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Risky or Not?

Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

Eating at a Two Star Michelin Restaurant With a One Star Hygiene Rating

12 mins; April 03, 2026

Bulging Yogurt at Elevation

9 mins; April 01, 2026

Using Butter Rubbed on a Dirty Pan

13 mins; March 30, 2026

Vegetables Grown in Soil with Composted Botulinum Toxin

23 mins; March 27, 2026

White Castle Burgers in a Cooler for 12 Hours

20 mins; March 25, 2026

Eating With Poopy Fingernail Hands

10 mins; March 23, 2026

Dishwasher Hot Dogs

8 mins; March 20, 2026

Three Month Old Compound Butter

12 mins; March 18, 2026

902. Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

13 mins; March 16, 2026

Coffee Made in a Coffee Maker Used to "Wash" Underwear

13 mins; March 13, 2026

Dried Garlic in Cold Process Soap

21 mins; March 11, 2026

Wine From Grapes Grazed by Goats

11 mins; March 09, 2026

Flipping Veggie Wings With Unwashed Hands

9 mins; March 06, 2026

Cooked Brown Rice Infested With Pantry Moths

13 mins; March 04, 2026

Not Washing a Cats Water Bowl for a Week

14 mins; March 02, 2026

Caramel Apple That's Been Shipped Priority Mail

13 mins; February 27, 2026

Pizza Sold by a Person That Broke Into the Restaurant

17 mins; February 25, 2026

Eating an Opened Two-Year-Old 5-Pound Gummy Bear

11 mins; February 23, 2026

Food From a Distribution Center With a Class II Recall

13 mins; February 20, 2026

Using Fresh Garlic in Sous Vide Cooking

12 mins; February 18, 2026

Hairy Bikers Poached Eggs in Dirty Water

8 mins; February 16, 2026

Re-Using Chocolate From a Chocolate Fondue Fountain

14 mins; February 13, 2026

Using Smell to Determine When a Food Is Safely Cooked

14 mins; February 11, 2026

Four Year Expired Beef Jerky From a Safe at the Bottom of the Ocean

8 mins; February 09, 2026

886. Attending a Pickle Party

13 mins; February 06, 2026

Snowcream

13 mins; February 04, 2026

Using a Screen Porch as a Refrigerator in December in Upstate New York

15 mins; February 02, 2026

Eggnog in a Plastic Wine Bottle

12 mins; January 30, 2026

Ice From the Automatic Ice Maker in a Home Freezer

11 mins; January 28, 2026

40 Year Old Dry Aged Coffee

11 mins; January 26, 2026

Improperly Stored 44 Year Old Wine

11 mins; January 23, 2026

Homemade Egg Nog Over 2 Years Old

14 mins; January 21, 2026

Not UV Sterilizing Coffee Scoop After Use

13 mins; January 19, 2026

One Liter of Water From an "Uncontrolled" Sintra Portugal Water Fountain

17 mins; January 16, 2026

Continuously Reusing an Unwashed French Press for Coffee and Tea

14 mins; January 14, 2026

OneTrueJustin's Parents Half Eaten Banana

7 mins; January 12, 2026

Dry Canning Potatoes

27 mins; January 09, 2026

Leftover Conveyer Belt Sushi

18 mins; January 07, 2026

Medium Rare Chicken

15 mins; January 05, 2026

Eating 1 or 2 Bites of Undercooked Ground Pork

15 mins; January 02, 2026

A Smoothie Made With a Cordless Drill

10 mins; December 31, 2025

Moldy Clay

12 mins; December 29, 2025

Homemade Caramel Sauce Left Out Over Night

12 mins; December 26, 2025

Using Tongs

16 mins; December 24, 2025

Thawing Chicken With an Aquarium Pump

12 mins; December 22, 2025

Cleaning a Food Thermometer With Just Water

13 mins; December 19, 2025

Tap Water From a Sketchy Bathroom Sink

10 mins; December 17, 2025

Taking a Pill Dropped in the Bathroom Sink

17 mins; December 15, 2025

Wearing "New" Clothes Without Washing

22 mins; December 12, 2025

Russel's 120 °F Prime Rib

21 mins; December 10, 2025

Unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar for Pregnant or Immunocompromised People

