The Erasable Podcast

After a month full of travel from our intrepid hosts, involving everything from counterfeit theatre tickets to marriage proposals to a literal train wreck, we’re back to regale each other with stories from our travels, and, of course, the stationery we picked up along the way. Plus, we announce a future book club episode with The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King.For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show notes and linksErasable PatreonErasable Podcast Discord invitePhoenix Pencil Company by Allison KingUntitled Goose Game bookAnimal Crossing bookParis France by Gertrude SteinAndor Season 2The Bureaucratic Banality of Andor | RonBronson.designMy Friends by Fredrik BackmanEveryman’s Library Pocket Poets SeriesCharley CrockettSomebody Feed PhilIs a River Alive?Remix Album from The CureJohnny’s Pride journalsNahvalur Verdigris Muse fountain penErasable logo hatsErasable Eraser Friend lapel pinYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil RevolutionAndy Welfleandy.wtfTim Wasem

May is upon is, and we’re here with a short one, discussing our tools of the trade, and some fun fresh points — Johnny talked about his sugar cane notebooks for Earth Day, and Andy introduced some new spring Erasable swag for 2025 (Stay tuned!)For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonThe Birthday Massacre’s Sleep TonightWhere the Crawdads SingDamnedPusciferNahvalur Nautilus Ti Herbin Sapphire Bullet Journal 2.0 2023 Artist EditionChiikawaWhen We Were RealWhere the Axe is BuriedLed Zeppelin by Bob SpitzBad Monkey SoundtrackEverybody's Live with John MulaneySugar Cane paper notebooks at Pencil Revolution PressMakers CabinetElipso KickstarterIRIS Large FormatTimberlines on Substack (Blog of Charles Berolzheimer, CEO of Blackwing)Your HostsJohnny  GamberPencil RevolutionAndy Welfleandy.wtfTim Wasem

Today’s episode is a short one — Tim’s out, and Johnny and Andy talk about some of their new pencil hauls (including a Pentel Black Polymer 999 that Andy’s particularly excited about). Johnny gets civilly disobedient (more so than usual, that is) in his reading from his zilbaldoni.For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonThe Erasable Podcast DiscordAndy’s new blog, AsterismsThe War on CarsThe BookmakersKiridashi KnifeKamikokuenPencil GroceryThe Hardest Working Font in ManhattanYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil RevolutionAndy Welfleandy.wtfTim Wasem

We’re back for the New Year, with a ton of Fresh Points and Tools of Our Trade -- and the first sections from our Zibaldoni!For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonErasable Podcast Discord inviteAli Serra’s Blackwing extenderADHD is awesomeStaying Alive by Neil AstleyPort Protection TV seriesVintage Field NotesDraplin’s “Turquoise Tribute” Field Notes

Today on the show, we have a much needed catch up, with a freewheeling discussion around Tools of the Trade and Fresh Points. We cover the new Blackwing 574, the Field Notes Dream Journals, Bluesky, and even talk about something Andy's only dreamed of — Star Trek wine.For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you’re a patron, head over to Patreon to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you’re not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show Notes & LinksArab Strap bandGangs of London TV seriesStardew ValleyIt. Goes. So. Fast. : The Year of No Do-Overs by Mary Louise KellyThe Terraformers by Annalee NewitzPsalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersI Cheerfully Refuse by Leif EngerField Notes Dream Journal Gift SetMade in BaltimoreBlackwing 574Find us on Bluesky!@andy.wtf@timwasem@bsky.social@johnnygamber@bsky.socialThe Stationery Folk Starter PackEberhard Faber Permapoint 182Star Trek wine advent calendar!Your HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@andy.wtf on BlueskyTim Wasem@TimWasem

Tonight, for our special Erasable Book Club episode, we discuss the new book The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. And who else better to discuss it with, than the book’s author himself, Roland Allen! Roland joins us from the UK to talk about how he researched the book, how the structure of it came to be, and especially to geek out about his favorite notebook and writing utensils.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonThe Notebook: A History of Thinking on PaperUniball Micro UB150Stalogy notebooks at JetpensOur GuestRoland AllenRoland-Allen.com@notebook_historian on InstagramYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem

During our Decade of Pencilcasting celebration, a few folks mentioned that we should talk more about art pencils, and our good friend Leslie Herger from the RSVP Podcast and Comfortable Shoes Studio joined us to do just that!Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonXOXO 2024 Field NotesGentleman Stationer ShopNahvalur Aqua Regia and Terra FirmaUni-Ball ZentoPilot Precise: HarmonyComfortable Shoes StudioLess is More HealthyLess’s KofiLess’s YouTube recommendations:DrewscapeDanny GregoryKoosje KoeneToby SketchlooseAlfonzo DunnOur GuestLess HergerComfortable Shoes StudioLess is More HealthyYour HostsJohnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem