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Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

Dr. Edith Eger

Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6598 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Minnie Questions Dr. Edith Eger, author, professor and Holocaust survivor. Edith shares the story of being liberated from Auschwitz, how she teaches to prevent atrocities, and everything you need to know about Einstein’s odd choice in footwear.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:06.0

I'm going to call you Minica.

0:08.0

In Hungary, we add a K-A or a K-E.

0:12.0

Minica.

0:14.0

Oh, sure, sure, sure.

0:16.0

Mini, mini, minigur.

0:18.0

Mini, minnie, minigua. But you're not Minnie. You're a biggie. I am a biggie. That is so exactly right. I'm not Minnie at all. I'm a giantie.

0:33.3

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

0:39.9

questionette. It was originally an 19th century parlor game where players would ask each

0:45.8

other 35 questions aimed at revealing the other player's true nature. It's just the scientific

0:52.1

method really. In asking different people the same set of questions,

0:56.3

you can make observations about which truths appear to be universal.

1:00.1

I love this discipline.

1:02.3

And it made me wonder, what if these questions were just the jumping off point?

1:06.4

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

1:12.2

leaders and trailblazers across all these different disciplines. So I adapted Proust questionnaire

1:17.5

and I wrote my own seven questions that I personally think are pertinent to a person's story.

1:22.5

They are, when and where were you happiest? What is the quality you like least about yourself?

1:27.4

What relationship real or fictionalized defines love for you? When and where were you happiest? What is the quality you like least about yourself?

1:31.4

What relationship real or fictionalised defines love for you?

1:33.8

What question would you most like answered?

1:37.6

What person, place or experience has shaped you the most?

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