Welcome to our very first podcast! Today we're discussing one of the most infamous MLM founders to exist- Donald Gary Young. In one of the most in-depth video essays on Gary Young, the Cruel World Podcast dives into his shady and questionable past, his start to alternative medicine practices, and how that led him to becoming a "cult leader" of sorts for the MLM company Young Living, and how his problematic beliefs and practices have left a dark mark on the company to this day.

RESEARCH:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19830309&id=6dkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qe4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1520,3981858
https://web.archive.org/web/20200729175749/https://www.businessinsider.com/young-living-gary-young-founder-essential-oils-2020-7
https://web.archive.org/web/20200801115250/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6950274-Richer-complaint.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20200801041815/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6940096-Essential-Oils-Combined.html#document/p14
https://www.dgaryyoung.com/blog/2019/know-your-roots/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-23-mn-10747-story.html
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19861028&id=gDFkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1732,2469702&hl=en
https://www.businessinsider.com/young-living-essential-oils-statement-to-business-insider-2020-7
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/d-gary-young-19492018-diploma-mill-naturopath-and-promoter-of-essential-oi/
https://quackwatch.org/related/donsbachuniv/
https://quackwatch.org/consumer-education/nonrecorg/bernadean/

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