* [Labatts](http://www.labattus.com/) * [Philips goLITE](http://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/HF3332_60/golite-blu-energy-light) * [North Carolina is no longer a democracy](http://andrewgelman.com/2017/01/02/about-that-bogus-claim-that-north-carolina-is-no-longer-a-democracy/) * [QDOBA Mexican Eats](https://www.qdoba.com/) * [How to Start Listening to "Hamilton" via kung fu grippe](http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/154553607289/hamilton) * [AirPods - Apple](http://www.apple.com/airpods/) * [SONY MDR-75...
Jan 04, 2017•1 hr 44 min
It’s the super happy holiday version of Food Safety Talk. Don and Ben chat about Christmas movies, gambling as children and other holiday traditions. Making appearances in the guys' discussion Twitter and posting great questions of regulators about poor recall notices; cooling and holding cous cous and regulatory interpretations of time as a public health control; norovirus outbreaks at schools; and, Chipotle’s food safety culture.
Dec 19, 2016•1 hr 55 min
The recording starts as Ben answers the call in video mode, but things soon get back on track. * [Ingrid Michaelson](http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/) * [Koan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan) * [Baratza Grinders](https://www.youtube.com/user/Baratzallc1?app=desktop) * [LMGTFY](http://lmgtfy.com/) * [The Crown (TV Series) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/) * [Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV Mini-Series 2016) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5435008/) * [Da...
Dec 09, 2016•1 hr 40 min
What’s the deal, Banana Peel? - idioms colloquialism catchphrase Fahrenheit 451 Tracey Ullman’s Show Donald Trump Prepares Cold Open - SNL - YouTube Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue - SNL - YouTube WRAL changes language policy for SNL :: WRAL.com Harry Chapin Zobo Funn Band yves REY | LinkedIn Thanksgiving Matt Shipman (@ShipLives) | Twitter Goldsboro, North Carolina California single mom may do jail time for selling ceviche on Facebook Single Mom Faces Jail Time After Participating in Facebook...
Nov 28, 2016•1 hr 55 min
This birthday themed episode features wide-ranging topics, many based on listener feedback. We briefly touch on election results, and then move (almost) right into food safety. Thanks to everyone for listening and for your feedback. * [Mac - Apple](http://www.apple.com/mac/) * [HoudahSpot software](https://www.houdah.com/houdahSpot/?lang=en) * [First Dubai International Conference on Applied Nutrition - DIFSC](http://www.foodsafetydubai.com/) * [Manpreet Singh](https://ag.purdue.edu/foodsci/Page...
Nov 17, 2016•1 hr 36 min
Food Safety Talk 110: Drumsticks and Cornettos — Food Safety Talk Elementary no regerts - Google Search The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Wikipedia life aquatic tattoo - Google Search Dr Andrew R. Binder - NC State Mr. Robot The New Dirk Gently Show Is Nothing Like the Books, But It’s Still a Blast | WIRED Reconcilable Differences #37: A Useless Angle for Swordfighting uht milk bacilus - Google Scholar Wings Sideways Divorce Sinister ‘Clowns’ Are Scaring People In Multiple States : The Two-Wa...
Oct 26, 2016•1 hr 48 min
This week's episode has some audio quality issues towards the end. Listen to find out why. As usual, here are show notes so you can follow along at home. * [Beats by Dre](http://www.beatsbydre.com/headphones/beats-studio-wireless.html) * [AirPods](http://www.apple.com/airpods/) * [Donald Trump Couldn’t Stop Sniffing ... Again](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/donald-trump-couldn-t-stop-sniffing-again-1787605842) * [Official Toronto Blue Jays Website](http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_i...
Oct 13, 2016•1 hr 36 min
Takin’ Care of Business Food Safety Talk 108: Hyperbole and fire ants Portlandia Season 6 Louis CK on airplane wifi Back to Work Longer Contact Times Increase Cross-Contamination of Enterobacter aerogenes from Surfaces to Food; Is the five-second rule real? barfblog: 89 now sick with hep a what kind of trendy smoothie place gets their frozen strawberries from egypt Multistate outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen strawberries Getting Things Done Meat and Poultry Inspection Dialogue Genetic de...
Oct 05, 2016•1 hr 47 min
Ben and Don are joined on this episode by special guest John "if I was a rock **star** you would have heard of me" Roderick. John does not like potatoes, but he does ask lots of great questions. * [Water activity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_activity) * [Clostridium perfringens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_perfringens) * [Steak tartare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stea...
