web01.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:54:27 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Podfellows Local 151 - Episodes Tagged with “Green” https://podfellowslocal151.fireside.fm/tags/green Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Longtime music fans, college friends, and children of the South, Chris Ayers and Will Schilling discuss the music of R.E.M. in a nonlinear order, featuring three songs per episode and special guests who bring their own stories about the band. en-us episodic A Journey Through the Music of R.E.M. Chris Ayers and Will Schilling Longtime music fans, college friends, and children of the South, Chris Ayers and Will Schilling discuss the music of R.E.M. in a nonlinear order, featuring three songs per episode and special guests who bring their own stories about the band. no R.E.M., REM, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry, Athens, Georgia, B52s, Pylon, Alterantive, 80s, 90s Chris Ayers and Will Schilling cwayers@gmail.com Nightswimming - You Are the Everything - Talk About the Passion https://podfellowslocal151.fireside.fm/10 878e8669-6976-47f1-94d3-0c4403fc5eac Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Chris Ayers and Will Schilling full Chris Ayers and Will Schilling Long time music fans, children of the South, and college friends Chris Ayers and Will Schilling discuss the music of R.E.M. 1:37:18 no Novelist Megan Abbott often finds solace in darkness in her books, so it's no surprise that she would be inspired by the beautiful, murky waters of R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming." She reveals how the song was a working title for one of her earliest coming-of-age thrillers. We discuss the newfound vulnerability and earnestness that Michael Stipe was exploring in the Automatic For the People era. Chris finds a strong connection to Nightswimming with the thematically similar "You Are the Everything," while Will brings one of the band's earliest songs, "Talk About the Passion," which suggests R.E.M.'s political leanings were obvious from the start. Late summer is the perfect time for a night swim... Our theme music is composed by Jared Duran Our podcast was named by Will Hodge Artwork by Chris Ayers Athens train trestle photo by Joab Jackson REM, R.E.M., Michael Stipe, Athens Georgia, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Billy Berry, Nightswimming, You Are the Everything, Talk About the Passion, Automatic for the People, Murmur, Green Novelist Megan Abbott often finds solace in darkness in her books, so it's no surprise that she would be inspired by the beautiful, murky waters of R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming." She reveals how the song was a working title for one of her earliest coming-of-age thrillers. We discuss the newfound vulnerability and earnestness that Michael Stipe was exploring in the Automatic For the People era. Chris finds a strong connection to Nightswimming with the thematically similar "You Are the Everything," while Will brings one of the band's earliest songs, "Talk About the Passion," which suggests R.E.M.'s political leanings were obvious from the start.

Late summer is the perfect time for a night swim...

Our theme music is composed by Jared Duran
Our podcast was named by Will Hodge
Artwork by Chris Ayers
Athens train trestle photo by Joab Jackson

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Late summer is the perfect time for a night swim...

Our theme music is composed by Jared Duran
Our podcast was named by Will Hodge
Artwork by Chris Ayers
Athens train trestle photo by Joab Jackson

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