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What Difference Does It Make Podcast
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Dave and Holly talk all things 80s...but mostly music! Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. #80s #80smusic #80smusicpodcast #80spodcast #musicpodcast #interviewpodcast #musichistory #80spopculture
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Although it was originally released in 1981, we’re choosing this one as our favorite Christmas song for 2025! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social
#ChristmasMusic #christmassongs #holidaysongs #bobanddougmckenzie #80s #80smusic #80sPodcast #musicpodcast #noveltysongs
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December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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You’re not tired of #christmasmusic yet, are you? Good, because we’ve got another classic holiday episode...all #Christmas, all the time! Why not give it a listen while you’re doing your Christmas Wrapping? @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #christmassongs
#holidaysongs #80s #80schristmassongs
Christmas Music Favorites
What Difference Does It Make, the (mostly) 80s music podcast, celebrates our favorite 80s Christmas songs.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Our thanks to #StephanieMyers of #Songfactspodcast for inviting us back this year to contribute a segment to the holiday episode. What song did we choose? It’s a funny one. Listen to find out, hosers! @dogspluscoffee.bsky.social @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #holidaymusic #christmasmusic #80s
6th Annual Holiday Episode
Podcast Episode · Songfacts Podcast · 12/17/2025 · 33m
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December 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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2025 has been a toast-worthy year! This week, it’s our annual wrap-up. We talked with artists, music industry insiders, authors, filmmakers, and friends. If you’re a new listener, or you missed episodes, here’s a taste of the past year. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80s #80smusic
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What Difference Does It Make Best Of 2025
As we look back at our 34 new podcast episodes from 2025, we realize each one is uniquely special. We've talked with artists, music industry insiders, authors, filmmakers, and friends. Now, we pre...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Paul Myers joins us to chat about his new book, John Candy: A Life In Comedy.

Paul is also the host of the @recordstoreday.bsky.social
podcast, so he’s got stories about some of our favorite artists, and we can’t get enough!
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Paul Myers and John Candy
Paul Myers has just completed his Canadian trilogy. Previously, he authored the definitive biographies on Barenaked Ladies and Kids In The Hall. He now takes on one of the most popular Canadians ever,...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The 8th and final album by UK #SophistiPop band #RoxyMusic, 1982’s AVALON was their most successful- selling over a million copies in the USA alone. Rolling Stone Mag's list of “100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s” puts it at #31- the deeper cut “True To Life” was a Starck fave
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Have you checked out @goodpods.bsky.social for all the latest and greatest podcasts? They make it easy to like and subscribe! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80s #80smusic #80smusicpodcast #80sPodcast #musicpodcast #musichistory #interviewpodcast
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November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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We originally recorded this classic #Thanksgiving episode in 2018, the year we started the podcast. As thankful as we were that year, we’re even more so in 2025. We’re grateful you’ve continued to listen and support, and we strive to do our best with each episode. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social
Thanksgiving Music Favorites
In this Thanksgiving episode from 2018, we talk about Golden Girls, hippies throwing away trash and learn about the word "mondegreen".
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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If you’re a fan of @remhq.bsky.social , #BillBerry, #JasonNarducy, or even if you’re not, you’ll love this story, as written by our friend @craigrosen.bsky.social. Jason has been a guest on the podcast, and he is as great as he seems! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80s
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November 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Is #AirSupply really celebrating their 50th anniversary? Singer #RussellHitchcock joins us to chat about this milestone, about his partnership with #GrahamRussell, and lots more.
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#musicpodcast #interviewpodcast #musichistory #lovesongs
Russell Hitchcock Gives Us Fifty Years of Air Supply
Russell joins the podcast to share what these milestones mean to him, to reflect on Air Supply’s enduring legacy, and to reveal how he and bandmate Graham Russell have kept their musical partnership—a...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Celebrating #NationalMetalDay? Why not add this classic episode to your queue? #RichBienstock and #TomBeaujour will entertain AND inform! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #richardbienstock #metal #heavymetal #rocknroll #80s #80smusic #80smusicpodcast #musicpodcast #interviewpodcast #musichistory
Nöthin' But A Good Time: The '80s Hard Rock Explosion
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November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Happy #NationalMetalDay, decreed on 11/11/11 by #VH1Classic. To celebrate, we offer you a classic episode with authors #RichBienstock and #TomBeaujour, upon the release of their book, Nöthin’ But A Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ‘80s Hard Rock Explosion. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social
Nöthin' But A Good Time: The '80s Hard Rock Explosion
Podcast Episode · A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make? · 11/07/2025 · 1h 12m
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November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Our classic #Halloween episode is back! Spooky songs, scary movies, candy, Halloween-themed cereal…it’s all right here! Give it a listen, and tell us some of YOUR favorites! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #halloweenmusic #spookysongs
#holidaymusic #80s #80smusic #80smusicpodcast #80spodcast
Halloween Music Remastered 80s style
It's Halloween and we get to share our favorite scary songs on the podcast. It's a dead man's party, so who can ask for more!
