. It was fine. It so that is Dole Brown.
1:45.3	I have been bullied.
1:46.2	It was fine.
1:47.1	It wasn't.
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