Hello and welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast.

The topic we are getting curious about this week is a topic that was first suggested to us over three years ago.

We honestly didn't know if we could get a full episode out of the topic.

So we held off for a bit.

Then other listeners started suggesting the same topic.

So I did some research and I was surprised.

It turns out that there is plenty of tasty information to chew on when it comes to this week's topic.

Triple mail bag.

Triple mail bag. Triple mail bag.

Hello, my son's name is Gavin and he is eight years old.

We love to spend our rides in the car listening to your show.

They are usually just long enough for our car rides to school each morning. He wrote you both a letter

today asking for you to do a show on gum and how making bubbles is possible. We love your shows. Gavin.

Why is bubblegum stretchy? Thank you from Addie of San Francisco, California.

Hi, Olivia and Jacob. My name is Marguerite. I live in Vancouver, Canada. I am nine years old,

almost 10, and really like your podcast. I listen to it with my dad at bedtime. I really like the one on mermaids. I was hoping you

might do a podcast about paint or gum. I think it would be really interesting to learn how they are made.

Thank you from Marguerite and her dad. Those were some really super emails. We are getting curious about chewing gum this week for Gavin,

Addie, and Marguerite. There is so much to get to. First, we are going to discuss the history

of gum. Then we're going to learn a bit about the ingredients of gum and how it's made. After that,

we're going to share a bunch of super

interesting facts about gum. Before we get to all of that, what's the question of the week?

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