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Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

Anne Wojcicki

Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6598 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Minnie questions Anne Wojcicki, founder and CEO of the personal genomics company 23andMe. Anne shares how her childhood community influenced her business approach, a story of a divided family united by a surprising genetic connection, and the time she went to Siberia in search of peace and quiet.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:06.4

You have two sisters.

0:07.7

I have two sisters.

0:08.6

So I live with my middle sister.

0:10.3

Are you the youngest or the oldest?

0:12.0

I'm the youngest.

0:13.0

Ah.

0:13.7

I see.

0:15.1

I was the youngest.

0:16.1

He then became the middle of three.

0:17.9

So I get it.

0:18.9

I get that dynamic.

0:20.2

We very much have the birth order dynamics in our

0:22.6

family. We all tease each other about that aspect. It's a real thing. No, I joke. I was like,

0:27.7

in the company, one of my superpowers is learning how to ignore people. And I learned that from my siblings.

0:35.1

So I never mind getting criticism. I never mind taking feedback because I'm really

0:39.7

good at ignoring it. You can say whatever you want. I'm going to, you know, make my own decisions.

0:44.8

Hello, I'm Minnie Driver. Welcome to Mini Questions Season 2. I've always loved Proust's

0:53.4

questionette. It was originally an 19th century parlor game where Questions Season 2. I've always loved Proust's questionnaire.

1:00.4

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.

1:03.9

It's just the scientific method, really.

1:06.9

In asking different people the same set of questions, you can make observations about which

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