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 41 min
Show note links to follow along at home: * [Publix Super Markets](http://www.publix.com/) * [Lee-Ann Jaykus](https://fbns.ncsu.edu/faculty-directory/lee-ann-jaykus/) * [Michael Roberson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-roberson-97a58a15) * [Wal-Mart's chicken safety program shows significant results](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/08/130453/) * [Serotypes Profile of Salmonella Isolates from Meat and Poultry Products January 1998 through December 2014](http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/con...
Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 15 min
Veronica Bryant (@NoroNerd) Foley (filmmaking) Food Safety Talk 23: Hello? Hello? Stalkers? Or closing the barn door after stepping on the cat mango st louis Compass Rose Minnesota Food Safety Brian Sauders Sugarfire Smokehouse BBQ The Crack Fox Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes Watch Portlandia Preach the Gospel of Raw Milk - Eater Chapel Hill Creamery recalls all the cheese after link to salmonellosis illnesses | barfblog Chapel Hill Creamery » How We Make Our Cheese Panera No No List Panera...
Aug 16, 2016•1 hr 39 min
Quorn Lynn McEntire, Porcelain Doll Artist Dr Lynn McIntyre | Harper Adams University Canadian Tire Sandy McTire Canadian Tire And so it begins … The Talk Show Ep. 161, With John Moltz Sling Blade (1996) Sling TV A Microbiological Comparison of Poultry Products Obtained from Farmers’ Markets and Supermarkets in Pennsylvania - Scheinberg - 2013 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library Pokemon Go Clint Stevenson - North Carolina State University Presentation: Yuck Factor Versus Risk Factor:...
Jul 27, 2016•1 hr 48 min
Show notes so you can follow along at home: * [Fox News host Bret Baier grills the Dalai Lama: "Have you ever seen the movie Caddyshack"](http://www.salon.com/2016/06/17/fox_news_host_bret_baier_grills_the_dalai_lama_have_you_ever_seen_the_movie_caddyshack/) * [Caddyshack - Bill Murray's story about the Dalai Lama - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48G7Y0VWW4&feature=youtu.be) * [Toque - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toque) * [Town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina](http://...
Jul 09, 2016•1 hr 44 min
Wolverine (character) Infrared thermometer Advanced Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute Canada Day The Newlywed Game Neil Young: Helpless Omemee, Ontario Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography: Jimmy McDonough Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell / Panoply on iTunes Source of CRF Listeria remains a mystery Neilson brand Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes There are Canadians ill from Listeria linked to chocolate milk Statemen...
Jul 03, 2016•1 hr 54 min
Links for topics discussed on this episode: * [Jeffrey LeJeune](https://vet.osu.edu/about-us/people/jeffrey-lejeune) * [NC State University](https://www.ncsu.edu/) * [WWDC - Apple Developer Conference](https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/) * [No 5K Thunderbolt Display With Integrated GPU Coming at WWDC - Mac Rumors](http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/02/no-5k-thunderbolt-display-with-gpu-wwdc/) * [This column will change your life: structured procrastination](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2...
Jun 03, 2016•1 hr 53 min
Show notes so you can follow along at home. The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 153, With Ben Thompson The Aerobie® AeroPress® Coffee Maker Amazon.com: Porlex Mini Stainless Steel Coffee Grinder: Manual Coffee Grinders: Kitchen & Dining Beeturia The bowel movement beet test: How to measure your digestive ‘transit time’ Beets & Blood in the Stool John Oliver exposes how the media turns scientific studies into “morning show gossip” - Vox xkcd: Significant Quantifying the effect of hand wash duration, soa...
May 10, 2016•2 hr 4 min
In keeping with our current practive, here is a bulleted list of link to the topics we mentioned on the show: Cyndi Lauper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Caddyshack (1980) - IMDb Gunga Galunga clip on YouTube Veronica Bryant (@NoroNerd) on Twitter Conference for Food Protection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Noro Couch (@norocouch) on Twitter Barbara Kowalcyk and CFI Farm To Table Talk podcast, @FarmToTableTalk on Twitter A Pissed-Off Tampa Chef Explains The “Farm To Fable” Controversy o...
Apr 29, 2016
Tassimo AeroPress Wee-Bey Brice Silentó - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) John J. Guzewich Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby Basset Hound Starbucks Tumblers, Travel Mugs Haugh unit Howell Living History Farm Jasper Guy Woodroof (1900-1998) BRC Food Safety Americas > Home Carol Wallace University of Central Lancashire Food Safety Management MSc | postgraduate degree course | University of Central Lancashire Massive open online course British Retail Consortium Global Food Safety Initiative Food saf...
