QuackorSnack

First Annual Awards 2026

Is Del Bigtree
a Quack or a Snack?

Dr. Anthony YounSnack

Dr. Anthony Youn

plastic-surgerycosmetic-surgerybeauty-myths

Board-certified plastic surgeon based in Michigan with a large social media following. Produces content evaluating cosmetic surgery trends and beauty product claims. Author of several books on aging and skin health.

Adam ConoverSnack

Adam Conover

misconception-debunkingscience-communicationcomedy

Comedian and television host who created and hosted Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV (2015-2019). The show addressed common misconceptions across medicine, history, and culture, citing on-screen sources.

Del BigtreeQuack

Del Bigtree

anti-vaccinemediaICAN

Television producer and founder of the Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) who became a prominent figure in the vaccine choice movement. Produced the documentary Vaxxed and hosts The HighWire, a weekly web show focused on vaccine safety and health freedom issues. Has no medical or scientific training. ICAN has filed lawsuits and FOIA requests challenging vaccine regulatory processes.

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Brian Clement

hippocrates-health-instituteraw-foodwheatgrass

Co-director of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, which promotes raw food diets, wheatgrass juice, and nutritional supplements as approaches to treating serious illnesses including cancer. Holds doctoral degrees from the University of Science Arts and Technology in Montserrat, an unaccredited institution. His institute's programs have drawn scrutiny from health authorities and media.

Debunk the FunkSnack

Debunk the Funk

molecular-biologyanti-vaxcovid-19

Molecular biologist with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University who produces YouTube videos and a podcast focused on vaccine-related claims. Works as a senior associate scientist at Janssen.

How It Works

The community decides who’s a quack and who’s a snack

Quacks are pseudoscientists, noctors, and science deniers whose claims have been documented and debunked. Snacks are the science communicators, educators, and researchers fighting misinformation. You decide who gets the award.

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Awards

Top 16 in each category advance to the December final round.

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