It's Monday, June 28, 2021, and I wanted to take a moment to thank you for tuning into the second season of ephemeral.

Thanks to everyone who's listened, written, followed, reviewed, and recommended our show to a friend.

It has been so great to be back. Also, we have news. We're taking next week off,

and then, starting July 12th, we'll be releasing a new episode of ephemeral every other week

at infinitum. So, at least two new episodes a month, with no more breaks between seasons.

Shoot me an email.

Let us know what you think.

We're at ephemeral at iHeartMedia.com.

Ephemeral is a production of iHeart 3D audio.

For full exposure, listen with headphones. The amazing thing about recorded music is how it can freeze time.

Not only the moment in which it was performed, but the

points of your life when you're listening most. Anyone who's ever fallen in love with a song can

experience this phenomenon, including our friend Bob Purse. My name is Bob Purse.

I'm originally from Northfield, Illinois,

which is a tiny suburb of Chicago.

And I have been since my early adulthood, a massive collector.

I suspect that I own at least 10,000 individual pieces of recorded sound.

One record that scored the major events of Bob's adult life was so obscure that it set in motion his collecting obsession some 35 years ago.

In May of 1985, on the verge of his 25th birthday, a young Bob Purse was looking for what was next in his life.

My future was staring me in the face, and I didn't know exactly what I was going to do.

I had an off-again-on-again relationship with college, and I was just a week or two away from graduating with my bachelor's degree in human services and intended to find a job working with children.

Now, is everyone seated where you can see everyone else?

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