Kirsten Drysdale
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Kirsten Drysdale

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Kirsten Drysdale is a television presenter and journalist best known for her work on 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. She also occasionally appears on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly show about marketing and consumer behaviour. She previously played professional hockey for the Queensland Scorchers.

Books by Kirsten Drysdale
I Built No Schools in Kenya
Kirsten Drysdale

This is not your standard white-girl-in-Africa tale. I fed no babies, I built no schools, I saved no rhinos. Self-discovery came a distant second to self-preservation on this particular adventure.

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