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Elisabeth Easther

Elisabeth Easther

New Zealand actor and broadcaster

Oct 4, 2026

LeanneHOST
14:26
Yes.
14:26
Can't remember on top of what the new name is.
14:28
And, um, so I'll go with the old-fashioned one.
14:30
And so this, when it was diagnosed, my doctor in London said, where I was living at the time, like all, you know, Australasians like to go over to the UK for a little while.
14:37
And she said, "You'll have a difficulty having children." And I was like, "Oh, okay.
14:41
I'm not really...
14:41
You know, it's not something I'm really...

12 MINS LATER

LeanneHOST
26:41
Oh, wow
0:10
Is this new?
0:13
Well, that's a good question, and I really want to, um, go into that.
0:17
But I just also will say to really just put it out there, if I lend this to anyone, I want it back.
0:21
[laughs] Unlike all the others.
0:24
[laughs] Or some books.
0:26
But, um, I definitely want to keep my Strout selection.
0:28
But I was thinking that, um, controversially when I started, I was like, if this was written by someone, if I knew-- if I didn't know this was Elizabeth Strout, would I be going all gaga over it? But then after about twenty pages, I was like, "Yep, no, she knows how to do it." So it is quintessential Strout territory.
0:42
I'm sure many of your listeners and you have read her.

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