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I have an eight-year-old and then this little baby who's one and a half.

And the eight-year-old is kind of like curious about all the older kids stuff.

I actually told her what the swear words were this morning.

She asked and I was like, I'm going to just tell you what they are and how to spell them. And if I tell you, then would you just not say them, let's not say them for a while. My mother really never told me anything. But then when I went and was like, hey, what about this? She was like, I know. It's crazy, isn't it? Wait a minute, what do you mean? Why do you tell me? I'm just like, I don't know.

I just thought I'd wait for you.

Amazing.

Hello, I'm Minnie Driver.

Welcome to Mini Questions Season 2.

I've always loved Proust's questionnaire.

It was originally an 19th century parlor game

where players would ask each other 35 questions aimed at revealing the other player's true nature.

It's just the scientific method, really.

In asking different people the same set of questions, you can make observations about which truths appear to be universal.

I love this discipline.

And it made me wonder,

what if these questions were just the jumping off point?

What greater depths would be revealed if I ask these questions as conversation starters

with thought leaders and trailblazers

across all these different disciplines?

So I adapted Proust questionnaire

and I wrote my own seven questions

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