Minnie questions Romy Gill MBE, chef, food and travel writer, and broadcaster. Romy reminisces about childhood train rides through India, writing letters to some of the world’s top chefs when she was a young chef in training, and why a meal from a food cart was one of the best things she’s ever eaten.

Minnie Questions will be going on a short break for a few months over the summer. We'll be back soon with brand new guests!

Minnie questions Romy Gill MBE, chef, food and travel writer, and broadcaster. Romy reminisces about childhood train rides through India, writing letters to some of the world’s top chefs when she was a young chef in training, and why a meal from a food cart was one of the best things she’s ever eaten.
Minnie Questions will be going on a short break for a few months over the summer. We'll be back soon with brand new guests!

Romy Gill

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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.

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.

Garrett and Nicole McNamara

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Minnie questions Samantha Bee, comedian, political commentator, and author. Samantha talks about her childhood news program, her Friday Night Lights fandom, and shares her most recent Google search.



Listen to Samantha's podcast, Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Minnie questions Samantha Bee, comedian, political commentator, and author. Samantha talks about her childhood news program, her Friday Night Lights fandom, and shares her most recent Google search.
 
Listen to Samantha's podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/choice-words-with-samantha-bee/id1522072002">Choice Words with Samantha Bee</a>

Samantha Bee

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Minnie questions Rufus Wainwright, composer, singer, and songwriter. Rufus shares why operas are one of his first true loves, how feeling ecstatic doesn’t necessarily mean he’s happy, and why he couldn’t have made it to rehab without the help of Shrek.

Minnie questions Rufus Wainwright, composer, singer, and songwriter. Rufus shares why operas are one of his first true loves, how feeling ecstatic doesn’t necessarily mean he’s happy, and why he couldn’t have made it to rehab without the help of Shrek.

Rufus Wainwright

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Minnie questions Gabby Reece, former Olympic volleyball player, sports announcer, fashion model, and podcast host. Gabby shares how she and her husband, surfer Laird Hamilton, balance each other out when it comes to fun and wonder, the people who stepped up in her childhood to help raise her, and how important it is to keep inventory of your relationships.



Hear more from Gabby on her podcast, The Gabby Reece Show.

Minnie questions Gabby Reece, former Olympic volleyball player, sports announcer, fashion model, and podcast host. Gabby shares how she and her husband, surfer Laird Hamilton, balance each other out when it comes to fun and wonder, the people who stepped up in her childhood to help raise her, and how important it is to keep inventory of your relationships.
 
Hear more from Gabby on her podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gabby-reece-show/id1492179907">The Gabby Reece Show</a>.

Gabby Reece

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Minnie questions Courteney Cox, star of Friends, Scream, Shining Vale, and more. Courteney shares why her temporary breakup with partner made their relationship stronger, why she’s more interested in where we come from than where we’re going, and tells the story of a steak on her Instagram.

Minnie questions Courteney Cox, star of Friends, Scream, Shining Vale, and more. Courteney shares why her temporary breakup with partner made their relationship stronger, why she’s more interested in where we come from than where we’re going, and tells the story of a steak on her Instagram.

Courteney Cox

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Minnie questions Lucy Boynton, star of Bohemian Rhapsody, The Ipcress File, the Greatest Hits, and more. Lucy shares how playing the young Beatrix Potter made her into the antithesis of her sister, why she embraces the unknown, and then Minnie and Lucy share funny entries in their childhood journals.

Minnie questions Lucy Boynton, star of Bohemian Rhapsody, The Ipcress File, the Greatest Hits, and more. Lucy shares how playing the young Beatrix Potter made her into the antithesis of her sister, why she embraces the unknown, and then Minnie and Lucy share funny entries in their childhood journals.

Lucy Boynton

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Minnie questions Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach, Candy House, and more). Jennifer shares how fondly she looks back on sharing a crowded hotel room in Ireland with her family, why she doesn’t write about love, and Minnie tries to find a way to be a character in Jennifer’s next book.

Minnie questions Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist (A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach, Candy House, and more). Jennifer shares how fondly she looks back on sharing a crowded hotel room in Ireland with her family, why she doesn’t write about love, and Minnie tries to find a way to be a character in Jennifer’s next book.

Jennifer Egan

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Minnie questions Jameela Jamil, actor, activist, and podcaster. Jameela shares how a Nat King Cole song changed her idea of love, how breaking her back as a teenager led to the greatest year of her life, and why she will feel generally pretty good about herself as long as she can pee without help.

Listen to Minnie on Jameela's podcast, I Weigh with Jameela Jamil.

Minnie questions Jameela Jamil, actor, activist, and podcaster. Jameela shares how a Nat King Cole song changed her idea of love, how breaking her back as a teenager led to the greatest year of her life, and why she will feel generally pretty good about herself as long as she can pee without help.
Listen to Minnie on Jameela's podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minnie-driver/id1498855031?i=1000651153301">I Weigh with Jameela Jamil</a>.

Jameela Jamil

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Minnie questions Sophia Roe, James Beard Award winning chef, writer, and TV host. Sophia shares why she loves when people ask for substitutions in their meal, what she learned from her mother’s substance abuse and struggles as a parent, and gives an answer to “what relationship defines love” that is one of Minnie’s favorite answers in the history of the show.

Minnie questions Sophia Roe, James Beard Award winning chef, writer, and TV host. Sophia shares why she loves when people ask for substitutions in their meal, what she learned from her mother’s substance abuse and struggles as a parent, and gives an answer to “what relationship defines love” that is one of Minnie’s favorite answers in the history of the show.

Sophia Roe

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Minnie Driver questions everything... and her acclaim as an actor and musician is undoubtedly rooted in her enraptured observations of the world around her. Now, Minnie sits down with experts and trailblazers across disciplines and asks them the same seven mini questions, showing even small questions can uncover larger truths about happiness, failure, love, loss and belonging. In interviewing a range of characters, Minnie questions... how are we the same? How are we different? How do we become who we are? Minnie questions... because it is the questions we ask that help us understand the world around us, and ourselves.

Minnie Questions with Minnie Driver

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