Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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.
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Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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Latest episode
Jul 10, 2026
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Episodes
752. Frozen Sliced Liver From the Last Century 31.03.2025 8:54
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating frozen sliced liver from the last century. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 I found this sliced liver from Safeways in my… - Military Aircraft | Facebook FSIS Chicken Liver Guidance Campylobacter spp. in New Zealand raw sheep liver and human campylobacteriosis cases - PubMed Forcemeat - Wikipedia
751. Leaving Green Juice in the Car Overnight in the Winter 28.03.2025 15:19
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Green Juice left in the car overnight in the winter. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Green Goodness® - Bolthouse Farms FAQs - Bolthouse Farms Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, September 2006 100% Carrot - Bolthouse Farms
750. Corned Beef Left Out for a Couple of Hours 26.03.2025 13:48
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating corned beef left out for a couple of hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What is the term for a 750th anniversary in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings Tony Hawk - Wikipedia LUCKY CHARMS - 60s 70s 80s 90s Commercials Compilation - YouTube Corned beef - Wikipedia No such thing as 'uncured' corned beef, Penn State m...
749. Two Week Old Cookie Style Lemon Bars 24.03.2025 13:09
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two week old cookie style lemon bars. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Easy Lemon Bar Cookies - Cambrea Bakes Recipes - Texas Cottage Food Law
748. Butter That a Mouse Churned 21.03.2025 10:51
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating butter that a mouse churned. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Richard Gere and the Gerbil | Snopes.com Two Little Mice Fell Into a Bucket of Cream Lesson Is it true that if you shake the creamer cups you get with coffee enough, they turn into butter? : r/NoStupidQuestions Fecal Shedding of Zoonotic Food-Borne Pathogens by Wild R...
747. Cooking in an Oven With Mouse Droppings 19.03.2025 16:08
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking in an oven with mouse droppings. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Mickey Mouse heads to the public domain HAPPY DAYS - "Fonzie Moves in Over the Cunninghams Garage" - The Fonz - YouTube Hantavirus Disease Hantavirus: What is disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife? Reported Cases of Hantavirus Disease | Hantavirus |...
746. Homemade Nut Butter Containing Honey 17.03.2025 8:13
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade nut butter containing honey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Contamination of Nuts/Nut Butters | Food Safety Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA Water content, water activity, water structure and the stability of foodstuffs - ScienceDirect Influence of Water Activity on Foodborne Bacteria — A Review - Scienc...
745. Reusing Pasta Water That's Been Sitting Out Overnight 14.03.2025 11:54
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks reusing pasta water that's been sitting out overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ NACCHO Bacillus sp. R2 α-amylase production optimization: Pasta cooking water as medium of amylase production | African Journal of Biotechnology Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC Predictive Model for Growth of Bacil...
744. Superb Owl Shrimp That's Been Out of Temperature, Refrigerated and Reheated 12.03.2025 10:00
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Superb Owl shrimp that's been out of temperature, refrigerated and reheated. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Watch the Football! ⚽ | That Mitchell and Webb Look - BBC - YouTube 2025 Super Bowl LIX Sunday - When, Where & More - NFL.com A comprehensive review of the spoilage of shrimp and advances in various indicato...
743. Kissing a Raven 10.03.2025 11:57
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from kissing a raven. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Ragnar raven in a lovely chatty and affectionate mood. | Raven Talking | TikTok Julie Andrews – My Favorite Things Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Elton John - Rocket Man (Official Music Video) - YouTube Salmonella ravens - Google Scholar Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland - PMC Prevalence, Characte...
742. Stirring Your Coffee With "Pickle" the Barista Bird Daily 07.03.2025 13:04
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a parrot stir you coffee with a spoon every day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pickle the barista birb loves to stir my coffee every morning : r/aww Salmonella | Cornell Wildlife Health Lab Psittacosis (Ornithosis) fact sheet Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United...
741. Using a Dishwasher to Wash a Bird Feeder 05.03.2025 12:56
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a dishwasher to wash a bird feeder. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Infectious Diseases of Garden Birds - Minimising the Risks - UFAW Outdoor Cleaning Products | Jeyes Fluid Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Jeyes...
