The Thursday before QED is our final pre-QED speaker event, and we have Jonathan Jarry returning to tell us about one of the richest and most influential anti-vaxxers in the world: Dr. Joseph Mercola, who promotes a long list of conspiracy theories and sells an endless supply of dietary supplements. Where does he get his advice? From a branding executive turned medium. In a slew of video channelling sessions first made public by the presenter, Mercola says he wants all veterinarians to be killed and thinks he will become the most famous person on Earth. As we dive into the mind of this successful pseudoscience peddler, it's worth asking the question: are he and his friends lying grifters... or are they something even more disturbing?

Jonathan Jarry is a science communicator in Montreal, Canada with the McGill Office for Science and Society, dedicated to separating sense from nonsense on the scientific stage. He brings his experience in cancer research, human genetics, rehabilitation research, and forensic biology to the work he does for the public. With cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos, he co-hosts the award-winning medical podcast The Body of Evidence, which aims to contextualize findings in the realm of health research and answer the public's most pressing questions about the biomedical sciences while also being funny and entertaining.