The show starts with Ben's plans to make his kids watch political TV with a pizza bribe. The guys talk about local political activism and Ben misuses multiple literary terms. The guys talk about Halloween/COVID-19 risks and the idea of a risk continuum (where not all risks are equal and not all activities carry equal risks). The guys go on to some in-depth follow-up on Sqirl jam, mold and mycotoxins. They end the episode with quick takes on a dried mushroom-linked outbreak of salmonellosis, food safety education month and Blue Bell's criminal penalties resulting from a 2015 outbreak.

Show notes so you can follow along at home:

Is that frog in your throat a sign of a serious illness? | Ohio State Medical Center
Cal Cunningham - Wikipedia
Parliamentary system - Wikipedia
Northumberland public school board seeks student trustee | DurhamRegion.com
Meet The Trustees – PVNCCDSB
Conference for Food Protection
Pathetic fallacy - Wikipedia
Future FoodCovNet page, right now it’s 403 Access Forbidden
COVID-19: Holiday Celebrations | CDC
Cumulative GPA Calculator (Rutgers - New Brunswick) - GradeCalc.info
Should I Send My Kids Trick-Or-Treating This Year? | NC State News
Hazard analysis and critical control points - Wikipedia
All models are wrong - Wikipedia
You’ve Got Mail - Wikipedia
Mycotoxin migration in moldy foods - ScienceDirect
Distribution of mycotoxins produced by Penicillium spp. inoculated in apple jam and crème fraiche during chilled storage - ScienceDirect
Food Safety Talk 217: Fruit Forward — Food Safety Talk
Strawberry Rhubarb – Sqirl
The Wire - Evacuations - YouTube
The Wire - Season One Opening Scene - YouTube
Would I Lie to You? (game show) - Wikipedia
This Is How Michael Caine Speaks - The Trip - BBC Two - YouTube
Mushrooms link in 41 Salmonella cases in 10 States - California hardest hit | Food Poison Journal
NEHA Celebrates National Food Safety Education Month | National Environmental Health Association: NEHA
Blue Bell To Pay $17.25 Million Over Listeria Contamination - The New York Times