Siouxsie Wiles Court Case Conversation

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with Siouxsie Wiles about her legal battle with Auckland University regarding support for her science communication efforts.

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

People in this episode

Guest: Siouxsie Wiles

Topics covered

• science communication
• employment law
• university policies
• skepticism
• crowdfunding

Keywords

• Siouxsie Wiles
• Auckland University
• employment court
• science communication
• crowdfunding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Auckland University, Period People Aotearoa, Spinoff

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