In honor of National One-Hit Wonder Day on September 25, we present a podcast episode saluting our favorite 80s One-Hit Wonders.

Glen Matlock talks with us about his new album Consequences Coming, playing with Blondie and of course his time with The Sex Pistols.

Los Angeles vs. San Francisco is an age old competition; Dodgers vs. Giants, Sunny weather vs. Chill weather, Hollywood glamor or Crunchy granola vibes. Back in the 80s, we had KROQ and LIVE 105. Rola...

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.

If you watched MTV in the 80s, then you've seen a Tim Pope-directed video. Queen, David Bowie, Hall & Oates, and The Cure - the band he's most associated with - are among the hundreds of bands that ha...

⁠Jacob Givens⁠ created a social media sensation with his authentic and hilarious reaction videos to what it was like when he first heard the 90s music from his youth. Now Jacob steps into the What Dif...

The Sunset Marquis hotel in West Hollywood is located just steps from the Sunset Strip, and has been a haven for rock stars for the past six decades. But how did it come to be such an iconic place for...

Musicians, critics, and superfans on the songs, albums and scenes worth knowing about. Interviews, album breakdowns, and new discoveries across pop, hip hop, jazz, classical, dance and beyond.

Our celebration podcast episode of everything Duran Duran. It's August 10. Happy Duran Duran Appreciation Day!

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The Los Angeles Times referred to it as "Country Music's most important West Coast club". Artists from Willie Nelson to Elvis Costello to Linda Ronstadt played there. Happy Hour started at 8 in the mo...

Prior to the start of what is being billed as "the biggest 80s event of the year", headliner Howard Jones and host Richard Blade took some time to talk with us and share their thoughts on what we can ...

Director Alison Ellwood, previously tackled the official story on the Eagles, Cyndi Lauper, and The Go-Go's. She now takes on Boy George and Culture Club and there is a lot to unpack as she steps into...

As an 80s music podcast, and as America recognizes another year of independence, we believe the time is right to recognize our favorite American music artists from the 80s. The rules are simple: 1)...

We have quite a few songs that remind us of our Dads, and we share our memories with you in our special Father's Day episode.

Mike is the founder of ⁠Joey's Song⁠. Mike's son, Joey, lived with Dravet Syndrome - a rare, debilitating form of epilepsy that affects children in the most profound ways. Mike started this foundatio...

As an ’80s music podcast, it’s no secret that we’ve always had a little extra love for Olivia Newton-John. Now author Matthew Hild takes that appreciation even deeper with his new book, A Little More ...

Join our 80s Summer Music podcast as Craig Rosen chats favorite summer hits from the 70s & 80s. Relive 80s Summer Music nostalgia with us!

Annie’s latest book, Stevie Nicks in 50 Songs, explores Stevie’s remarkable journey through the music that defined her life and career, along with the artists and songs that inspired her along the way...

Whether we like it or not, our moms shape who we are, and influence how we feel about so much in our lives. This episode is devoted to the music that is embedded in our DNA, thanks to our mothers, or ...

Happy May, What Difference Does it Make Listeners! It's that unique time when we release our newsletter and drop a new episode on the same day! Today you can hear actress, author, and fellow San Ferna...

While Holly and Dave lovingly recall growing up in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, Gina Gershon had a completely different experience and could not wait to get out. It's all laid out in her...

JayQuan, author of the coffee table book, RUN-DMC and Raising Hell: 40 Years, joins the podcast.  JayQuan is the curator for the National Hip-Hop Museum in Washington DC, as well as a consultant fo...

Steve Berlin, producer, arranger, session player, saxophonist, and Grammy-winning member of Los Lobos and The Blasters is now promoting a band he was in over forty years ago. Top Jimmy And The Rhythm ...

Steve Spears has just released a book based on his popular podcast, entitled Stuck In The 80s: 20 Years of Conversations with Pop Culture Icons Who Defined a Decade.   We are thrilled Steve guests on our podcast to share a few amazing stories he's accumulated over the years, including a few awkward moments. Steve has also been a big part of The 80s Cruise, and he dispenses some fun tidbits from his ten years hobnobbing with our favorite 80s music icons.

Danny Goldberg  joins the podcast to share how he helped Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, and Nirvana among many others reach such incredible heights, and also to discuss the reissue of his sixth book, Bum...

Happy April, WDDIM fans! tI's lirpA slooF yaD os esaelp kcehc tuo ruo cissalc lirpA looF's yaD edosipe! In case you missed any of our March shenanigans: Friend of the show, Steven Blush hopped on the ...

Happy April Fools' Day! What songs make you smile? We get serious about funny songs on the What Difference Does It Make podcast!

Harold Bronson may be best known as one of the co-founders of Rhino Records, but when he was a student at UCLA, he was in a band called Mogan David And His Winos. The band made one album, fusing all t...

Let's play St. Patrick's Day music to recognize a number of our 80s music favorite artists from The Emerald Isle. While we have a hard time pronouncing names like Cathal McGarvey, Seamus Ennis and Lia...

Author Steven Blush has just completed his rock trilogy, When Rock Met Disco, When Rock Met Reggae, and the just-released When Rock Met Hip-Hop.  Steven recalls times spent with Rick Rubin, The Beasti...

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Paul Rees, was actually on young lad living in Scotland during the heyday of Album Oriented Rock (AOR) But the distance away from American radio created a fan in Paul and now we have Raised On Radio: ...

Roddy Bottum is one of the founders and keyboardist of the iconic band Faith No More. In his memoir, The Royal We, Roddy shares his coming-of-age and out-of-the-closet stories in a pre-tech-boom San F...

We love love and what better way to say it than with a song from the 80s? Holly and Dave talk up tracks used for their cassette mixtapes.

Arielle Nissenblatt, Founder and Head Curator with Earbuds Podcast Collective AND a 2026 Podcast Hall Of Fame Inductee, joins our podcast to share her origin story and insights into the industry. She ...

Andy Greene, Senior Writer for Rolling Stone, has been with the storied magazine since 2004. Andy shares with us his origin story of how a shy, young boy from the suburbs of Cleveland finds his way to...

And so it begins again, as we now take a look at the top 106.7 songs played in 1989 on radio station KROQ in Los Angeles. Upcoming episodes will feature ten songs and a special guest, but for this epi...

The year 1989 was more than just the number...another summer...the sound of the funky drummer. It was also the year we first fell in love with The Simpsons, the Game Boy, and The Arsenio Hall show. It...

Back in the ’80s, we thought they were selling out. Turns out, they were ahead of the curve. Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene rounded up some of his favorite commercials featuring ’80s rock icons—from Davi...

New York Times Bestselling author Bill Janovitz is a founding member of the Boston-based band Buffalo Tom. Bill's latest book on fellow Boston musicians is called The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told. It...

Another classic episode, filled with talk of our new year's traditions, resolutions, toasts and our favorite 80s music!

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What Difference Does It Make, the (mostly) 80s music podcast, celebrates our favorite 80s Christmas songs.