The Erasable Podcast

This week, we are down one pencil podcaster and up one pen superpodcaster. Brad Dowdy of the Pen Addict joins us to tie up our trio while Andy is away for the week. ZINES! Ever since Ed Kemp launched Pencil of the Week a few years ago and, especially, since he was a guest on this podcast’s Episode 150, zines have been blowing up among stationery content creators and consumers. In this episode, Bra...

Join us for a chat about the pencils that we each used during elementary school. With a 9 year age gap between our hosts, coming during the crucial years of a trade agreement with China and the onset of the shrinking of the American pencil industry, we’re sure to have a variety of pencils to talk about! Plus: Olympics, new Field Notes, and many, many green ink samples. Show Notes & Links Erasa...

Well, we inadvertently took a summer break so after a month off, we’re back to talk through our collected Fresh Points: from the new Blackwing 64 to an update from Tim about how it’s going with his new electric sharpener. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon The Nickel Boys Things Fall Apart   Grantchester Kevin can F Himself Killers of the Flower Moon Maus The Wood Brothers Alone 404 Magazi...

Do you write in your books? Tonight, our special guest Caitlin Elgin joins us to talk about marginalia — why you might want to write them, and how you might want to write them. In fact, one of use does not write in his books, and maybe we can convince him to start. Or not. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Woodclinched on Etsy Pencil Revolution on Etsy I’ll Be Gone in the Dark JCS Crimina...

Tonight, we’re celebrating Field Notes’s fiftieth Colors edition — uh, Fifty — with a pocket notebook retrospective: How did we first encounter Field Notes? What’s our favorite editions for aesthetics? Color? Writing experience? Plus: an amazing new sampler pack from Musgrave. Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Field Notes: Fifty List of Field Notes Limited Editions Name of the Wind Stea...

Today we’re keeping it simple with just a Fresh Points episode, covering everything from Blackwing’s rerelease of a pencil they’re still selling, Bob Dylan’s pocket notebooks, pencil t-shirts, and a bevy of recommendations for what Andy should pick up after he finishes his current notebook. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Steal Like an Artist Show Your Work World of Wonders Mare of Easttown...

Today we talk about vintage notebooks, yet another new Blackwing, and mechanical keyboards. But also much to our delight, our friend and creative polymath Tiffany Babb joins the show to talk comics, literary criticism and creativity. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Woodclinched on Etsy Pencil Revolution on Etsy Tiffany’s Website Twitter Instagram Etsy Newsletter Penelope Scott Sidney Lumet &...

Andy and Tim have wrested control of the show back away from the devious (yet iconic) duo of Johnny and Charlotte, and we’re talking once again to Noah Bier from Makers Cabinet about their brand new Kickstarter project, a pencil extender called The Ferrule. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Episode 111: Eiffel Tower Points The Ferrule on Kickstarter Maker’s Cabinet Stria Iris The Sympathizer T...

You might notice something…strange about this week’s podcast. Do not adjust your podcatcher. What you are hearing is happening in Real Life and in Real Time. YOUR PODCAST HAS BEEN USURPED. PENCIL IS SILLY Transcript Charlotte: Charlotte. Do you need a pencil?   No, I have a pen.  (Erasable theme)    Johnny: Hello. Hello and welcome to Episode 160 of the former Erasable Pod...

Since our recording schedule and the Blackwing and Field Notes quarterly release schedule didn’t line up, we’re keeping it short today to talk about fresh points: zines, old city street guides, and an exciting announcement about the 8th issue of Plumbago Magazine. Show Notes & Links: Erasable Patreon Plumbago 8 T-Shirts Warlight The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer Cat Part...

Let’s get to the point: what good are pencils that aren’t sharp? Tonight, we take another look at sharpeners, the ones we love, the ones we recommend, the ones you might want to avoid. Also, check out our 2021 Erasable Podcast t-shirt campaign ! Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Woodclinched on Etsy Pencil Revolution on Etsy Somebody Feed Phil For All Mankind Hayes Carll A Swim in a Pond in...

Sometimes there are pencils that you almost love. Almost. Something holds you back, and you just can’t get these pencils to work out for you. Tonight, we examine the pencils that almost make it to our best-of lists but which we nonetheless loathe. Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon A Swim In a Pond in the Rain Nathaniel Rateliff SNL Mudlarking Miss Scarlet and the Duke The Sinner The Flight A...

Tonight’s guest is someone we’ve wanted to have on the podcast since the beginning. Working from home has made the impossible (because of time zones) possible! Luke Sinclair joins us all the way from Australia to talk about his wonderful art and a little about sharpening pencils with a knife. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Luke’s blog Creative classes with Luke Sinclair Bridgerton All Creat...

