Lettuce Is Off The Menu
About this episode
The episode discusses a cyclospora outbreak affecting Taco Bell's menu, a proposed bill on loud cars in Lansing, and the Concert of Colors event in Detroit.
We start with a very cool story about Jack White, "Seven Nation Army," and how seven little notes turned into one of the biggest chants in global sports. Then we get into something a lot closer to home: A cyclospora outbreak that has Taco Bell locations pulling lettuce and cilantro off the menu, and what that says about cuts to CDC surveillance and how we think about food safety in Michigan. From there, Norris and I dig into Lansing's proposed "quiet cars" bill aimed at loud exhausts up and down Woodward, why noise is part of living near big thoroughfares, and how enforcement can too easily slide into pretextual stops for Black drivers and folks just trying to get to work with a busted muffler. More: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2026/07/13/michigan-bills-law-loud-cars-modified-exhaust-woodward/90472088007/ We close with some good news: Concert of Colors kicks off in Midtown, honoring the late Ishmael Ahmed and bringing multi-generational, global sounds to the DIA and surrounding venues — one of those "if you live here, you really should go at least once" Detroit events. https://www.concertofcolors.com/ I encourage listeners to take the Daily Detroit political topology…
People in this episode
Host: Norris
Topics covered
- Jack White
- cyclospora outbreak
- food safety
- quiet cars bill
- noise enforcement
- Concert of Colors
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CDC
Books & works: Seven Nation Army
Places: Michigan, Lansing
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