WEBVTT - Introducing: Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

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<v Speaker 1>Minnie. This is such a good idea. I love the

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<v Speaker 1>questions and they do draw out a frightening the confessional

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<v Speaker 1>quality because their their tough ones to grap with. Are

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<v Speaker 1>they adapted prooft questions? It was the concept of the

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<v Speaker 1>prosting questionnaire. I've always loved it. It's what I would

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<v Speaker 1>turn to in the back of Vanity Fair. But I

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<v Speaker 1>needed to modify them because there were other things that

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to ask. I feel that really specific questions

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<v Speaker 1>can elicit answers to questions other than the ones asked.

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<v Speaker 1>If you see what I mean, I'm mini driver and

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<v Speaker 1>I have questions. In fact, everything I've done in my career, acting,

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<v Speaker 1>music writing, I've done to investigate the human experience because

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<v Speaker 1>there's so much we don't know and so much that

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<v Speaker 1>defies our understanding. In my new podcast, Mini Questions, I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to dig a bit deeper, so I put together

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<v Speaker 1>a little experiment. I wanted to ask trailblazers across different

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<v Speaker 1>disciplines the same seven questions, questions about what made them happy,

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<v Speaker 1>what they're curious about, what love means to them, with

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<v Speaker 1>each episode presenting a new guest a new data point.

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<v Speaker 1>In this great experiment, I wanted a musician's perspective, so

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<v Speaker 1>I cooled up Dave Girl of the Food Fighters, What person, place,

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<v Speaker 1>or experience most altered your life? I would have to

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<v Speaker 1>say the first time I saw a band play on

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<v Speaker 1>the stage, and it was a band called Naked Reagun.

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<v Speaker 1>They were like an infamous. I was in this dark

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<v Speaker 1>barred it smelled like bleach and beer and they started

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<v Speaker 1>playing and like, my chest was against the stage and

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<v Speaker 1>their sweat was on me. I was getting thrown around

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<v Speaker 1>people with mohawks, and so I was like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm doing for the rest of my life. I

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<v Speaker 1>was curious how an actor might answer this question, so

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<v Speaker 1>I asked the brilliant Viola Davis if I could pick

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<v Speaker 1>her brain. My dad dying was a big one because

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<v Speaker 1>I was there. You're not thinking about how we pissed

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<v Speaker 1>you all. You're not thinking about but he was an alcoholic.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just thinking about the fact that I loved him.

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<v Speaker 1>He was my father and he's gone. It whittles life

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<v Speaker 1>down to absolutely the essentials of really what makes a

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<v Speaker 1>life and what makes joy. It leveled me. Then I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to hear a journalist's response, so I wrote to

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<v Speaker 1>pull it surprise winning investigative reporter ronand Pharah. I had

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<v Speaker 1>pitched a story when I was a TV reporter about

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<v Speaker 1>the Hollywood casting couch. It didn't, in my case, feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a triumphal moment of yes, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing. What it feels like at the time

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<v Speaker 1>is incredibly shitty and scary, but I think you do,

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<v Speaker 1>invariably in those situations have a little voice saying, you know, well,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what the right thing is, regardless of what the

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<v Speaker 1>strategic or savvy thing is. And I think it's good

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to that. And I didn't stop that. I

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<v Speaker 1>called more and more people with my questions, and now

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sharing my archive many questions with you. Each episode

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<v Speaker 1>you will hear a guest I admire answered these seven

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<v Speaker 1>questions so that together we can examine how is people

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<v Speaker 1>were both similar and individual. Join me in my exploration

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<v Speaker 1>on many questions on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Seven questions, limitless answers,