Natalie McDonald
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647 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Natalie McDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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She also gave an enormous amount away.
Her imagination library, and which was inspired by her father who couldn't read, has distributed more than 300 million books to children, including, and I didn't know this, and Michael, here is where you may interject, including two and a half million books here in Australia.
So this wasn't just some far-off US thing.
Um here in Australia as well.
Um
She funded scholarships, disaster relief, um, famously medical research that um resulted or supported the Moderna COVID um vaccine as well.
Um so yes, Dolly knew how to make money, she knew the value of owning what she created.
she knew how to give it away.
And I think that that is beautiful.
And I think this week we've seen so many stunning celebrations of just what a fantastic woman she was.
And famously she said, it costs a lot of money to look this cheap.
End of an era, absolutely.
But what a legacy to leave behind.
Frankly, I don't care if I win this category or not, although I do a little bit.
I I just had it just the most special time actually researching and looking back through all of the amazing things she'd done.
Yeah.
Two things can be true.
Yeah, I mean who doesn't love someone talking up their own book?
Uh it's uh yeah, it's n it's novel.
It's it's super novel.
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