Minnie Driver questions everything... and her acclaim as an actor and musician is undoubtedly rooted in her enraptured observations of the world around her. Now...
Minnie questions Kweku Mandela, film producer, surfer, and social change advocate. Kweku shares how he feels his family legacy has impacted his global outlook, what role the arts and culture play in social movements and maybe even his stance on life from other planet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Re-Release: Colman Domingo
In honor of his recent Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Sing Sing, we are re-releasing Minnie’s questions with actor, writer, and director Colman Domingo’s from 2021. Colman shares why being a good host helped him be a better director, wonders if finding the answers to our biggest questions ruins the magic, and takes a firm stance on his favorite kind of barbecue ribs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tim Minchin
Minnie questions Tim Minchin, musician, actor, writer, composer, and comedian. Tim shares the joy he finds in spending eight hours clearing weeds, remembers the angry unsent letters he’s written, and reveals how spending years working on a movie that got cancelled inspired his TV show about transporting a piano, Upright.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cord Jefferson
Minnie questions Cord Jefferson, writer and director who won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his movie, American Fiction. Cord recounts a childhood soccer practice where someone heckled him, the story behind one of the most powerful lines from his film American Fiction, and swaps stories with Minnie about extravagantly large seafood towers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Jenny Yang
Minnie questions Jenny Yang, comedian, writer, and actor. Jenny tells stories of teaching her mom to hug her back, finding a love that’s cozy, and spontaneously creates a new t-shirt company with Minnie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Minnie Driver questions everything... and her acclaim as an actor and musician is undoubtedly rooted in her enraptured observations of the world around her. Now, Minnie sits down with experts and trailblazers across disciplines and asks them the same seven mini questions, showing even small questions can uncover larger truths about happiness, failure, love, loss and belonging. In interviewing a range of characters, Minnie questions... how are we the same? How are we different? How do we become who we are? Minnie questions... because it is the questions we ask that help us understand the world around us, and ourselves.
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