WEBVTT - Minnie Questions Returns!

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, I'm Minni Driver and I'm excited to be returning

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<v Speaker 1>with the rest of season two of my podcast Many Questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Next week. I had to take a little break because

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<v Speaker 1>my book, Managing Expectations came out and I had to

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<v Speaker 1>go and talk about it in the US and in

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<v Speaker 1>the UK, and it was amazing and if you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>read it, read it or listen to it. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>wait this brand new round of guests and how they

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<v Speaker 1>answered our seven questions. So in the second half of

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<v Speaker 1>season two, my friend and we just co starred in

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<v Speaker 1>a movie together and he's the most amazing person. Simon

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<v Speaker 1>peg is one of my guests. Happiness is a continuum

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<v Speaker 1>which includes despair and everything, you know, because you can't

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<v Speaker 1>have happiness unless you experience the other stuff as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So you need those things as part of your happiness,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what. I think back to the birth of

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter, and I was actually in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>quite a crisis at that time. Personally. I remember those

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<v Speaker 1>four days in the hospital and she was born on

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<v Speaker 1>the first of July, so we were still in there

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<v Speaker 1>on the fourth sitting on the little window sill where

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<v Speaker 1>I was sleeping and watching the fireworks and having this

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<v Speaker 1>new little life. It was like a little bubble of

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<v Speaker 1>happiness inside a period where I was very, very unhappier.

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<v Speaker 1>Author and psychotherapist and grief expert Juliet Samuel is another guest.

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<v Speaker 1>The first line of a roadless traveled was life is difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought, hang on, No one ever told me that,

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<v Speaker 1>although it had been my entire life. But somehow it's

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<v Speaker 1>the secret that no one had said. It's normal that

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<v Speaker 1>it's difficult, not like I'm struggling through it and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the one that's failing and everyone else has got it sorted.

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<v Speaker 1>Life's difficult, right, okay Boom The legendary iconic actress and

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<v Speaker 1>model Brookshields. When I lost my first child, I lost

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of my youthfulness. By that next day, I

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<v Speaker 1>remember thinking, oh, you're an adult now, you know. I

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<v Speaker 1>immediately went to my fault. Of course, it had to

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<v Speaker 1>be my fault, and it was really important for me

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<v Speaker 1>to learn I didn't take too many yoga classes or

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't do anything wrong, you know, it wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>fault of mine. And that was kind of that. I

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<v Speaker 1>grew up a lot. Neuroscientists and author David Eagleman who

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<v Speaker 1>will blow your mind. The top question for me is

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<v Speaker 1>the question of consciousness, which is why does it feel

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<v Speaker 1>like something to be you or me? Because the brain

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<v Speaker 1>is built of eight six billion neurons. Fundamentally, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a big biological machine. But the question is why does

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<v Speaker 1>it feel like something to be alive? Why do you

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<v Speaker 1>experience the beauty of a sunset or the smell of

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<v Speaker 1>cinnamon or the taste of fetted cheese on your tongue.

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<v Speaker 1>Why aren't we just like you know, my computer, my

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<v Speaker 1>laptop here. Presumably it's not conscious. And when I watch

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube video that I think is funny, it presumably doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>think it's funny. It's just sending zero, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just sending zeros in one drowd. This is the question

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<v Speaker 1>is how do you build a biological machine and have

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<v Speaker 1>it be self aware? And actor and former Associate Director

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<v Speaker 1>of Public Engagement in the Obama administration Cal pen But

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<v Speaker 1>the stories they would tell us, you know, grandparents telling

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<v Speaker 1>you stories to course you into eating vegetables at the

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<v Speaker 1>dinner table when they visit. And my grandparents would talk

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<v Speaker 1>about how they marched with Gandhi. They're trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>you to eat your vegetables, and Grandpa's talking about getting

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<v Speaker 1>thrown in jail and beaten by British soldiers for standing

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<v Speaker 1>up for his human rights, and of course the eight

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<v Speaker 1>year old you was like, there he goes again, Grandpa

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<v Speaker 1>with another gunsy story and many more. We'll be back

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<v Speaker 1>next Wednesday, October five with a brand new episode. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you missed any episodes from earlier in the season

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<v Speaker 1>or from season one, now is your chance to go

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<v Speaker 1>back and listen. Each episode is a new entry in

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<v Speaker 1>the archive, a new opportunity ty to examine how has

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<v Speaker 1>people were both similar and individual. Join me as we

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<v Speaker 1>continue this exploration on season two of many questions on

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<v Speaker 1>the I Heart radio app, Apple podcast or wherever you

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

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<v Speaker 1>next Wednesday, October five,