Apr 13, 2016•1 hr 41 min
This week Don and Ben open with the usual popular culture talk and then move into a discussion of Norovirus laden couches, Chipotle (again), and the safety of petting zoos. From there the discussion moves to lady balls, duck sliders, balls to the wall, and Blue Bell Ice Cream. The After Dark features more cowbell.
Apr 11, 2016•1 hr 41 min
Show notes so you can follow along at home: Curling For Dummies Cheat Sheet - For Dummies Baltimore woman injured by exploding toilet files lawsuit | Fox News Fecal bacteriotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia How to Eat Avocado Seeds for Nutrition | LIVESTRONG.COM Antioxidant activity and phenolic content of selected fruit seeds FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE LYRICS - I-95 Food Safety Talk 11: Somewhere on I-95 — Food Safety Talk Luis Ramirez on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman #workfromhomeflo...
Mar 31, 2016•1 hr 53 min
The guys are on a roll. They are very happy that they are releasing new episodes consistently. The show opens with a discussion of topics like Boom, Boom Goes the Dynamite, Dyn-o-mite, Beastie Boys, William Shatner, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, The Avett Brothers, The Sadies, and The Best of Little Feat. They quickly transition with the Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese recall by Whole Foods. Ben says that there is a no way for customers to tell if milk was pasteurized; they must read the label, and he notes...
Mar 29, 2016•1 hr 46 min
West Coast hip hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MattyB - Right Now I’m Missing You (ft. Brooke Adee) - YouTube Food Safety Talk 85: I’m the jerky police What to do in 2015: Your statistics diary - Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science Poultry Science (PO) ANALYSIS: Chipotle is a victim of corporate sabotage… biotech industry food terrorists are planting e.coli in retaliation for restaurant’s anti-GMO menu - NaturalNews.com FO...
Mar 16, 2016•1 hr 43 min
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 42 min
Show notes so you can follow along at home: International Association for Food Protection Reconcilable Differences #16: Ancient Bird - Relay FM Tom Jones (@mmbagelz) | Twitter Conference for Food Protection Chipotle may be safer than ever. Seriously! Health department inspection criteria more likely to be associated with outbreak restaurants in Minnesota. - PubMed - NCBI Chipotle will close Feb. 8 for company wide meeting on food safety | OregonLive.com Chipotle Sabotaged by GMO Activists? : sno...
Mar 07, 2016•1 hr 50 min
Mar 04, 2016•1 hr 46 min
Prisencolinensinainciusol (with lyrics) - YouTube Watch Nespresso From Saturday Night Live - NBC.com Glengarry Glen Christmas | Saturday Night Live - Yahoo Screen Episodes - Here’s The Thing Prisencolinensinainciusol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adriano Celetano - Prisencolinensinainciusol - YouTube Food Safety Talk 9: Two monitors and a microphone — Food Safety Talk Paul’s Boutique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Conversations with the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book - David Gan...
Mar 03, 2016•1 hr 27 min
The guys begin the show by recommending two albums by Willie Nelson: Yesterday’s Wine and Half Nelson. The conversation moves quickly to the E. coli O157: H7 outbreak related to the chicken salad distributed by Costco. The celery and onion mix, provided by Taylor Farms, was the ingredient contaminated with the pathogen. The scope of the recall was large because it affected so many large retailers. Ben contrasted this recall with the Salmonella outbreak linked to Hershey chocolate in 2006. In tha...
Feb 25, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Show notes and links so you can follow along at home: Master of None (TV Series 2015– ) -IMDb Inside Out (2015) on iTunes Dawn French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Doc Martin (TV Series 2004– ) - IMDb Official Dr Martens Store - US THE CRANBERRIES LYRICS - The Rebels Dolores O’Riordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thanksgiving goofiness | barfblog Conference for Food Protection International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) >...
Feb 24, 2016•1 hr 9 min
The podcast begins with Ben complaining about the clutter in his office, and Don about his downgraded airline membership status (unlike Ben who became a gold member in Delta airline after his trip to Dubai for the International Food Safety Conference). The show starts with a listener question about the shelf life of candy, which is shelf stable from a microbiological perspective because of a low water activity. Don and Ben go on to bond over their love of Brigadeiro from Brazil. The talk moves t...
Feb 18, 2016•1 hr 46 min
Feb 15, 2016•1 hr 38 min
