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Empty Space Podcast
by Empty Space Podcast
A discussion about pop punk and mental health. Hosts Stephen Carafone and Nick Bachelder talk music and different mental health topics.
Episodes
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No Skips, No problems
The boys discuss albums that are perfect! Give us some of your perfect albums!
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Solo Steve: News, Notes, New Releases
Bach is working. Steve’s on the sticks solo! He brings ya some news, notes, and new releases! Enjoy!
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Top 5 Bangers
The boys are back together to chat about their top songs from August! Check it out!
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Skate Punk Discussion
The boys are back this week to discuss some skate punk! Check it out!
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Solo Stephen!
Disclaimer: I have not seen or heard this. I cannot tell you what this is or what Stephen talks about. The views expressed in this podcast are Stephen’s and Stephen’s only. Best of luck kids.
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Have you seen this?!
The boys discuss new things they’ve seen in the pop punk scene! Check it out.
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2000s Album Ranking
The boys are back to rank their favorite albums from 2000-2009!!
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Top 5 Bangers!
The boys are back and bringing you their top 5 bangers of the month! Check it out!
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NP Style Breakdown
The boys breakdown no pressures new record. NP Style. Check it out.
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No Pressure: The Story So Far and the Story Yet to Come!
The boys discuss the upcoming No Pressure record. They give a career retrospective, some comparisons to TSSF, as well as their predictions for the record!
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Summer Festival Draft ‘26
The lads draft their ultimate summer festival line up! Tell us yours!
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Top 5 Bangers!
The boys are bringing the fireworks this week and celebrating the Fourth of July with their Top 5 bangers of June! Enjoy! Happy 4th of July!
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Ranking Albums Volume 1: The 90s
The boys are back and ranking their favorite pop punk albums of the 90s! Check it out!
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Is Mental Health Trendy?
The boys discuss the good and bad of mental health becoming more main stream in social media. Check it out!
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Is Social Media Killing Pop Punk?
The boys are back to discuss if social media is killing pop punk!
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Are Role Models Pop Punk?
The boys discuss if it’s right to put the title “role model” on some of our pop punk favorites! Check it out and give us your thoughts!
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Top 5 Bangers
The boys are back to discuss their top 5 bangers of the month!
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Songs for Aliens!
Earth is toast. Humans are gone. All that’s left is 10 songs that define pop punk for aliens to discover! Find out our songs now! Tell us yours in the comments!
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Sad Songs That Saved Us
The boys open up mental health awareness month with an episode about all the songs that saved us! Give it a listen. Let us know some songs or lyrics that have helped you in tough times!
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Was pop punk our first therapist?!
The boys are back to discuss if pop punk was our first real therapist! Give it a listen!
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Top 5 Bangers!
The boys are back to discuss their top 5 bangers of April! Give it a spin and see if you find some new music! Enjoy!
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Episode 266: Pop Punk Is For Losers!
Is pop punk for losers? Are we all losers? Let’s find out!
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Episode 265: Warped Tour Talk
The boys are back to discuss their thoughts on warped tour and the line ups!
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Episode 264: Top 5 Bangers
The boys are back and discuss their top 5 bangers of the month of march!
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Episode 263: Goldstate!
The boys are joined by James and Ben of the UK based band, Goldstate! We had an awesome time chatting with some new friends about Goldstate, inspirations, new music, mental health, and, everything in between! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
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Episode 262: Matt from High Sierra Club
The boys are joined this week by Matt, lead singer of the Vegas based band, Hugh Sierra Club! Enjoy!
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Episode 261: Green Day, Punk? Or Pop Punk?
Is Green Day punk or pop punk or neither?! You tell us!!
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Episode 260: Top 5 Bangers!
The boys are back this week to discuss their top 5 bangers of the month! Check it out!!
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Episode 259: Pop Punk is Depressing on Purpose!
Is pop punk sad on purpose? Is it written to keep us coming back for more and to keep us sad to sell records? Or is is here to help and make us feel not so alone? Find out!
