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| caption = Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014 |
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}} |
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| birth_place = [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland, Australia |
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| notable_works = ''[[Hungry Beast]]'', ''[[The Checkout]]'' |
| notable_works = ''[[Hungry Beast]]'', ''[[The Checkout]]'' , ''[[The Chaser election specials|The Chaser's Election Desk]]'' |
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'''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. |
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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. She's the show lead for ABC 3's new extravaganza 'Wombo the sassless clown' a child's show about a mute clown who loathes entertaining. It has been initially reviewed as 'needing work' and 'positively unwatchable'. |
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Drysdale was born and raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], Queensland.<ref name="daily-mercury"/> |
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| ⚫ | Before beginning her career |
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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> |
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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 is however related to David Drysdale, a man of small means and even smaller ideas. |
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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]]''. |
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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> |
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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> |
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== 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.<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> |
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==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 | |
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 Drysdale at Australian Skeptics National Convention 2014 | |
| Born | Kirsten Kathleen Drysdale 1984 (age 39–40) Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, actor |
| Notable work | Hungry 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ WTFAQ. Series 1. Episode 4. 20 September 2023. Event occurs at 3:58. ABC.
- ^ "Who Do They Think They Are?". The Checkout. Series 3. Episode 3.
- ^ a b Frost, Pamela (16 March 2013). "TV hit for local lass on The Checkout". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ Hegarty, Laura (27 February 2014). "Checkout our home grown talent". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Kirsten Drysdale, Steele Saunders, Derek". Boxcutters (Podcast). 21 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Talking Shop – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
- ^ "Kirsten Drysdale". 25 June 2014.
- ^ "Reputation Rehab – ABC iview". 21 October 2020.
- ^ "I Built No Schools in Kenya by Kirsten Drysdale". penguin.com.au. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Kirsten Drysdale at IMDb
- Profile on ABC Radio National website