Thrift store vinyl discovery launches search that outlasts most marriages. You buy a record for four dollars from an unknown late-'60s garage band called The Glass Cage. You decide to find them. Ten years later, you succeed. Marcus Pollard tracked down Norm Roth and the band members. The album they recorded 58 years ago finally gets official release now.

 

Commitment takes strange forms. A BC man keeps a smiling egg in his refrigerator for 60 years. Uncooked. Uncracked. Just sitting there as proof that fragile things can survive if you're careful enough. A 90-year-old New Brunswick pianist discovers social media stardom, proving skill accumulated over decades translates to platforms built for attention spans measured in seconds. And when a New Jersey woman goes into labor in a car before reaching the hospital, two police officers face a problem beyond medical training. They don't speak her language. Google Translate runs the entire emergency delivery, translating instructions in real-time as a baby girl arrives in the backseat.

 

What deserves a decade of searching? What's worth 60 years of refrigeration? What problems can technology solve that seemed impossible moments before? The answers matter less than the fact that people pursue them anyway.

 

Topics: thrift store album mystery, viral elderly pianist, long-term preservation, emergency language translation, decade-long searches


Originally aired on 2026-02-03

Thrift store vinyl discovery launches search that outlasts most marriages. You buy a record for four dollars from an unknown late-'60s garage band called The Glass Cage. You decide to find them. Ten years later, you succeed. Marcus Pollard tracked down Norm Roth and the band members. The album they recorded 58 years ago finally gets official release now.
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Commitment takes strange forms. A BC man keeps a smiling egg in his refrigerator for 60 years. Uncooked. Uncracked. Just sitting there as proof that fragile things can survive if you're careful enough. A 90-year-old New Brunswick pianist discovers social media stardom, proving skill accumulated over decades translates to platforms built for attention spans measured in seconds. And when a New Jersey woman goes into labor in a car before reaching the hospital, two police officers face a problem beyond medical training. They don't speak her language. Google Translate runs the entire emergency delivery, translating instructions in real-time as a baby girl arrives in the backseat.
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What deserves a decade of searching? What's worth 60 years of refrigeration? What problems can technology solve that seemed impossible moments before? The answers matter less than the fact that people pursue them anyway.
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Topics: thrift store album mystery, viral elderly pianist, long-term preservation, emergency language translation, decade-long searches
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-03

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From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
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