14 mins; December 08, 2025

Medium Rare Duck Breast and HPAI

19 mins; December 05, 2025

Crockpot Chicken at Room Temperature "All Day"

12 mins; December 03, 2025

Water Bathed Canned Turkey Noodle Soup

22 mins; December 01, 2025

Feeding Sealed Byheart Baby Formula to a Baby

16 mins; November 28, 2025

855. Cooking Raw Turkey to 155 °F

9 mins; November 26, 2025

Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib

22 mins; November 24, 2025

Using a Swiss Army Knife Toothpick

15 mins; November 21, 2025

Prosciutto Di Parma at Room Temperature for Months

14 mins; November 19, 2025

Eric's Fizzy Grapefuit Juice

18 mins; November 17, 2025

Dishwasher Lasagna

15 mins; November 14, 2025

Eating a Hollywood Chewing-Gum Cardboard Box

12 mins; November 12, 2025

Cooking Stuffing Inside the Turkey

14 mins; November 10, 2025

Using a "Found" Pocket Mouth Guard

19 mins; November 07, 2025

Spraying Mouthguard With Ethanol and Propanol

13 mins; November 05, 2025

Family Dinner Into Which a Cat Dropped a Mouse

17 mins; November 03, 2025

Eating Candy Given to You by a Streaker

11 mins; October 31, 2025

Properly Cooked Isopod Fish Tongue Parasite

7 mins; October 29, 2025

Freezing Parboiled Potatoes in Large Masses

13 mins; October 27, 2025

Watered Down Hand Soap

14 mins; October 24, 2025

DIY French Burger Kit

13 mins; October 22, 2025

24 Hour Old Pumpkin Spice Latte

18 mins; October 20, 2025

Opened Refrigerated Organic Lemonade After 4 Weeks

12 mins; October 17, 2025

Eating Powdered Teflon

9 mins; October 15, 2025

Canned Pet Food

10 mins; October 13, 2025

"Cooking" a Wrapped Egg in a Compost Pile

12 mins; October 10, 2025

Washing Drinking Glasses With Only Hot Water and Friction

13 mins; October 08, 2025

British Dishwashing Method

17 mins; October 06, 2025

Biting the Head Off a Bat or Dove

11 mins; October 03, 2025

Drinking Coffee Made With Water From a Reservoir With a Bit of Algae

16 mins; October 01, 2025

Eating Skate Ice

17 mins; September 29, 2025

Betty Crocker Frosting Stored Out of Refrigeration

8 mins; September 26, 2025

Vintage US Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs)

19 mins; September 24, 2025

Bloated Meat Packages

19 mins; September 22, 2025

Ballpark Cheeseburger With Self-Serve Sticky Cheese

12 mins; September 19, 2025

Air Cooled Hard Boiled Eggs After a Week at Room Temperature

17 mins; September 17, 2025

Drinking Horatio Nelson's Embalming Fluid Made With Brandy

13 mins; September 15, 2025

Costco Free Food Samples

12 mins; September 12, 2025

Don's Rusty Shower Event

17 mins; September 10, 2025

Consuming a Fly in Wine, Twice

22 mins; September 08, 2025

"Canning" an Unrefrigerated Low Acid Canned Food

18 mins; September 05, 2025

Storing Garlic Confit in Ben's Refrigerator for Two Weeks

15 mins; September 03, 2025

Not Drinking 8 Glasses of Water a Day

13 mins; September 01, 2025

Going to the Beach With a Vibrio Alert

9 mins; August 29, 2025

Washing Produce With Just Plain Water

17 mins; August 27, 2025

Radioactive Shrimp

24 mins; August 25, 2025

Eating Dane's Raw Teewurst

21 mins; August 22, 2025

Squishing a Bug That Smells Like Maple Syrup

11 mins; August 20, 2025

Soaking Cedar Planks for Salmon in Room Temperature Water

19 mins; August 18, 2025

Raspberries at Room Temperature for About 28 Hours

9 mins; August 15, 2025

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