TSTP 64- DIO: Dreamers Never Die
The Stranger Things Podcast
Golden Spiral Media
4.5 • 687 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Eddie Munson wore a jacket all season that shared his love for the rock legend, DIO. The music of Ronnie James Dio not only inspired and influenced the fictional character of Eddie Munson, it also inspired and influenced the lives of many in the 70s, 80's, and even today. Although Ronnie James Dio passed away in 2010, his legacy and memory live on through his music, fans, friends, and family.
Fully authorized by Dio's estate and executive produced by his widow, Wendy Dio, the documentary, "DIO: Dreamers Never Die" comes to theaters worldwide for TWO DAYS only on Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday, October 2. Click to find a theatre near you.
The film delves deep into Dio's incredible rise from a '50's doo-wop crooner to his early rock days in Elf and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, to replacing Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, and finally cementing his rock star status with his own band, DIO.
In this exclusive interview with Wendy Dio and the film's directors, Don Argott and Demian Fenton, Darrell and Jason talk with them about Dio's role in Stranger Things 4, the influence of Ronnie's music, Dio's charity work, the world of metal music, and more.
Don't miss "DIO: Dreamers Never Die" in theaters for two days only on September 28 and October 2.
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| 0:00.0 | The Stranger Things Podcast episode number 64. |
| 0:06.3 | Dio, Dreamers Never Die. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello and welcome to the Stranger Things podcast, a fan podcast dedicated to the Netflix original series. |
| 0:25.3 | Stranger Things. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Daryl. |
| 0:30.8 | And I'm Jason. |
| 0:33.4 | Wait, I thought adding sounded a little bit weird. |
| 0:36.7 | I was wondering what had happened |
| 0:38.0 | Jason it is amazing to have you joining me for this episode today |
| 0:44.1 | yeah I'm so grateful to be able to do this and as many years that I've been |
| 0:50.4 | listening to and providing feedback for golden spiral media podcasts in general, |
| 0:56.9 | various ones, whether it's lost, stuff I learned yesterday, Stranger Things podcast. |
| 1:04.0 | This is, I think, the first time that I've actually co-hosted on an episode. |
| 1:08.3 | So I'm really, really grateful for this opportunity. Well, when the |
| 1:12.3 | opportunity came, you were the first person that I thought of. You and I have known of each other |
| 1:20.5 | for a long time and we've known each other online through Facebook and different conversations |
| 1:25.4 | that we've had, stuff I learned yesterday, you mentioned. |
| 1:28.5 | And I was super excited that this opportunity came because I was like, this is, this just feels |
| 1:34.5 | like the perfect thing to get Jason in here. You did such a good job all season, calling in |
| 1:40.7 | feedback and educating me and the rest of the audience about the satanic panic and these metal artists that were featured on Stranger Things this season, Dio being one of those. |
| 1:55.5 | And so having the chance to talk with the creators of the new DO documentary and Ronnie James Dio's |
| 2:02.7 | widow. I mean, I felt so inept to do it alone. And I thought, I think Jason can probably |
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