Gobs and Goblets
Gobs and Goblets
Hannah Nichols-Chia + Maddie Carpenter
How popcorn took over the world.
17 minutes Posted Oct 30, 2024 at 7:00 am.
Intro
The Aztecs and popcorn
Corn facts!
How did popcorn end up in our cinemas?
How they used to make popcorn!
Taste Test Time
Outro
0:00
17:32
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Show notes

In this episode, we dive right into the history of the top-tier snack—popcorn. Popcorn has endured everything, from sacrificial rituals, to an ant carrying the weight of saving an entire civilization on the brink of extinction. 

But it doesn't end there…

Shocking to most, the expansion of the production of popcorn was aided by WW2 and the Great Depression.

The journey popped off, to say the least.

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Credits: 

Hosts/Producers - Hannah Nichols-Chia + Maddie Carpenter 

Director of Photography + Sound - Harry Sheehan

Intro Design - Archie Bowers

Music by Vlad Bakutov 

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