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 169: Bust Out the Bone Folder
Paper is paper, right? Well, only if you think that pencils are pencils. In this week’s episode, your hosts talk about Unicorn Paper — that special formulation that works well with both pencils and f…
01:09:44 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Episode 168: Bring Us Your Weird
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…
01:09:13 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
Episode 167: Sadsplaining to Johnny
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…
01:19:40 |
Wed 04 Aug 2021
Episode 166: Vacu-Sharp (Patent Pending)
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 n…
00:58:37 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Episode 165: Someone to Squeal At (with special guest Caitlin Elgin)
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 do…
01:12:36 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Episode 164: They Had to Math That
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 aesthetic…
01:29:25 |
Wed 26 May 2021
Episode 163: Fresh Points of Guinness
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 …
00:56:13 |
Wed 12 May 2021
Episode 162: I'm Just a Person with a Website (with special guest Tiffany Babb)
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, …
00:58:05 |
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Episode 161: Ecstatic Høvel Talk
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 …
01:08:33 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Episode 160: Pencil Ain't Forever
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 …
00:06:31 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Episode 159: Blackwing 100!
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 a…
00:44:26 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Episode 158: You Gotta Have Torque
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…
01:10:00 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
Episode 157: Correct Me if You're Wrong
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 ou…
01:11:56 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Episode 156: Freestyle Swearing (with special guest Luke Sinclair)
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…
01:15:35 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Episode 155: My Sweaty Hands are Well-Documented
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 LinksErasable Patreon40…
01:07:36 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
PREVIEW: The Indelible Podcast Episode 4: Heisenberg’s Blue Cristal
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 a…
00:07:02 |
Sat 02 Jan 2021
Episode 154: Keep Your Finger Out of the Piranha Tank (with special guest Ali Serra)
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…
01:20:54 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Episode 153: The Mask of Tidiness (a special LIVE Thanksgiving episode!)
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 …
01:16:10 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Episode 152: Big Into Inertia (with special guests Less Harper and Harry Marks)
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.…
01:03:25 |
Sun 01 Nov 2020
Episode 151: Demon Baby Pencil Sharpener
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! S…
01:15:15 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
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