Episodes

July 7, 2021

Jia Tolentino

Minnie questions writer Jia Tolentino, author of New York Times Bestseller Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion. Jia shares how reporting on Britney Spears’ conservatorship has illuminated the challenges women face in …
June 30, 2021

Chelsea Handler

Minnie questions Chelsea Handler, comedian, writer, and television host. Chelsea explains why she always listens to her sisters, finding an orange on a ski trip, and NOT pooping her pants after taking ayahuasca. Learn more a…
June 23, 2021

Hoda Kotb

Minnie questions Hoda Kotb, broadcast journalist, TV host, and author. Hoda shares how the hardest year of her life prepared her to land her dream job, a heart-breaking memory of listening to James Taylor, and the phone call…
June 16, 2021

Cindy Crawford

Minnie questions Cindy Crawford, supermodel, actress, and entrepreneur. Cindy shares how the world of fashion helped awaken her creativity, how her approach to modeling has evolved over time, and why her last meal wouldn’t r…
June 9, 2021

Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast)

Minnie questions Michelle Zauner, author and musician who performs under the name Japanese Breakfast. Michelle reflects with Minnie on the loss of their mothers, shares how cooking takes her out of her head, and recalls chil…
June 2, 2021

Baratunde Thurston (Part 2)

Minnie continues her conversation with Baratunde Thurston, writer, activist and host of the How to Citizen podcast. Baratunde reveals why “how” questions scare us, his mother’s story, and how social media opened up his famil…
May 26, 2021

Baratunde Thurston (Part 1)

Minnie questions Baratunde Thurston, writer, activist and host of the How to Citizen podcast. In this first installment of their two-part conversation, Baratunde and Minnie discuss the difference between doing right and bein…
May 19, 2021

Tony Blair

Minnie questions Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK and current Executive Chairman of the Institute for Global Change. Tony shares the way his metrics of happiness were changed by holding public office, how he views…
May 12, 2021

Nick Jonas

Minnie questions Nick Jonas, singer, songwriter, and actor. Nick tells Minnie the one thing makes him competitive with his brothers, how his definition of happiness has evolved over his career, and why pizza is a dessert. Le…
May 5, 2021

Chelsea Clinton

Minnie questions Chelsea Clinton, author and global health advocate. Chelsea shares how the History Channel TV show “The Vikings” became a part of motherhood for her, the changes she experienced moving into the White House, …
April 28, 2021

Jeremy O. Harris

Minnie questions Jeremy O. Harris, playwright, actor, and philanthropist. Jeremy retells his disappointment in getting cut from drama school, and finally rediscovering his voice as an artist at the prestigious MacDowell arti…
April 21, 2021

Alan Cumming

Minnie questions Alan Cumming, actor, singer, and director. Alan and Minnie discuss the many times they’ve shared the screen together, how Alan’s dog wound up in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (and replaced the Queen…
April 14, 2021

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Minnie questions Sam Taylor-Johnson, film director, producer, and artist. Sam shares the people who inspired her to be an artist, her battles with cancer, and then she and Minnie disagree wholeheartedly on the condiments for…
April 7, 2021

Dave Grohl

Minnie questions Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters frontman. Dave shares stories about the best post concert meal he’s ever had, how his daughter helped inspire a Foo Fighters single, and a legendary road trip detour. Learn more abou…
March 31, 2021

Ronan Farrow

Minnie questions Ronan Farrow, investigative journalist. Ronan explores the differences between achievement and happiness, the early struggles and sacrifices of his investigation that lead to Catch and Kill, and what unsolve…
March 24, 2021

Chuck Bryant

Minnie questions Chuck Bryant, host of popular podcasts Stuff You Should Know and Movie Crush. Chuck and Minnie trade stories of how they have been changed by their children, contemplate nature vs nurture and try to answer t…
March 24, 2021

Viola Davis

Minnie questions Viola Davis, Oscar-nominated actress from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Viola shares the story of an affirming trip to the Gambia, what losing her father taught her about life, and how the 8 year old version of …
March 17, 2021

Introducing: Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

Where and when were you happiest? What experience most influenced your life? Actor Minnie Driver wants to know, and she’s finding out in her new podcast, Minnie Questions. Minnie asks trailblazers across disciplines the same…