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Episode 258: Space Talk
The boys are back this week to discuss life and some changes they are thinking about making to the podcast. As well as a quick discussion about what they’ve been jamming to most this month! Send us some feedback on what you’d like to hear more of or what you want to hear less of!
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Episode 257: News, Notes, New Releases!
Just Steve in this week and he’s here to bring you all the news, Notes, and new releases over the past month!
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Episode 256: Ryan of Tokyo Rose!
The lads are joined by Ryan of legendary pop punk band, Tokyo Rose!! They discus Tokyo roses new track, “Something Sweeter” as well as inspirations, a 20 year hiatus, life, and music! Give it a spin!
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Episode 255: Top 5 Bangers!
The fellas are back to discuss what they’ve been listening to this month! Give it a spin!
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Episode 254: Calling All Captains; The Things That I’ve Lost Breakdown
The boys are back and excited this week to talk about their friends Calling All Captains brand new record, The Things That I’ve Lost!!
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Episode 253: Mayday Parade Valdosta Breakdown
They boys are back this week to discuss Mayday Parades EP Valdosta! Enjoy!
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Episode 252: AOTY/Wrapped Special!
The lads are back to close out 2025 with their AOTY/Wrapped Special! Which records made the top 5?! Listen to find out!
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Episode 251: The 2025 Christmas Special!
The boys are back this week to celebrate Christmas in a fun way with some fun rapid fire questions!
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Episode 250: Mayday Parade, Anywhere But Here Part 2!
The fellas are back to breakdown the back half of Mayday Parades hit record, Anywhere But Here! Give it a spin!
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Episode 249: Hit The Lights, Tomorrows Gonna Hurt Breakdown!
The guys are back to breakdown the brand new EP from a huge influential band for the show! Hit The Lights dropped Tomorrows Gonna Hurt a few weeks ago and the boys discuss what an awesome treat this is and how good this EP is. If you’re a fan of early-mid 2000s pop punk you need to go check this…
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Episode 248: News, Notes, New Releases
The boys are back to discuss all things pop punk, new songs, some news, and some fun notes. As well as a fun little game at the end of the episode! Hope y’all enjoy!
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Episode 247: Top 5 Bangers
The boys are back to discuss their top 5 bangers of the month of November!
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Episode 246: Mayday Parade, Anywhere But Here Breakdown Pt. 1
The boys are back this week to discuss Disney, some random thoughts, and breakdown Mayday Parades second studio album, Anywhere But Here! Hope y’all enjoy!
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Episode 245: My Side Of Paradise!
The boys sit down and chat with Steven and Sam of the band, “My Side Of Paradise” and Emo Kids! They discuss a little bit of everything including some new music and a BIG announcement! Check it out!
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Episode 244: News, Notes, New Releases
The boys are back this week to discuss all the happenings in the pop punk scene! Check it out!
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Episode 243: Interview with Mike Aka “Truck Smart”
The boys are joined with long time friend of the show Mike Vasconcellos! Mike is a truck driver and long time friend of the boys and the program. They discuss the struggles of driving truck, music, mental health, and have a ton of fun! Check it out!
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Episode 242: Top 5 Bangers
The boys discuss their top 5 bangers of the month. They also talk about some hockey, football, future plans, and life. Enjoy!
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Episode 241: Space Talk
The boys are recovering from an unknown illness and are back to just chat about life, sports, music, and everything in between! Check it out!
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Episode 240: News, Notes, New Releases!
The boys are back this week with some news, notes, and new releases for you! As well as some mental health talk and a bit of sports talk! Enjoy!
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Episode 239: Top 5 Bangers
The boys are back to talk about their Top 5 Bangers of September! Check out some old school hits, some music you may not have heard, and some tried and true classics!
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Episode 238: Belmont, Last to Love Breakdown
The boys are back this week to talk about 4 little songs from a little band that should be massive! This week they broke down Belmonts newest release, Last To Love! Go check it out!!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A discussion about pop punk and mental health. Hosts Stephen Carafone and Nick Bachelder talk music and different mental health topics.
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Empty Space Podcast
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A discussion about pop punk and mental health. Hosts Stephen Carafone and Nick Bachelder talk music and different mental health topics.
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