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{{Short description|Australian television presenter and journalist}}
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| caption = Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014
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| birth_name = Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}}
| birth_place = [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland, Australia
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| notable_works = ''[[Hungry Beast]]'', ''[[The Checkout]]''
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'''Kirsten Drysdale''' (born 1984)<ref>{{cite episode|series=[[The Checkout]]|title=Who Do They Think They Are?|series-number=3|number=3|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C61tKCkR8Nk&t=40s}}</ref> is an Australian television presenter and journalist. She is a writer and presenter on [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] consumer affairs comedy programme, ''[[The Checkout]]''. She was a researcher and presenter for ''[[Hungry Beast]]'' and a researcher for ''[[The Hamster Wheel]]'', ''[[The Hamster Decides]]'' and ''[[The Gruen Transfer]]''.<ref name="daily-mercury">{{cite news|last1=Frost|first1=Pamela|title=TV hit for local lass on The Checkout|url=http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/tv-hit-for-local-lass/1794040/|accessdate=25 April 2015|work=[[Daily Mercury]]|date=16 March 2013}}</ref> She has also occasionally appeared on [[Radio National]], where she hosted ''Talking Shop'', a weekly show about marketing and consumer behaviour.
'''Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale'''<ref>{{Cite episode|series=WTFAQ|series-number=1|number=4|date=20 September 2023|network=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|time=3:58}}</ref> (born 1984)<ref>{{cite episode|series=[[The Checkout]]|title=Who Do They Think They Are?|series-number=3|number=3|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C61tKCkR8Nk&t=40s}}</ref> is an Australian television presenter and journalist.


Drysdale was born and raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland.<ref name="daily-mercury"/>
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Before beginning her career on ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in [[Brisbane]] that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing [[Field hockey|hockey]] for the [[Queensland Scorchers]]. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, ''Project NEXT'', which was later renamed ''[[Hungry Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Checkout our home grown talent|website=[[ABC Online]]|first=Laura|last=Hegarty|date=27 February 2014|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/02/27/3953181.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|title=Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek|website=[[Boxcutters (podcast)|Boxcutters]]|date=21 March 2013|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.boxcutters.net/2013/03/21/episode333/}}</ref>


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Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in [[Brisbane]] that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing [[Field hockey|hockey]] for the [[Queensland Scorchers]]. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, ''Project NEXT'', which was later renamed ''[[Hungry Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Checkout our home grown talent|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|first=Laura|last=Hegarty|date=27 February 2014|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/02/27/3953181.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast|title=Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek|website=[[Boxcutters (podcast)|Boxcutters]]|date=21 March 2013|access-date=23 May 2015|url=http://www.boxcutters.net/2013/03/21/episode333/}}</ref>
Drysdale was born and raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland.<ref name="daily-mercury"/> She is not related to Denise Drysdale.<ref>{{cite web|title=Season 3, episode 3 synopsis of The Checkout|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thecheckout/episodes/s03ep03.htm|accessdate=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523040422/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thecheckout/episodes/s03ep03.htm|archive-date=23 May 2015|dead-url=no|website=[[ABC Online]]}}</ref>


She was a researcher and presenter for ''[[Hungry Beast]]'' and a researcher for ''[[The Hamster Wheel]]'', ''[[The Hamster Decides]]'' and ''[[The Gruen Transfer]]''.<ref name="daily-mercury">{{cite news|last1=Frost|first1=Pamela|title=TV hit for local lass on The Checkout|url=http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/tv-hit-for-local-lass/1794040/|accessdate=25 April 2015|work=[[Daily Mercury]]|date=16 March 2013}}</ref> She has also occasionally appeared on [[Radio National]], where she hosted ''Talking Shop'', a weekly consumer psychology program. The series ended on 5 August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/talkingshop/|title=Talking Shop – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)}}</ref> Drysdale has also written for [[Crikey]], [[The Feed (Australian TV series)]] and [[The Global Mail]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/kirsten-drysdale/5549556|title=Kirsten Drysdale|date=25 June 2014}}</ref> She was a writer and one of the main presenters on the [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC]] consumer affairs comedy programme, ''[[The Checkout]]''.
== Notoriety ==
In 2020 Drysdale co-hosted [[Reputation Rehab]] with [[Zoe Norton Lodge]], a TV series discussing the rehabilitation of reputations of people caught in scandals and controversies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/reputation-rehab|date=21 October 2020|title=Reputation Rehab – ABC iview}}</ref>
Drysdale is well known amongst wasp-keeping circles as "a force to be reckoned with".<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AyHZyf0tcM|title = A Force To Be Reckoned With|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> Notorious for her slippery ability to move between rooms unnoticed apart from a distinct, soft buzzing sound, many Mackay residents have given her the label "were-wasp". Some residents have even gone as far as writing repeatedly to fictional detective Sherlock Holmes requesting he investigate the supposed supernatural happenings, with one resident stating "the Warrens were just too hard to find".<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k10ETZ41q5o|title = The Warrens|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

