The Skeptic Zone #894 - 23.November.2025

Update: 2025-11-22

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0:00:00

Introduction
Richard Saunders

00:07:18

The Think Tank

Our international team spent time with Dr Siouxsie Wiles from New Zealand. Dr Siouxsie has been the victim of outrageous harassment after her efforts to promote vaccines and good science during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Siouxsie is joined by Adrienne Hill, Kat McLeod, Kate Thomas and Lara Benham.

Support Dr Siouxsie

https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/8521-support-dr-siouxsie-after-she-supported-us

Ms. Information - Documentary

https://ondemand.arovideo.co.nz/film/ms-information

00:26:58

Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas

Questioning the Qualifications of Naturopaths

In Australia anybody can call themselves a Naturopath. You don't need any formal training, you don't need to know which end of the stethoscope is which, you don't need to know anything about biology or physiology. Kate looks at why so many people in our society think Naturopaths are just like doctors and other real healthcare professionals.

Kate Thomas on TikTok and Instagram
https://linktr.ee/PrescribeorPass

0:35:00

Australian Skeptics Newsletter

What skeptical news has caught the eye of Dee this week?
Read by Adrienne Hill.

http://www.skeptics.com.au

0:47:46

The TROVE Archives

A wander through the decades of digitised newspapers on a search for references to the quackery of Reflexology.

2000.12.25 - Boca Raton News
1999.01.24 - The Item

http://www.trove.nla.gov.au

Also

Sydney Skeptics in the Pub
"Why Smart Women Zone" live podcast recording - 4 December

https://www.meetup.com/austskeptics