The Erasable Podcast
From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wood-cased pencil and its ancestors have undeniably been at the center of creation and innovation for centuries. Join Johnny, Tim, and Andy on The Erasable Podcast as they discuss and pay homage to these seemingly simple tools of human expression.
Hosted by Johnny Gamber, Tim Wasem, and Andy Welfle.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 229
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode 29: Tintentod (“Ink Death”)
While we spoke briefly about the first Erasable Book Club Book, The Perfection of the Paper Clip by James Ward on the last episode, tonight we really dig in. We also have stories to tell about the fi…
01:32:39 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Episode 28: Clips, Tacks and Kraft Paperbacks
Tonight, Tim, Johnny and Andy are joined by Bryan Bedell, from Field Notes HQ. You might recognize Bryan from the amazing videos Field Notes puts out with some of their special editions. In addition …
01:32:47 |
Tue 28 Apr 2015
Episode 27: Going Full Hamster
Who needs fancy fountain pens and archival inks for writing when the Journalling Bug hits you? If you’ve got a pencil, you’ve got a medium which will allow your deepest thoughts to last until you are…
01:33:30 |
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Episode 26: One Year of Pencil Ramblings
(Cue party music) Has it been a year already? Your favorite Pencil Pushers are starting off their second year of Casting the Pod, AND celebrating International Pencil Day, with an amazing episode. In…
01:49:15 |
Mon 30 Mar 2015
Episode 25: The Laddie's Man (or, Fresh Points of Bel Aire, Part 2)
In our second all-Fresh Points episode, we take a breather before our upcoming one year anniversary. We also dish on the Palomino Blackwing 602, one of the most talked-out pencils available today. Ju…
00:59:06 |
Mon 09 Mar 2015
Episode 24: The Big Notebookski
In the fourth and final installment of Erasable’s episodes on paper, Andy, Johnny and Tim explore the virtues of the large-format book. Your fearless hosts tackle over-sized journals, big notepads an…
01:03:49 |
Fri 20 Feb 2015
Episode 23: Small M Moleskine
In the second Paper Episode, Andy, Tim and Johnny discuss their favorite moleskin-style notebooks for pencil. While big M Moleskines dominated a decade ago, today there are myriad elastic-closed pock…
01:20:36 |
Sun 08 Feb 2015
Episode 22: I Got One Note in My Pocket
Tonight Andy, Johnny and Tim venture into Paper Territory. We are proud to present our first Paper Episode, in which we discuss the seemingly ubiquitous softcover pocket notebook. Which have the best…
01:31:31 |
Sun 18 Jan 2015
Episode 21: Bullet (Pencil) in the Blue Sky
In the first episode of 2015, your hosts wax nostalgic about 2014 -- the year of the bullet pencil -- and also look forward to what the new year holds for pencildom. They discuss their holiday hauls,…
01:31:12 |
Wed 07 Jan 2015
Episode 20: The Big Two-Oh
In this, the twentieth episode of your favorite podcast, Andy, Tim and Johnny give you three weeks of Fresh Points to make up for our short absence. We wax nostalgic at this small milestone in our Co…
01:10:02 |
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Episode 19: The Prospector General
In this episode, Tim, Johnny and Andy put on their red, white and blue and salute their three favorite pencils which are made in the USA. While American pencil production is nothing like it used to b…
01:19:16 |
Thu 20 Nov 2014
Episode 18: National Pencil Callus Club
National Novel Writing Month is upon us, and tonight your fearless hosts explore the best writing gear with which to bring forth your 50,000 words before the end of the month and talk about what they…
01:38:10 |
Wed 05 Nov 2014
Episode 17: C’mon, Baby — Let’s Do The Twist
Tonight, Andy, Johnny and Tim are joined by Jay Smith and Jon Fontane, otherwise known as Huckleberry Woodchuck and Metal Shop CT. Jon and Jay are the creators of our favorite new Kickstarter, the Tw…
01:37:45 |
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Episode 16: The Amazing Erase
The guys are living up to their podcast’s name this week, where the main topic is about erasers! Did you know, for example, that “rubber” got its name because of how it can rub out pencil marks? From…
01:38:17 |
Wed 08 Oct 2014
Episode 15: The Joke is There is No Joke (with David Rees)
We have hit the guest jackpot this month, as we are joined tonight by the be-smocked Mr. David Rees, of Artisanal Pencil Sharpening and Going Deep with David Rees fame. Tonight Andy, Tim and Johnny g…
01:30:30 |
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Episode 14: Incense Cedar House Rules
This week, the men are joined by veritable Pencil Royalty: Charles Berolzheimer, or “WoodChuck”, CEO of Cal Cedar and Zurückbringer of the Blackwing. We rap about the groovy new Field Notes edition, …
01:36:46 |
Mon 15 Sep 2014
Episode 13, "Fresh Points of Bel Aire, Part 1"
This week, we have lots of Fresh Points, so we’re skipping the main topic and bringing you a lot of short discussion items! From t-shirts, to stickers, to Word. notebook packs, to back-to-school, we’…
00:45:46 |
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Episode 12: Full Metal Pencil
The guys interview Jeff Grant, engineer and creator of the Bullet Pencil ST Kickstarter project. He discusses his previous Kickstarter campaigns, explains his inspiration and modern twists on his pro…
01:11:01 |
Mon 11 Aug 2014
Episode 11: Ain't Nothing but an HB Thing
The Erasable Posse is joined tonight by the Master of All Things Ink, the Legendary Mr. Brad Dowdy, the Pen Addict. The men discuss excellent new stationery items, how Pen People might enjoy the wond…
01:50:22 |
Thu 31 Jul 2014
Episode 10: The Graphites of Wrath
Today, the hosts got a little extra cray from an additional round of cocktails, after Andy realized he forgot to hit the “Record” button about 40 minutes into the recording. (D’oh!) So, during take t…
01:18:41 |
Tue 15 Jul 2014
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