What Difference Does It Make

What Difference Does It Make


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What Difference Does It Make Best Of 2023
January 05, 2024

Well, the saying goes, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.", but as Holly says, "I would be happy if we could have another year like this year." So we now look back at 2023 with a few highlights from our chats with many memorab

New Year's Music Favorites
December 29, 2023

Another holiday classic filled with some great 80s music! We discuss our new year's traditions,new year's resolutions, the history behind toasts and of course, all our favorite music we play to usher

Christmas Music Favorites
December 15, 2023

What Difference Does It Make, the 80s music podcast, talks Christmas music.There are a couple favorites centered around skiing and Holly tells us how she wooed her future husband with some skiing les

Happy Holidays 80s Music Favorites
December 08, 2023

It's the holiday season once again so Holly and I present to you this timeless classic episode...now with actual music! Dave's favorite holiday song is "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues. Holly goe

Ilana Kaplan Reviews My Name Is Barbra
December 01, 2023

Ilana Kaplanuses her superpower ability to read the 1000 page Barbara Streisand memoir, My Name Is Barbra, in only three days! Ilana wrote the book review for the Los Angeles Times, and now joins us not only to discuss Babs, but Britney Spears, Sophia Co

Annie Zaleski Loves Christmas Music
November 24, 2023

Friend of the show,Annie Zaleski,joins us this week to talk about the stories behind 100 beloved Christmas songs. It's also the title of her new book,This Is Christmas, Song by Song: The Stories Behind 100 Holiday Hits.We cant get through all 100 son

Thanksgiving Music Favorites
November 17, 2023

We talk turkey....and pie...and candy and occasionally about songs that make us think about Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving episode from 2018 reminds us of how fortunate we are to have food, friends a

Peter Jesperson: The Euphoric Music Fan
November 10, 2023

If you thoughtyouwere an obsessive music fan, we'd like to direct your attention toPeter Jesperson. He's known for establishing the Minneapolis-based Twin/Tone Records, initial home to bands like The Replacements and Soul Asylum, but he also had his ha

Happy Movember!
November 03, 2023

It's the most wonderful time of the year...at least for those allowed to grow a moustache in the month of November, aka Movember. The reason for this moustache celebration is because two Aussies(Travis Garone and Luke Slattery) wanted to create awareness

Halloween Remastered 80s style
October 27, 2023

It's not a repeat if you haven't heard it before, so this is the perfect time to revisit Dave's favorite holiday and the one Holly tolerates because candy is involved. We talk about our favorite Hall