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Anaïs Mitchell: 2019 Pre-Broadway interview on Hadestown, Lamb Rearing, and Untangling Third Wave Feminism (REISSUE)

May 29, 2025

(Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Reissue series! For the next several weeks, Basic Folk is digging back into the archives and reposting some of our favorite episodes alongside new introductions commenting on what it’s like to listen back. Enjoy!) This episode featuring Cindy Howes interviewing Anaïs Mitchell originally posted on January 10, 2019. Listening back, I feel like this 2018 interview with Anaïs Mitchell holds up. Originally published on January 10, 2019, ‘Hadestown’ was about to debut on Broadway, the…

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Basic Folk 37 – Alisa Amador

August 8, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Basic Folk is Live at Club Passim! Alisa Amador grew up in Cambridge, MA surrounded by the…

Basic Folk 36 – Melissa Ferrick

August 1, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Basic Folk is live at Club Passim with Melissa Ferrick! The indie folk songwriter genius lesbian icon…

Basic Folk 35 – Ben Arthur

July 25, 2019

Powered by RedCircle Songwriter, author and podcaster Ben Arthur did not know what he was in for on Basic Folk,…

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Our definition of “folk” is extremely broad, so you’ll hear interviews from

KT Tunstall,

John Hiatt,

Amythyst Kiah,

Kishi Bashi,

... and many more. Cindy and Lizzie approach their interviews with warmth, humor and insightful questions.