Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, June 28th, 2021 and

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All right, we have a great episode for you this week. I was so excited, I am so excited

to be sharing with you a conversation

that I had with my good friend, Dr. Brad Mackay.

Brad is actually a GP, he's gonna say that during the show, a general practitioner is what they call them in Australia, a physician, and he's also a science communicator, and he has a brand new book out where he exposes all of the potential dangers of

wellness warriors, anti-vaxers, fad diets, dodgy supplements, alternative

practitioners, and conspiracy theories.

The book is called Fake Medicine,

Exposing the wellness crazes, cons, and quacks costing us our health.

So without any further ado, here he is, Dr. Brad Mackay.

What? Oh, Brad, I'm so excited to be talking to you today.

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