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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.

Uncooked Frozen Carrots*

12 mins; February 19, 2021

Parking Lot Tamales

10 mins; February 17, 2021

Slapping a Chicken to Cook It

10 mins; February 15, 2021

Sharing Dessert

13 mins; February 12, 2021

Week Old Room Temperature Bacon

9 mins; February 10, 2021

Spagetti Nasal Flossing

9 mins; February 08, 2021

Sourdough Bread With Russian Starter Culture

15 mins; February 05, 2021

Perpetual Stew

8 mins; February 03, 2021

Dirty Raw Fresh Mushrooms

12 mins; February 01, 2021

Yogurt Past Its Best by Date

10 mins; January 29, 2021

Drinking Soda Through Raw Pasta Straw

17 mins; January 27, 2021

Donated Foods at End of the Day

17 mins; January 25, 2021

Two Beer Steak

17 mins; January 22, 2021

Eating Raw Sprouts

17 mins; January 20, 2021

Eating Food From Rodent Gnawed Packages

12 mins; January 18, 2021

Room Temperature Fermented Hot Sauce

13 mins; January 15, 2021

Using Inversion Method for Jams and Jellies

13 mins; January 13, 2021

Refrigerating Unopened Canned Food

11 mins; January 11, 2021

Eating Roadkill

14 mins; January 08, 2021

Dishwasher Seals

11 mins; January 06, 2021

Public Bathroom Mouthwash

9 mins; January 04, 2021

Mail Order Meat

12 mins; January 01, 2021

27 Lbs of Unrefrigerated Feta Cheese

10 mins; December 30, 2020

Thawing Poultry at Room Temperature

13 mins; December 28, 2020

Doing a "Shoey"

9 mins; December 25, 2020

Aseptic Chicken Broth on the Counter for 2 Days

13 mins; December 23, 2020

Cannibal or Tiger Meat Sandwiches

12 mins; December 20, 2020

Peeling Cementines With Your Teeth

10 mins; December 18, 2020

Shipping Pumpkin Pie

13 mins; December 16, 2020

Old Canned Soup

14 mins; December 14, 2020

Not Washing Sodastream Bottles

13 mins; December 11, 2020

Garlic Confit

13 mins; December 09, 2020

Takeout and COVID-19

11 mins; December 07, 2020

Eating Every Dry Aged Meat

18 mins; December 04, 2020

Restaurant Baked Potato Skins

7 mins; December 02, 2020

Canned Whipped Cream 14 Months Past Best by Date

12 mins; November 30, 2020

Preparing Poultry and Just Using Hand Sanitizer

10 mins; November 27, 2020

Old Fruit Cake

10 mins; November 25, 2020

Toilet Milky Way

9 mins; November 23, 2020

Waterglassing Eggs for Room Temperature Storage

11 mins; November 20, 2020

Licking a Chocolate Statue

11 mins; November 18, 2020

Colander Rinsing

9 mins; November 16, 2020

Three Day Old Hand Towels

12 mins; November 13, 2020

Eating Old Frozen Fish

9 mins; November 11, 2020

Egg White in Alcoholic Drinks

7 mins; November 09, 2020

COVID-19 Outdoor Dining Pods

9 mins; November 06, 2020

Reusing a Meat Thermometer

12 mins; November 04, 2020

Drinking Directly From a Soda Can

11 mins; November 02, 2020

Trick or Treating Bare Handed

7 mins; October 30, 2020

Reusing Disposable Coffee Cups

8 mins; October 28, 2020

Raw Pet Food

10 mins; October 26, 2020

Reusable Containers in Grocery Stores

10 mins; October 23, 2020

Edible Flowers

8 mins; October 21, 2020

Dehydrator Beef Jerky

10 mins; October 16, 2020

Day Old Poutine

10 mins; October 14, 2020

Touching Your Face

13 mins; October 14, 2020

Turkey in the Crisper

8 mins; October 12, 2020

Bulk Soap

13 mins; October 09, 2020

Linda's Hot Beets

11 mins; October 07, 2020

Reusing Wood in the Kitchen

14 mins; October 05, 2020

Reusing Dirty Baby Bibs

10 mins; October 02, 2020

John's Old Refrigerated Fried Rice

11 mins; September 30, 2020

Peanut Butter Fingering

11 mins; September 27, 2020

Honey Fermented Garlic

8 mins; September 25, 2020

Masked Waiters Touching Your Plate

10 mins; September 23, 2020

Salt Cured Egg Yolks

12 mins; September 21, 2020

Masks on the Table

14 mins; September 18, 2020

Reboiling Soup

10 mins; September 16, 2020

Butter at Room Temperature

15 mins; September 14, 2020

Refrozen Butter

10 mins; September 11, 2020

Chapman's Backyard Poultry

14 mins; September 09, 2020

Black Coffee at Room Temperature

8 mins; September 07, 2020

Tea at Room Temperature

11 mins; September 04, 2020

Sucking the Air Out of a Meat Bag

6 mins; September 02, 2020

Reusing Red Onion Pickling Brine

8 mins; August 31, 2020

Thawing Frozen Fish in Vacuum Packed Bag

9 mins; August 28, 2020

Black Garlic

6 mins; August 26, 2020

Food Stored in a Delivery Bag in a Restroom

8 mins; August 24, 2020

Rice Left in a Waming Rice Cooker Over Night

4 mins; August 21, 2020

Cutting Mold Off Hard Cheese

7 mins; August 19, 2020

Methanol Hand Sanitizer

8 mins; August 17, 2020

Bar Soap

13 mins; August 14, 2020

Eating at a Restaurant in Times of COVID-19

8 mins; August 12, 2020

Dried Pig Eat Pet Treats

9 mins; August 10, 2020

Vaping

12 mins; August 07, 2020

Puppies

7 mins; August 05, 2020

iPhones and the Immunocompromised

9 mins; August 03, 2020

Open Fridge for Two Hours

7 mins; July 31, 2020

Five Year Old Candy Canes

7 mins; July 29, 2020

Freezing Your Jeans

9 mins; July 27, 2020

Unrefrigerated Mayo

7 mins; July 24, 2020

RTE Foods in the Raw Meat Section

9 mins; July 22, 2020

Soaking Beans Overnight

10 mins; July 20, 2020

Thawed Crab Legs

5 mins; March 09, 2020

Salt Pigs

8 mins; March 06, 2020

Budnik's Banana

8 mins; March 04, 2020

Melted Styrofoam

7 mins; March 02, 2020

Composting Recalled Lettuce

9 mins; February 28, 2020

Hot Air Hand Dryers

9 mins; February 26, 2020

Cotton Towel Dispensers

12 mins; February 24, 2020

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