740. Using a "Snot Sucker" With Ones Mouth 03.03.2025 15:29
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by using a "snot sucker" with ones mouth. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ NoseFrida the SnotSucker – Frida | The fuss stops here. NoseFrida: Winter Colds and Baby's Snot: A Better Way to Clear It Out • ItsaBelly Doulas Amazon.com : BABY-VAC Clinically Tested Baby Nasal Aspirator - Vacuum-Powered Nose Sucker with Suction Head & Cleani...
739. Nugget Shoes 28.02.2025 12:53
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a toddler placing chicken nuggets in their shoes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 SJ 🥥🌴💙 (@sjmcgriff)'s video of Kids TikTok Videos | TikTok Pitted keratolysis: an infective cause of foot odour - PMC Why Do Feet Stink? (for Kids) | Nemours KidsHealth
738. Girl Scout Cookies 26.02.2025 16:13
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Girl Scout Cookies Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Girl Scouts of the USA Danger in the Dough: Unveiling the Toxic Contaminants in Girl Scout Cookies - GMOScience Questions and Answers on Glyphosate | FDA
737. Using a Bath Towel (Laundered Weekly) to Dry Hands After Using the Bathroom and Before Preparing Food 24.02.2025 8:43
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using weekly laundered bath towel to dry hands after using the bathroom and before preparing food. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Why you probably aren't washing your towels often enough Bacterial Occurrence in Kitchen Hand Towels A Study of Bacterial Contaminants of Cloth and Paper Towels Quantifying the Effect of Hand Was...
736. Reusing Old Sleep-Water in Cold Humidifiers 21.02.2025 8:32
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using water from a bedside glass to refill a humidifier. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Molecular analysis of single room humidifier bacteriology - ScienceDirect Severe neonatal legionellosis associated with use of home humidifiers – A case report - ScienceDirect Legionella - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics A review of l...
735. Armpit Riceballs 19.02.2025 10:22
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making riceballs in an armpit. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Human sweat-infused rice balls fashioned in the armpits of cute Japanese girls become unlikely culinary hit, at a price | South China Morning Post Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum The Microbiota of the Human Skin |...
734. Sun Drying Onions, Ginger and Garlic for 4 Days 17.02.2025 18:07
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sun drying onions, ginger and garlic for 4 days. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Study the effect of sun, oven and microwave drying on quality of onion slices - ScienceDirect Effect of Drying Characteristics of Garlic Salmonella survival during thermal dehydration of fresh garlic and storage of dehydrated garlic products - PubMed Surviv...
733. Ben's Garbage Disposal Strawberry 14.02.2025 14:03
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a strawberry that has fallen into a garbage disposal. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Brach's Candy Cinnamon Imperial Hearts Brach's Candy Tiny Conversation Hearts This time I DIDN'T train a neural net to generate candy hearts - AI Weirdness
732. Don's Slow Cooling Veggie Chili 12.02.2025 22:53
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slow cooling vegetarian chili. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FSIS Stabilization Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix B) December, 2021 Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect FDA Food Code | FDA Cooling Rates of Chili Using Refr...
731. Sticking Energy Chews to a Bike's Frame for Easy Access 10.02.2025 6:44
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from sticking energy chews to a bike's frame for easy access. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Stewie Griffin - Wikipedia Energy Chews | Chewable Energy | GU Energy Labs Outbreak of Campylobacteriosis Associated with a Long-Distance Obstacle Adventure Race — Nevada, October 2012 Campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with ingest...
730. Accidentally Eating Some Seeds or Sprouts From a Chia Pet 07.02.2025 13:01
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by accidentally eating some seeds or sprouts from a Chia Pet. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FAQ - Chia.com Chia Home - Chia.com Ice Spice Chia Pet - Chia.com Chia seed benefits: What you need to know - Harvard Health ISGA – International Sprout Growers Association International outbreak of multiple Salmonella serotype i...
729. Eating Raw Milk Gouda Cheese in an Unregulated Brazilian Facility 05.02.2025 18:59
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that Ben faced when eating raw milk gouda cheese in an unregulated Brazilian facility. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Food Safety Talk NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission Agricultural Leadership Development Program | NC State Extension Gouda Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in Outbreak...
728. Using Stale Bread in Brown Sugar 03.02.2025 12:10
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using using stale bread to keep brown sugar moist. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Brown Sugar Saver | King Arthur Baking Company The Pioneer Woman Terracotta Sugar Saver at Walmart - Where to Buy Ree Drummond's Brown Sugar Savers How...
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