In this special episode of the Yeah… Nah! podcast, we talk with longtime skeptic Siouxsie Wiles about taking her employer, Auckland University, to employment court over their lack of support for her science communication work. We get to hear some of the inside scoop about the court case, and try to figure out why the university chose to go down the legal path rather than making a few simple changes to their policies.

About this episode

• Links to resources we talk about:
  
  
  
  • Period People Aotearoa: https://www.toiaria.org/our-projects/period-people-aotearoa/
  
  
  
  
  
  • Period People donations: https://support.auckland.ac.nz/ppa
  
  
  
  
  
  • Spinoff piece about why Siouxsie’s crowdfunding: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-11-2025/siouxsie-wiles-why-im-crowdfunding-despite-winning-my-legal-battle