Happy New Year! It’s been a few weeks, and we’re dipping into 2021 tonight with a non-topical episode featuring updates, zines, and predictions for the New Year. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon 404 Magazine on Etsy Pencil Revolution on Etsy Steve Earle’s J.T. Ken Burns’ Civil War Marie Howe, What the Living Do Maggie Smith, Good Bones Zen and the Art of Archery Maggie Smith the poet on Twitt...

We’re taking a short break from publishing, but in the meantime, check out a preview of our latest episode of The Indelible Podcast, a Patreon-only podcast where we talk about pens! This episode is all about the ubiquitous Bic Cristal: a history, some variants, and more trivia. Become a Patreon supporter at any level to access this and other episodes of Indelible.

For our first episode of December, we talked with artist and vintage pencil collector Ali Serra about his work, and about how — and why — he finds cool, old pencils and accessories. Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Ali Serra on Etsy Mandalorian Ted Lasso Blackwing Volume 6 Chronicle Books Notebook Field Notes Snowy Evening Christmas Vacation Mayor of Macdougal Street Ramsey Lewis Trio Sound...

In this episode, Johnny, Tim and Andy recorded their episode live on a Zoom call with dozens of Erasable listeners. They discussed things for which they are thankful, and some listeners shared their gratitude as this difficult year winds down. Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon IDLES In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown The Crown Baronfig Letters to the...

It’s time for our annual discussion of NaNoWriMo. This year, Johnny is joined by Harry Marks and Less Harper (while Andy and Tim are away) for a good long chat about this annual writing extravaganza. Show Notes & Links Erasable Patreon Comfortable Shoe Studio Harry Marks on LinkTree RSVP Podcast How To: Fitting an Energel Refill into a Baronfig Squire | Comfortable Shoes Studio Useful Journali...

It’s the time of year that a lot of us enjoy scary stories, spooky films, and morbid poetry. Tune in tonight as Andy, Johnny, and Tim help you to get on your fright. Pencil Revolution is now a zine! Shop the first few issues on Etsy . Show notes and links Erasable Patreon Keep Moving Great British Baking Show “Wildflowers” home demo The Fall ) Stolen Sharpie Revolution IDLES Escape to the Chateau...

Pencils and zines have both survived blogs, social media, even instant video apps. Tonight, we chat with Ed Kemp of The Word Distribution about his zine, Pencil of the Week . This episode is sponsored by Notegeist, purveyor of fine pencils, notebooks and stationery. Check out their brand-new pencil collection log book, the Geistnotes Pencilog , and save 15% off these fine products in the Erasable...

Journaling is good for us. All of us. Tune in tonight as your three favorite journalers chat with journaling teacher and expert Abraham, writer and illustrator of the blog La Vie Graphite . Show Notes & Links La Vie Graphite airwaves songs in the night graphite archive Erasable Patreon Man of Spain Portrait de saint Jean de la Croix Wherever You Go There You Are Living in the Material World Br...

It’s a short, just-the-Fresh-Points episode this week and our three intrepid hosts dive into the newest Volumes release from Blackwing. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Justin Townes Earle Best American Essays 2013 The Americans Musgrave HB Radioactive Phantom Thread Me Talk Pretty One Day Watchmen ) Not Best Seller | Twitch Blackwing Volume XIX Baron Fig Bloom Meditation Journal Hemingway Li...

We’re giving you, our faithful listeners, a special preview of something we’re trying out for our Patreon supporters — an episode of our inky offshoot show, The Indelible Podcast. After our tools of the trade and fresh points, vintage fountain pen restorer Jesi Raine of Vintage Pen Shop will be joining us to talk about the history of Esterbrook pens, and how she rehabs them. Show Notes and Links E...

Tonight, we are time traveling: through three times zones and far into the past. Dave T from Pencil Fodder joins us for a discussion of vintage pencils and maybe even how modern pencil manufacturers can learn from what older makers got right. This episode is sponsored by Notegeist , an online purveyor of fine stationery. Through August 5, use the coupon code ERASABLE146 to save 10% off your order....

Maybe you’ve seen artists walking around your city, sketchbooks in hand, drawing what they see — perhaps even drawing you! Our friend Tina Koyama is a veteran urban sketcher, and she’s here to give us the rundown on this growing movement in contemporary art. Show Notes and Links Erasable Patreon Fueled by Clouds & Coffee Tina Koyama on Instagram Urban Sketchers Manifesto Gabi Campanario (found...