The Time is Ripe for Michael Stipe

What is a nerd? and what are you nerdy about? Matt is surprised how many friends have confessed to listening to this podcast, something he considers very specifically nerdy. So we shake it up a little bit this week—a lot less super-hero talk, but the same amount of Nerd. Our Winston-Salem backyard was covered in kudzu—it's a real thing—and also the cover of R.E.M.'s first album, Murmur (recorded in Winston-Salem). Alison is finally getting into Downton Abbey. She's obsessed. The BivBros didn't really get into it then or now, but Matt thinks this might have something to do with his upbringing. She has also started The Politician, the new Netflix series starring Ben Platt. She isn't completely sold, yet, but is hanging in there so far. Matt is interested in the show, too, because a fellow Chicago actor is also in it. Matt is excited that the Supreme Court has once again thrown out Domino's fight to keep their website inaccessible to those that are blind or with low vision. The fact that Dominos appealed is disgusting, the fact that they now have spent millions of dollars on a law case instead of paying someone $30k to fix their site is abhorrent. But they lost! So there! Matt enjoyed the new horror films Uncanny Annie (Hulu) and In the Tall Grass (Netflix) Evan watched the final season of The Americans, and a documentary called The Game Changers, about superstar plant-based athletes that are super-ripped and cut. Turns out Arnold Schwarzenegger is a vegan, now! And finally, the Brothers speak about their deep and undying love of the Southern-based rock and roll band R.E.M. How they influenced them, helped to define them as musicians, paved the way for all Southern bands. Michael Stipe has a new song, his first solo outing, and we listen to it and give our thoughts. Join us at the very quiet facebook.com/bivinsbrothers and be our friends! You'll see when you get there. We have few friends. We still make videos at youtube.com! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcxy5U_VEom8linIkGlFnfg (We'll get a real channel name if you subscribe there, too. Sorry to ask you to do so much work!)