EPISODE · Jan 16, 2025 · 27 MIN
How popcorn and movie theaters met
from A People's History of Kansas City · host Mackenzie Martin
Popcorn and movie theaters are inseparable today. But a century ago, cinemas actually banned the beloved treat for being cheap and messy. As Mackenzie Martin reports, a Kansas City widow named Julia Braden became one of the first popcorn vendors to talk her way inside the lobby, and built a concession empire in the middle of the Great Depression.
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