Risky or Not?

Science

Risky or Not?

by Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

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.

105 episodes

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1

Eating With Poopy Fingernail Hands

10:27 Mar 23, 2026

2

Dishwasher Hot Dogs

8:53 Mar 20, 2026

3

Three Month Old Compound Butter

12:48 Mar 18, 2026

4

902. Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

13:07 Mar 16, 2026

5

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

13:22 Mar 13, 2026

6

Dried Garlic in Cold Process Soap

21:38 Mar 11, 2026

7

Wine From Grapes Grazed by Goats

11:18 Mar 9, 2026

8

Flipping Veggie Wings With Unwashed Hands

9:55 Mar 6, 2026

9

Cooked Brown Rice Infested With Pantry Moths

13:46 Mar 4, 2026

10

Not Washing a Cats Water Bowl for a Week

14:50 Mar 2, 2026

11

Caramel Apple That's Been Shipped Priority Mail

13:45 Feb 27, 2026

12

Pizza Sold by a Person That Broke Into the Restaurant

17:43 Feb 25, 2026

13

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

11:43 Feb 23, 2026

14

Food From a Distribution Center With a Class II Recall

13:27 Feb 20, 2026

15

Using Fresh Garlic in Sous Vide Cooking

12:24 Feb 18, 2026

16

Hairy Bikers Poached Eggs in Dirty Water

8:09 Feb 16, 2026

17

Re-Using Chocolate From a Chocolate Fondue Fountain

14:11 Feb 13, 2026

18

Using Smell to Determine When a Food Is Safely Cooked

14:33 Feb 11, 2026

19

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

8:18 Feb 9, 2026

20

886. Attending a Pickle Party

13:44 Feb 6, 2026

21

Snowcream

13:02 Feb 4, 2026

22

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

15:45 Feb 2, 2026

23

Eggnog in a Plastic Wine Bottle

12:48 Jan 30, 2026

24

Ice From the Automatic Ice Maker in a Home Freezer

11:37 Jan 28, 2026

25

40 Year Old Dry Aged Coffee

11:22 Jan 26, 2026

26

Improperly Stored 44 Year Old Wine

11:24 Jan 23, 2026

27

Homemade Egg Nog Over 2 Years Old

14:26 Jan 21, 2026

28

Not UV Sterilizing Coffee Scoop After Use

13:00 Jan 19, 2026

29

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

17:56 Jan 16, 2026

30

Continuously Reusing an Unwashed French Press for Coffee and Tea

14:02 Jan 14, 2026

31

OneTrueJustin's Parents Half Eaten Banana

7:45 Jan 12, 2026

32

Dry Canning Potatoes

27:38 Jan 9, 2026

33

Leftover Conveyer Belt Sushi

18:21 Jan 7, 2026

34

Medium Rare Chicken

15:51 Jan 5, 2026

35

Eating 1 or 2 Bites of Undercooked Ground Pork

15:05 Jan 2, 2026

36

A Smoothie Made With a Cordless Drill

10:53 Dec 31, 2025

37

Moldy Clay

12:06 Dec 29, 2025

38

Homemade Caramel Sauce Left Out Over Night

12:18 Dec 26, 2025

39

Using Tongs

16:00 Dec 24, 2025

40

Thawing Chicken With an Aquarium Pump

12:45 Dec 22, 2025

41

Cleaning a Food Thermometer With Just Water

13:28 Dec 19, 2025

42

Tap Water From a Sketchy Bathroom Sink

10:25 Dec 17, 2025

43

Taking a Pill Dropped in the Bathroom Sink

17:56 Dec 15, 2025

44

Wearing "New" Clothes Without Washing

22:49 Dec 12, 2025

45

Russel's 120 °F Prime Rib

21:40 Dec 10, 2025

46

Unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar for Pregnant or Immunocompromised People

14:07 Dec 8, 2025

47

Medium Rare Duck Breast and HPAI

19:47 Dec 5, 2025

48

Crockpot Chicken at Room Temperature "All Day"

12:08 Dec 3, 2025

49

Water Bathed Canned Turkey Noodle Soup

22:51 Dec 1, 2025

50

Feeding Sealed Byheart Baby Formula to a Baby

16:12 Nov 28, 2025

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