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October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Eric Vetro coached #ArianaGrande for #Wicked, #TimotheeChalamet as #BobDylan, #AustinButler for Elvis, and now, #JeremyAllenWhite as #Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere. He’s got loads of stories, and a #BBCMaestro series. We’re grateful he had time to chat with [email protected]
Eric Vetro Knows How To Sing Like The Stars
Eric Vetro has big Hollywood dreams to sing. The twist is that he does not become a star, but he now trains the biggest Hollywood stars like Ariana Grande (Wicked), Timotheé Chalamet (A Complete Unkno...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Last year, we had a chat with @warrenzanes.bsky.social about his book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, upon which the film is based, starring #JeremyAllenWhite. We talked a little about the film, and a LOT about @brucespringsteen.net.
Warren Zanes Delivers Us To Nebraska
Warren Zanes joins the podcast to discuss the PBS concert performance of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska as well as the film staring Jeremy Allen White, Deliver Me From Nowhere,
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October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We chatted with #MattPiucci and #StevenRoback of #RainParade upon the reissue of their second album, Crashing Dream. We covered it all: origins of the band, #80s Paisley Underground scene, siblings, pets, famous friends. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #80smusic
#musicpodcast #musichistory
Rain Parade Have A Crashing Dream
Matt Piucci and Steven Roback from Rain Parade join the podcast to celebrate the reissue of their second album, Crashing Dream, which is loaded with extras and live tracks. We chat with Matt and Steve...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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We made it to the top 10 songs played on #KROQ in #1988! And we finish it up with #MoonUnitZappa! She lived it, she loves it, she chats with us all about it! The music, the videos, her antics in 1988…all in this lovely little episode. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social
#80s #80smusic #80spodcast
Moon Unit Teas Up KROQ 80s Music
As the conclusion for our year long look at the music radio station KROQ in Los Angeles played back in 1988, we turn to the one and only Moon Unit Zappa. Moon's been busy as her ⁠Moon Unit Tea⁠ busine...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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#danielleclamangelber has always been a HUGE music fan. She’s also a TV producer, having worked on some of our favorite shows. She’s smart, funny, knowledgeable, AND she’s Holly’s #Oasis travel partner, so we dig deep on the band. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #musicpodcast #InterviewPodcast
Danielle Claman Gelber Finds Her Oasis
Your pop culture references were forever altered by shows Danielle Claman Gelber developed like Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place and The X-Files, to name just a few. Oasis is one of her absolute fav...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Did you know there’s an actual #OneHitWonderDay ? September 25! We’re celebrating it with friend-of-the-show Craig Rosen, and we’ve chosen one one-hit-wonder from each year of the #80s. Any guesses? @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social @craigrosen.bsky.social #onehitwonder #onehitwonders #80smusic
Exploring 80s One-Hit Wonders on National One-Hit Wonder Day
In honor of National One-Hit Wonder Day on September 25, we present a podcast episode saluting our favorite 80s One-Hit Wonders.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#ChrisVos of #TheRecordCompany
joins us for a wide-ranging chat. Careers, family, farming, growing up in the Midwest, and the music, which includes four albums, and many top 10 AAA singles. @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #musicpodcast #interviewpodcast #Blues #bluesrock #bluesmusic #rockandroll
Chris Vos Runs The Record Company
Chris Vos named his band The Record Company as he thought his band would never get signed. Turns out, not only did they get signed but The Record Company are now ten years and counting into their care...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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On this day in 1986, Talking Heads released their seventh studio album “True Stories” featuring “Wild Wild Life” and “Love for Sale"
September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Thrilled to chat with #Pogues @spiderstacy.bsky.social, as they embark on tour in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their classic album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash. We covered A LOT! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social #shanemacgowan #80s
#musichistory #celticpunk
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The Pogues' Spider Stacy Gives Us Rum, Sodomy And The Lash
Spider Stacy of The Pogues joins our podcast at the start of their all-too-brief North American (East Coast) tour, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their classic album, Rum, Sodomy & The Lash. Spi...
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September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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What was your first job? Favorite job? What’s the significance of #LaborDay? What’s the origin? It’s all right here, in our classic episode, along with the music that we might be listening to for Labor Day! @pantheonpodcasts.bsky.social @davesloan.bsky.social #80s #80smusic #80spodcast
Workin' Overtime Music for Labor Day
We are takin' care of business at What Difference Does It Make. We say, "Let's Work! and recognize songs that salute the Working Class Hero.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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On this day in 1989, Depeche Mode released “Personal Jesus” - the lead single from their seventh studio album “Violator”
August 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Beloved #radio and #siriusxm personality @katcorbett.bsky.social joins us to chat about her career, favorite bands, and more, like songs 30 to 21 on the 1988 #KROQ year-end chart. @pantheonpodcasts.bosky.social #80s #80smusic
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Kat Corbett Is On Lithium
Kat Corbett has been one of our favorite radio personalities since she started at KROQ in Los Angeles at the start of the 2000 millennium. Kat joins What Difference Does It Make podcast to talk about ...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM