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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Dr. Joe Schwarcz can’t stop debunking wellness gurus, antivaxxers and pseudoscience
Description: Montreal professor Joseph Schwarcz doesn’t actually have a medical degree, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming a popular public figure in the Canadian media landscape as a reliable face of science.
Schwarcz, 76, actually has a doctorate in chemistry from McGill University, where he has been based for more than four decades. In that time, he’s hosted a long-running weekly science radio show, penned a newspaper column for the Montreal Gazette, starred in YouTube videos and written over a dozen books on making science accessible to mainstream readers.
Recently, McGill held an anniversary celebration to mark Schwarc...