About this episode

Molly Hamilton discusses the songwriting process and the impact of outside jobs and parenthood on creativity.

I'd like to call myself an OG Widowspeak fan, as I told Molly Hamilton. I saw them when they opened for 2:54 back in 2011 or 2012 on their first tour, and I became an instant fan. Hamilton and I go deep into the songwriting process, including how jobs outside of songwriting can be a boon for creativity--in Hamilton's case it's the food industry, and in her husband Robert Earl Thomas's case it's carpentry--and how becoming a new parent changes, well, everything when you're a two-person b...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Opipari

Guest: Molly Hamilton

Topics covered

• songwriting process
• creativity
• parenthood
• food industry
• carpentry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Widowspeak

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