Welcome to another episode of Weeds in the Wild.

Our pop-up podcast about how policy affects real live people.

We are going to get started with the episode in just a moment,

but a quick programming note.

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We are looking for an editor to join us for the next few months

and really help us kind of take our narrative

podcasting skills to the next level.

If that is you, if you are someone who's interested,

look at voxmedia.com slash careers for more information.

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Okay, now to the actual episode.

Last month, my producer, Bird and I, went to Knoxville, Tennessee.

So like, just indicate to me, like, would you be able to eat these peanut butter pretzels?

That's what I was just looking.

Carrie Reed is walking us through a grocery store,

and she's making this list of all the things she can't eat.

This would probably be a no list because I'm not exactly sure what kind of flower it is.

And it's not just specific flowers that she's allergic to.

Avocado's apple cider vinegar.

Onions react to me.

Tomatoes react to me.

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