Graydon Carter
Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Minnie questions Graydon Carter, journalist, former editor of Vanity Fair, and co-founder of the satirical magazine, Spy. Graydon shares stories of lasting memories from mentors, the common feature he works into all of his projects, and playing the role of Quiz Master at the dinner table.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | Okay, so you're in London now, right? |
| 0:07.7 | Yeah, you can tell from the books. |
| 0:09.7 | They have them in Los Angeles. |
| 0:11.0 | I mean, they use them as a coaster. |
| 0:12.4 | So you pull them out, they have drink, ring. |
| 0:14.4 | Exactly. |
| 0:15.4 | I must say I'm using a book as a coaster right now for my cup of tea. |
| 0:19.0 | It's not a very good book. |
| 0:22.9 | Hello, I'm Minnie Driver and welcome to Mini Questions. I've always loved Proust's questionnaire. It was originally |
| 0:29.2 | an 18th century parlor game meant to reveal an individual's true nature. But with so many |
| 0:34.4 | questions, there wasn't really an opportunity to expand on anything. |
| 0:38.3 | So I took the format of Proust's questionnaire and adapted what I think are seven of the most important questions you could ever ask someone. |
| 0:45.3 | They are. When and where were you happiest? |
| 0:49.3 | What is the quality you like least about yourself? |
| 0:53.3 | What relationship, real or fictionalised, defines love for you? |
| 0:58.3 | What question would you most like answered? |
| 1:01.7 | What person, place or experience has shaped you the most? |
| 1:06.6 | What would be your last meal? |
| 1:09.4 | And can you tell me something in your life |
| 1:11.7 | that has grown out of a personal disaster? |
| 1:15.1 | The more people we ask, |
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