Stephen Rea: Ozzy & Me and then we discuss some politics before my surgery tomorrow. (11/12/25 Show)

On the November 12, 2025 episode of Liberal Dan Radio, I invite Stephen Rea on my show to discuss his new bookOzzy & MeLife Lessons, Wild Stories, and Unexpected Epiphanies from Forty Years of Friendship with the Prince of Darkness. Buy Stephen Rea's new book Ozzy & Me

Stephen Rea was born in Northern Ireland in 1969, the same year “The Troubles” began. Violence was everywhere. His grandmother was nearly killed when gunmen opened fire on the wrong house, leaving young Stephen to pick at the bullet holes in the walls. He found refuge from this turmoil in heavy metal—especially the music of Ozzy Osbourne. As a pre-internet teenager, he hunted down dozens of live concert bootlegs—corresponding by mail with collectors around the world—and devoured every music magazine he could find.

In late 1984, when Stephen was fifteen, he read about a huge festival in Rio de Janeiro that January called “Rock In Rio” whose bill included AC/DC, Queen, and Osbourne. As a lark, he mentioned it to his dad, and was stunned when he said they should go. He was even more shocked when his mother, looking for information about how to get tickets, began a correspondence with Osbourne’s secretary, who scored the family VIP passes and introduced them to Osbourne in Brazil. Thus began a friendship with Ozzy, his wife Sharon and the rest of the Osbourne family that has continued for decades.

While traveling on tour in the mid-nineties, Ozzy gifted Stephen a pair of fancy leather notebooks and told him to keep a record of their adventures and conversations. The result is Ozzy & Me: a beautiful behind-the-scenes memoir that proves the life-affirming, soul-nourishing power of music—and disproves the notion that you should never meet your heroes.

Other topics to be discussed today will be the Lafourche parish school board expelling a student for standing up to her bully. The DCCC has a silly petition about Trump running for a third term. Donald Trump wants to call his "plan" on healthcare "Trumpcare" or whatever, but with no details, how he describes it is quite stupid. The olympics want to ban not just trans women now, but cis gender women with high testosterone levels (as I predicted).

More Epstein emails were released. And the White House has a master manipulator in Karoline Leavitt.

Remember, when they say MAGA, the "America" they mean is the Confederate State of America.

Remember, John Fugelsang (recently on the #DailyShow spoke about his book on #christianity and how #MAGA types misuse the bible) was on the show and you can buy his book here

Also, I now have a playlist on spotify featuring 4 Liberal Dan Radio original songs. Check it out, share it, etc

Oh, and 8647... if you think that implies violence, you've got mafia ties...

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