Garrett and Nicole McNamara
Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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For the first time, Minnie questions two people on one episode! Minnie is joined by Garrett McNamara, who holds the world record for largest wave ever surfed, and Nicole McNamara, his wife and spotter. Garrett and Nicole explain their incredible connection both on and off the waves, how being on the water helps Garrett process trauma, and the most reckless thing they’ve ever done.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | From Umbria to Tuscany. |
| 0:09.0 | It really is beautiful. |
| 0:10.1 | It's stunning. |
| 0:10.7 | Well, great. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm going to come and visit you then. |
| 0:12.3 | I mean, I love that you're there. |
| 0:13.8 | Come on. |
| 0:14.7 | Bye. |
| 0:15.0 | Do you, uh, palari Italiano? |
| 0:16.8 | Piccolo. |
| 0:17.7 | Piccolo. |
| 0:18.3 | Picoosy, cozy. |
| 0:21.7 | Cozy, cozy. gauze. Hello, I'm Minnie Driver. I've always loved Proust's questionette. |
| 0:28.7 | It was originally an 19th century parlor game where players would ask each other 35 questions |
| 0:35.2 | aimed at revealing the other player's true nature. |
| 0:39.1 | In asking different people the same set of questions, you can make observations about which |
| 0:44.0 | truths appear to be universal. And it made me wonder, what if these questions were just the |
| 0:48.8 | jumping off point? What greater depths would be revealed if I asked these questions as conversation starters. So I adapted |
| 0:56.2 | Proust questionnaire and I wrote my own seven questions that I personally think are pertinent to a person's |
| 1:01.3 | story. They are, when and where were you happiest? What is the quality you like least about |
| 1:06.4 | yourself? What relationship real or fictionalized defines love for you? What question would you most like answered? |
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