A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?
Dave and Holly, your 80s music aficionados, talk to the artists and music industry insiders that made it the greatest decade for music.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 288
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Scott Aukerman Adds The Bang! Bang! To Our 1986 Music Countdown
Scott Aukerman is first and foremost an amazingly funny and creative comedian. You know him as the creator and host of Comedy Bang! Bang!, and he's also one of the co-creators of "Between Two Ferns" …
01:28:15 |
Fri 26 May 2023
Michael Halloran Is Radios In Motion
Michael Halloran heard XTC's "Radios In Motion" and took the lyrics to heart: "And all my kids are complaining, that there's nowhere to go." He gave the kids somewhere to go, first in Detroit with hi…
01:03:47 |
Fri 19 May 2023
Steven Blush Introduces Disco To Rock
Depending on your age, you either initially loved or hated disco. No matter your age now, you love songs like "I Was Made For Lovin' You" by KISS and "Shakedown Street" by The Grateful Dead and don't…
00:41:03 |
Fri 05 May 2023
Ever Fallen In Love? with Craig Rosen
We love friend-of-the-show, Craig Rosen, and we love his passion for music. This makes him the perfect guest to look at songs 30 to 21 from the 1986 KROQ year-end playlist. Does he like the Fine Youn…
00:55:14 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Glen Matlock Sees Consequences Coming
Glen Matlock has seen a lot, and he pours it all out on his new solo album, Consequences Coming. Glen steps into our virtual studio to discuss his solo career and the amazing band he's assembled. But…
00:53:48 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Debora Iyall of Romeo Void
There is no doubt that Debora Iyall, lead singer of the band Romeo Void, knows her way around a memorable lyric. "A Girl In Trouble Is A Temporary Thing", "Talk Dirty To Me”, and of course, "I Might …
00:50:01 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Sam Zniber: Radio Prodigy
Sam Zniber knew he wanted to be on the radio. So at the tender age of 14, he stepped into the office of his local top 40 radio station and let the Manager know exactly what he was doing wrong. To the…
00:52:36 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Benji McPhail Discovers Music At KXT 91.7 in Dallas
Benji McPhail is the Program Director and Morning Show host at KXT 91.7 in Dallas. He's been leading the charge of music discovery since his days at the legendary KBCO in Boulder, Colorado. Today, Be…
01:02:50 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
Max Tolkoff on 91X, Alternative Radio and KROQ from 1986
Max Tolkoff has an opinion or two on the state of Alternative radio. This is the man responsible for The Edge format which eventually wound up on over 30 Alternative radio stations by the mid 90’s. M…
01:02:24 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Lynn Goldsmith: Not Just A Rock and Roll Photographer
Lynn Goldsmith is an artist of many hats, painter of conceptional images, film director, even co-manager at one point for Grand Funk Railroad. But the reason we are thrilled to talk with Lynn today a…
00:52:00 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Steve Kilbey of The Church
Steve Kilbey of The Church does not have a stop button. He's been releasing music for over 40 years, that's 26 albums with The Church, 7 solo albums and a plethora of collaborations with his musical …
00:50:39 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Dennis Constantine, Adult Rocker
Dennis Constantine is a radio visionary. Finding himself at a new radio station, he saw a niche in a market filled with rock radio stations. Instead of cutting down the music library to a small playl…
00:54:32 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Jake "The 80s Never Ended In My Book" Rudh
Simply put, Jake Rudh is an old soul in the best of ways. He stayed indoors as a child to watch MTV. When grunge took hold in the early 90s, he was working at a swing era radio station. He even named…
00:57:54 |
Fri 17 Feb 2023
The Rock Report with Rita Wilde
Rita Wilde is simply put, a radio legend, having spent over 25 years as a DJ, Music Director and Program Director at 95.5 KLOS in Los Angeles. She epitomizes the rock fan's dream of playing and talki…
01:02:45 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Having A Sit With Buzz Knight
Usually you can hear Buzz Knight "Takin' A Walk" as he does on his own podcast but today we "have a sit" with this radio executive. We find out about how he got his start in the business and what he …
01:02:58 |
Fri 27 Jan 2023
The World Famous KROQ in 1986
The year is 1986, and the music on the radio for the kids of LA is going through some changes. KROQ has a new next-door neighbor on the dial, called Power 106. The music KROQ is playing has a little …
00:39:16 |
Fri 20 Jan 2023
Pop Culture 1986
1986 was quite a year for collaborations: Aerosmith and Run DMC, Siskel & Ebert, Tom Cruise and his need for speed. It all adds up to another year to remember. And let's not fail to acknowledge it wa…
00:48:53 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Craig Rosen New Year, Old Friend
We welcome back music journalist and friend-of-the-show, Craig Rosen, into the What Difference Does It Make garage with a toast to the new year. Craig is hitting a milestone year, so we ask the autho…
00:54:50 |
Fri 06 Jan 2023
David Is Out In The Wild
David Wild steps out of his comfy zone writing for The Grammy Awards and the upcoming TV salute to Paul Simon (airing on CBS on December 21), and enters into the wild of our studio/garage. David face…
00:51:40 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
The Adventures of Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson grew up loving radio, comedy, and with an appreciation for the absurd. These qualities made Mark uniquely qualified to create one of the most iconic morning radio shows in history. The …
00:56:54 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
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