Drysale's memoir, ''I Built No Schools in Kenya: A Year of Unmitigated Madness'', was published in January 2019 by Vintage Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/i-built-no-schools-in-kenya-9780857988546|title=I Built No Schools in Kenya by Kirsten Drysdale|website=penguin.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Drysdale has three children, the third of which is named Methamphetamine Rules. She had chosen the name to test whether New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages, a public registry, would accept and record the name, which it did. She has since changed his name to something "normal" but has chosen not to reveal it.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beazley |first=Jordyn |date=2023-09-19 |title=Australian journalist calls her baby 'Methamphetamine Rules' as a test of naming regulations |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/19/can-you-name-your-baby-methamphetamine-rules-in-australia |access-date=2023-09-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


==References==
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*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/kirsten-drysdale/5549556 Profile] on [[Radio National|ABC Radio National]] website
*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/kirsten-drysdale/5549556 Profile] on [[Radio National|ABC Radio National]] website

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Latest revision as of 14:16, 4 October 2024

Kirsten Drysdale
Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014
Born
Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale

1984 (age 39–40)
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Television presenter, journalist, actor
Notable workHungry Beast, The Checkout , The Chaser's Election Desk

Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale[1] (born 1984)[2] is an Australian television presenter and journalist.

Drysdale was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland.[3]

Before beginning her career at the ABC, Drysdale worked for a production company in Brisbane that produced documentaries and multimedia for museums and exhibitions. During this time, she was also pursuing a sporting career, playing hockey for the Queensland Scorchers. After suffering an injury, she successfully applied for a position in the ABC television comedy and current affairs programme, Project NEXT, which was later renamed Hungry Beast.[4][5]

She was a researcher and presenter for Hungry Beast and a researcher for The Hamster Wheel, The Hamster Decides and The Gruen Transfer.[3] She has also occasionally appeared on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly consumer psychology program. The series ended on 5 August 2014.[6] Drysdale has also written for Crikey, The Feed (Australian TV series) and The Global Mail.[7] She was a writer and one of the main presenters on the ABC consumer affairs comedy programme, The Checkout. In 2020 Drysdale co-hosted Reputation Rehab with Zoe Norton Lodge, a TV series discussing the rehabilitation of reputations of people caught in scandals and controversies.[8]

Drysale's memoir, I Built No Schools in Kenya: A Year of Unmitigated Madness, was published in January 2019 by Vintage Australia.[9]

Personal life

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Drysdale has three children, the third of which is named Methamphetamine Rules. She had chosen the name to test whether New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages, a public registry, would accept and record the name, which it did. She has since changed his name to something "normal" but has chosen not to reveal it.[10]

References

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  1. ^ WTFAQ. Series 1. Episode 4. 20 September 2023. Event occurs at 3:58. ABC.
  2. ^ "Who Do They Think They Are?". The Checkout. Series 3. Episode 3.
  3. ^ a b Frost, Pamela (16 March 2013). "TV hit for local lass on The Checkout". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ^ Hegarty, Laura (27 February 2014). "Checkout our home grown talent". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek". Boxcutters (Podcast). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Talking Shop – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
  7. ^ "Kirsten Drysdale". 25 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Reputation Rehab – ABC iview". 21 October 2020.
  9. ^ "I Built No Schools in Kenya by Kirsten Drysdale". penguin.com.au. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. ^ Beazley, Jordyn (19 September 2023). "Australian journalist calls her baby 'Methamphetamine Rules' as a test of naming regulations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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