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.

827. Bloated Meat Packages 09/22/2025

826. Ballpark Cheeseburger With Self-Serve Sticky Cheese 09/19/2025

825. Air Cooled Hard Boiled Eggs After a Week at Room Temperature 09/17/2025

824. Drinking Horatio Nelson's Embalming Fluid Made With Brandy 09/15/2025

823. Costco Free Food Samples 09/12/2025

822. Don's Rusty Shower Event 09/10/2025

821. Consuming a Fly in Wine, Twice 09/08/2025

820. "Canning" an Unrefrigerated Low Acid Canned Food 09/05/2025

819. Storing Garlic Confit in Ben's Refrigerator for Two Weeks 09/03/2025

818. Not Drinking 8 Glasses of Water a Day 09/01/2025

817. Going to the Beach With a Vibrio Alert 08/29/2025

816. Washing Produce With Just Plain Water 08/27/2025

815. Radioactive Shrimp 08/25/2025

814. Eating Dane's Raw Teewurst 08/22/2025

813. Squishing a Bug That Smells Like Maple Syrup 08/20/2025

812. Soaking Cedar Planks for Salmon in Room Temperature Water 08/18/2025

811. Raspberries at Room Temperature for About 28 Hours 08/15/2025

810. White Bread 08/13/2025

809. Using a Towel With a "Big Brown Streak" 08/11/2025

808. Sushi Left on the Counter Overnight 08/08/2025

807. Eating Raw Frozen Spinach in a Smoothie 08/06/2025

806. Chicken From a Bag With Chicken in the Seam 08/04/2025

805. Mamma Birding (Chewing Food for Other People) 08/01/2025

804. Ben's Missing Thermometer 07/30/2025

803. Unpasteurized Suitcase Saint Nectaire Cheese 07/28/2025

802. Sealed Jar With Sauce on the Rim and No Pop 07/25/2025

801. Letting Your Drunk Partner Cook Raw Chicken While You Prepare a Fresh Salad in a Small Kitchen 07/23/2025

800. Linda's Vichyssoise 07/21/2025

799. Combining Breastmilk Collected in Shells Over Three Days to Feed a Healthy Infant 07/18/2025

798. Dave's Pancakes From Old Sourdough Leftovers 07/16/2025