The Power of the Trio (ft. Trousdale live at USC)

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

There's no lead singer in Trousdale. The trio of Quinn D'Andrea, Georgia Greene, and Lauren Jones, has shared vocal duties equally since they started singing together as students at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. Since then, they've touring the world and released a sophomore album, Growing Pains, that features the trio's impeccable harmonies over 70s-inflected country-rock grooves. In this episode, Trousdale returns to their alma mater to play acoustic versions of "Growing Pains" and "Secondhand Smoke" and then speak to Professor Nate (plus an audience of music students) about how they forged their indivisible sound. Songs Discussed Trousdale - Growing Pains, Over and Over, Lonely Nights, Movie Star Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes MIKA - Grace Kelly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.0	I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:41.4	And recently, my colleague friend, co-host, heterosexual life partner, Charlie Harding, did a live podcast in front of his students at NYU Steininhart interviewing the great singer, bandleader,
0:56.7	Joe Kiri, aka Joe D.J.O. It was such a cool conversation. And I'm here in Los Angeles,
1:03.3	a professor at the USC Thornton School of Music thinking, I'm feeling a little jealous.
1:10.1	I want to do an amazing event for my students and release it as a podcast.
1:15.3	And lo and behold, dear listener, I have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams because I was
1:21.8	able to invite the incredible trio Truesdale, multi-instrumentalist,
1:28.3	singer, songwriters, and alumni of the USC Thornton School of Music
1:34.3	where I teach back to campus to not only regale students
1:39.3	with tales from the recording studio, from the tour bus, breaking down the inner minutia of songs off
1:47.0	their most recent album, Growing Pains, but they also performed two songs live. It was such an
1:53.4	incredible experience and a huge win in my ongoing friendship slash competition with Charlie
2:00.3	that I had to share it with you all.
2:02.6	This is such a fun conversation and such a dose of beautiful music. Let's not waste any time
2:10.0	except for me to tell you, go vote for us in the Signal Podcast Awards. There's a link in the
2:15.1	show notes. We're nominated for Best Music Podcast and Best
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