270: Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Duncan Trussell--comic, host of The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, and co-creator of the stunning new Netflix Series The Midnight Gospel. (Joe composed the score for the show!) Duncan and Joe discuss: meeting at just the right time; collaborating on the music for The Midnight Gospel; temporal neighbors; how certain childhood trauma can lead to a heightened sense of empathy; mystic searching; baby flips; and more! Make sure to celebrate 4/20 by watching The Midnight Gospel on Netflix!

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's Joe. Those of you that have been listening to the show for a while know that I work as a film and TV composer.
0:07.1	And today I'm really excited to bring you a conversation with Duncan Truzzle, who, along with Penn Ward, co-created The Midnight Gospel, an incredible new show that I was lucky to be a part of.
0:19.4	In addition to writing the instrumental underscore,
0:21.9	I collaborated with Duncan on some original songs for the show.
0:25.3	We even brought in some special guest singers like The Flaming Lips and Will Oldham.
0:29.3	So check out Midnight Gospel, now streaming on Netflix.
0:36.3	Oh! What? Netflix. This is Joe Wong.
0:50.1	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:52.1	During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing
0:56.4	episodes every day.
0:59.0	First we're born, and then we die.
1:09.2	Today's guest is Duncan Trussle.
1:12.7	Duncan is a stand-up comic, the host of the podcast The Duncan Trussle Family Hour, and co-creator
1:18.4	of the brand new Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel.
1:23.0	Although he would hesitate to call himself a songwriter, Duncan's songs comprise mystic multitudes and
1:29.4	extraordinary charm. His affinity for lo-fi production and modular synthesis,
1:34.7	his supernatural sense of empathy, and a wicked sense of humor, what have you been up to
1:39.2	today? All inform a wildly unique creative voice. Duncan spoke to me from his home in the San Fernando Valley.
1:47.0	And on a trampoline with my baby, and on a hammock with a baby, just sort of playing with a ball on the trampoline.
1:58.0	We're teaching him out of flip right now.
2:00.0	So that's what's been in
2:01.7	before that. Wait, how old is he? Right now he is like 15 months. Oh, wow. And he already
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