How does popcorn pop?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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If you’re a movie lover, a snack lover, or just a lover of things that go “POP!”, you might be wondering what makes a kernel of corn pop. We asked food scientist Dave Dominguez for the deets on this tasty treat. Got a question that’s popped up in your brain? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help you feel butter about the answer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From The Brains Behind Brains on, this is the Moment of Yum.
0:10.6	Um, um, um, comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Ruby Guthrie.
0:17.9	Happy Food Week. It's a whole week of delicious episodes leading up to Thanksgiving.
0:23.4	Um...
0:24.6	Hey, so glad you could come to the theater.
0:28.9	I just love seeing movies on the big screen.
0:31.5	You can't beat it.
0:33.3	And I can't wait to see Duck Duck, Duck, Ghost, Three, Return of the Quack.
0:38.5	I've heard it's even better than ducks in space.
0:42.5	Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, where are you going?
0:45.5	We can't go into the theater yet.
0:47.2	We've got to get snacks first, silly.
0:49.6	My tree, after all, you got the tickets.
0:51.7	But seriously, whatever you want, cherry slurpy, junior mince, twizzlers, you name it, I got you.
0:59.5	Except if you're team red vines, I refuse to pay for chalky straws of so-called licorice.
1:05.1	But anything else, fair game.
1:08.1	Obviously, I'm getting popcorn.
1:10.3	You think I'm going to come all the way to the movies and not get popcorn?
1:13.5	Get out of here.
1:14.7	Oh, wait, I was just kidding.
1:16.9	Stay.
1:17.6	And help me eat all of this popcorn.
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