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 150: A Lid for Every Pot (with special guest zinester Ed Kemp)
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.
01:25:03 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
Episode 149: The Hold That Thought Book (with special guest Abraham from La Vie Graphite)
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 …
01:12:23 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Episode 148: Defacing the Stars
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 LinksErasable PatreonJustin Townes EarleBest Amer…
00:46:13 |
Sat 29 Aug 2020
Episode 147: The Pen Dentist (with special guest Jesi Raine)
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 …
01:16:28 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Episode 146: Pencils My Grandmother Had (with special guest Dave T from Pencil Fodder)
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 …
01:29:38 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Episode 145: Seattle Trash Cans (with special guest Tina Koyama)
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 u…
01:03:40 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Episode 144: Where I Feel Most Free (with special guest Aaron James Draplin)
Maybe you’ve heard of the incredibly popular notebook brand Field Notes. Maybe you’ve heard us mention them a few times over the last six years. Tune in as we get to chat with Aaron Draplin, graphic …
01:44:10 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Episode 143: Black Lives Matter
We’re not bringing you an episode about pencils this week, but instead a short message, and some resources for how you can work toward ending systemic racism in your community.
Black lives matter. P…
00:01:29 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Episode 142: Happy Birthday, Blob Dylan
It’s been a long time since we updated our Top 5, and tonight’s the night! Tune in to find out what’s the same, what’s off the list, and what’s on.This episode is sponsored by Kamikokuen, an online s…
01:00:42 |
Wed 27 May 2020
Episode 141: An Operating System for Your Life (with guest Steven Lawson of Monk Manual)
Today’s episode is a short one, but don’t equate that with being light on subject material! We have a chat with Steven Lawson, the creator of a notebook organizational system called Monk Manual. He t…
01:04:42 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Episode 140: Thumb Ring, Tank Top, Lucky Coin (with special guest Kiki Petrosino)
Perhaps this year more than in years past, poetry can help to sustain us spiritually and intellectually during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help us wrap-up National Poetry Month, renowned poet and teach…
01:38:49 |
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Episode 139: It's All Well and Good Until You get Arrested for Mail Fraud (with Courtney Cochran)
The COVID-19 pandemic is still gripping the globe, and most of us are quarantined to some degree in our homes. To be human is to be connected with other humans, no matter how introverted we are. And …
01:40:27 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Episode 138: A Podcast of One's Own
While March is Women’s History Month, we’re kicking off April with a question based on Virginia Woolf’s 1929 A Room of One’s Own — if you have a room of your own (man, woman, or nonbinary), what does…
01:08:10 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
Episode 137: YOLO Pencils (a special live COVID-19 episode)
Social distancing doesn’t mean we need to be socially isolated. On March 23, 2020, while the world is staying indoors and away from others to stem the surging tide of COVID-19, we recorded a special …
01:33:04 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Episode 136: Scrooge McDuckin' Some Pencils
We are back from our Baltimore adventure, with stories to tell, tattoos to show off, and to celebrate our six years of podcasting. Tune in as we reminisce about our weekend together and rap about the…
01:24:43 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Episode 135: Live from the Baltimore Pen Show
(On February 28, 2020, Johnny, Tim and Andy met up in person — for the first time ever — in Baltimore to hang out, get tattoos, and record an episode in front of a live studio audience at the Baltimo…
01:22:15 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
Episode 134: Henry Pencils (with special guests Nicole and Tim Delger)
We have been talking about the exciting new brand and marketing efforts of Musgrave for a few months now. Tonight, we are lucky to have creative directors Nicole and Tim Delger on the show with us, t…
01:20:41 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Episode 133: The Ponytail Stage (with special guest Caroline Weaver)
We are lucky enough to be joined again by Lady Graphite herself, Caroline Weaver. Her new book Pencils You Should Know is out this week! Tune in to hear all about some of the pencils whose stories ar…
01:14:33 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
Episode 132: Cedar-Sniffing Johnny (with special guest Caitlin Elgin)
It’s nearly a month into the new year. How is your organization system working out? Tonight, we are joined by Caitlin Elgin, to talk about getting our crap together for 2020.
01:27:30 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Episode 131: The Christmas Book Flood
We are ringing in the New Year with special guest Brian Manning, owner of Portland’s new Revolutions Bookshop. Tune in to learn about the adventures of running an independent bookstore in the Age of …
01:21:08 |
Wed 08 Jan 2020
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