A short podcast about everyday risks from germs
Picture of New York State Jam and Relish Purchased From a Farmers Market
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from New York State jam and relish purchased from a farmers market.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - An old creepy man with a sinister expression, clean shaven and wearing tattered clothes, loading a small actual bear into the back of a white van.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh New York State roadkill bear meat that's properly cooked.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A grocery store refrigerated case filled with yogurt. The glass door is missing, and instead, two-thirds of the space is covered by a plastic bag that is waving.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from yogurt purchased from a grocery store from a fridge with no door.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A man standing on a Chicago street corner, holding a shot of alcohol in one hand. He is about to put a giant insect in his mouth. The street is bustling.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking cicada-infused Malört shots.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A turtle standing on a golf course. The turtle is holding a golf club in one hand and a can of beer in the other. The golf course has green grass...
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a turtle to open a beverage on a golf course.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E - A person leaving a bathroom with a big sign over the door flashing with red lights. The sign says 'Did Not Wash Hands.' The scene is slightly humorous.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing hands after pooping.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A coffee cup sitting on a bathroom counter next to a flushing toilet. The bathroom has white tiles and the toilet is modern with a chrome flush handle.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking your coffee cup into the bathroom with you while pooping.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A man wearing a Canadian flag shirt sitting in a café, eating a cookie. Across the table from him is a large cat, looking hungrily at the cookie.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe (that's in Canada).
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A big block of cheddar cheese without any holes, sitting in a tightly sealed vacuum packager. The cheese looks slightly warm and sweaty...
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A glass bottle floating in the ocean. The bottle is half full of liquid and has a skull and crossbones symbol on it. The ocean has gentle waves...
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from a bottle with unknown contents found at sea.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
DALL·E - A plastic bear-shaped bottle of honey with very little honey inside, leaving it about one-eighth full. There is a visible layer of water sitting on the honey.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey that diluted with water by 25%.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - An automatic dishwasher in a modern kitchen, with a flashing red light on its front panel. The red light displays the message 'NO HEAT.'
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a dishwasher with a failing heating element.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A person washing a very dirty mop in a public bathroom sink. The bathroom is slightly run-down, with tiled walls and a large mirror above the sink.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing your hands in a sink used for washing a stadium mop.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
Nate’s actual pan
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing grease after cooking in a cast iron pan.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A pot half filled with water sitting on a stove with the lid off, showing the visible water inside from an angle that clearly displays the water.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pot used to boil a menstrual cup.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A bowl of sushi rice sitting at room temperature, with a thermometer reading 72°F placed in the rice. The scene shows the rice being moved to a refrigerator.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding sushi rice for 4 hours and then refrigerating for later consumption.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A glass overflowing with nacho cheese, with no nacho chips visible. A teabag that has just been pulled out of the cheese, heavily covered and dripping with cheese.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brewing tea in nacho cheese.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - An open refrigerator with various items inside. The main focus is a fast food chicken taco wrapped up tightly in packaging, which has the name of a generic fast food restaurant.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly refrigerated 3-day-old fast food chicken tacos.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - A person sitting in the stands of a baseball game, surrounded by other spectators. The person is holding a hotdog and looking at it suspiciously.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog at a baseball game before the 5th inning.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
DALL·E - An open mailbox with a pan of lasagna inside. The mailbox is located at the edge of a suburban street, with a neatly trimmed lawn and a few houses visible.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making lasagna in your mailbox.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️