A short podcast about everyday risks from germs
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from "cutting" carrots with your mouth for a slow cooker meal.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
Actual image from the article.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two decade old fish sauce.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
ChatGPT image description: A six-panel illustration depicts an 1883 kitchen where a woman preserves fresh corn in tin cans. She fills them with water, solders them shut, boils them, releases accumulated gas through a small hole, reseals them, and boils them again. The historical method poses serious botulism risks.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned corn in hand-soldered tins.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
ChatGPT image description: A surprised hockey player, dressed in full uniform and wearing oven mitts, removes a tray of steaming buffalo wings from the oven. Two sauce-covered wings have accidentally fallen into a clean stainless-steel kitchen sink. His wide-eyed expression captures the unexpected mishap.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reheated Buffalo wings that fell into a clean sink.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
ChatGPT image description: A golden-brown roasted turkey filled with bread stuffing rests in a roasting pan, surrounded by Canadian Thanksgiving decorations. Although the turkey appears perfectly cooked, no thermometer has been used to verify that the stuffing has reached a safe internal temperature of 165°F (74°C), raising food safety concerns.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking stuffing in a turkey without a thermometer.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
Image description: the actual deli meat and cheese in question
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a teenage boy from consuming deli meat and cheese left on the counter for 10 hours
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
Image description: the actual toothpaste in question
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using toothpaste that came from a tube split during the packaging process.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
Image description: the actual bacon in question
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating bacon with a pinhole leak in the package.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
ChatGPT image description: A large serving of meat lovers lasagna sits on a white plate on a kitchen counter. Layers of pasta, tomato sauce, melted mozzarella, sausage, and pepperoni are visible. The Stouffer’s package stands behind it, suggesting the cooked lasagna has been left sitting at room temperature.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating re-cooked store bought lasagna left out over night.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
ChatGPT image description: Three medieval French soldiers prepare an absurd dish outdoors. One pours creamy soup over a squirrel into a bowl while another squirrel sits angrily in a wooden cage. Potatoes, leeks, onions, herbs, a mortar and pestle, and a large pot complete the comically elaborate “Vichy squirrel” preparation.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming or preparing Vichy squirrel.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating ant yogurt.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Super Greens recalled for Salmonella contamination.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
ChatGPT: A man eagerly eyes a leftover slice of pizza on a recently abandoned restaurant table, clasping his hands with anticipation. Beside him, his wife gives him a stern, disapproving look, clearly unimpressed by his apparent plan to eat the previous diners’ leftovers.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating apparently untouched leftovers from a previous patron at an outdoor restaurant.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
ChatGPT image: A man sits on a couch beside a black-and-white dog. Holding a used tissue near the dog’s nose, he appears poised to wipe his own nose with it. The dog watches him intently, as if questioning his questionable hygiene decision.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a tissue used for a dog (but not for a big snot glob).
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reheating milk from Nespresso Aeroccino left in the refrigerator for a few days.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
ChatGPT image description: The three hosts of the Accidental Tech Podcast enjoy bowls of macaroni and cheese at a lively autumn football tailgate. Surrounded by fall foliage, grills, coolers, football gear, and playful tech-themed decorations, the scene combines their enthusiasm for technology, friendship, food, and football.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Casey's* Leftover Tailgate Mac and Cheese.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
* who the hell is that guy in the middle of the image? No seriously, that's not Casey. I mean, the other two are recognizable as vaguely Marco and vaguely John, but that guy in the middle?
ChatGPT image description: A cork-sealed bottle of organic agave nectar sits unopened on a kitchen counter. The dark, aged nectar shows crystallization and residue inside the bottle. Its weathered label prominently displays a “Best By July 2012” date, emphasizing that the product is extremely expired.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming very expired agave nectar, unopened in a cork-sealed bottle.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
ChatGPT image description: A bowl of Cajun red beans and sausage sits uncovered on a kitchen counter after being left out overnight. The thick bean mixture is surrounded by Louisiana-themed décor, including fleur-de-lis designs and a “N’Awlins” container.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cooked Cajun red beans left out overnight.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks cooking s'mores with marshmallows over a burning circuit board.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
ChatGPT image description: A man carefully deconstructs a wedge of iceberg lettuce, rinsing each leaf under running water. Individual leaves are laid out to dry before being meticulously reassembled into a wedge. Signs and labels emphasize the elaborate step-by-step washing process.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not breaking apart iceberg lettuce to wash every leaf.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
