The Erasable Podcast

By Tim, Johnny and Andy

From literature to carpentry, accounting to space travel, the wooden pencil and its ancestors have undeniably been at the center of creation and innovation for centuries. Join Johnny, Tim and Andy on ... more

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How many episodes does The Erasable Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 268 episodes available.

The Erasable Podcast episodes:

April 19, 2026 Episode 236: An Impressionistic Budget
A big one this time around: we celebrate 12 years of Erasable, Andy launches a transcript site and an AI quiz generator, Johnny's been making books and hiking in 15-degree weather, and Tim christens his new Nahvalur Nautilus with a boiling water incident. Plus fresh releases from Field Notes, Blackwing, Baronfig, and Musgrave.
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 & links
Erasable Patreon
Erasable Podcast Discord invite
The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons
Pilão coffee (Tim's Brazilian coffee recommendation from Skip Simmons)
Erasable Scribe
Quizard.cool
12 years of Erasable, by the numbers (according to Claude)
Ed Kemp on zines (Erasable episode) (if you have a specific episode link handy)
Plumbago magazine
Field Notes "Lucky"
Blackwing Volume 343
Blackwing Quarterly Zine, Issue 1
Baronfig Winnie the Pooh Squire Hex
Baronfig Legend hardcover notebook
Musgrave America 250 Celebration Red, White, and Blue set
Nahvalur Nautilus Ti "Toffee"
Mike Masuyama nib grinding
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
...more
54min
March 14, 2026 Episode 235: Little Podcast Mustache
The Erasable Podcast turns 12! As of March 12, we’ve officially been doing this podcast for 12 years. 279 hours of audio — that’s more than 11.5 straight days of Erasable! Tim is out today, but Johnny grills Andy about his trip to Hong Kong and Japan, including some of the cool pencils he found at a stationery shop in Kyoto that’s been in business since the 1600s. Have a listen!
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 & Links
Erasable Patreon
Erasable Podcast Discord invite
Gestalt App — join the beta!
Pencil & Paper’s custom Field Notes
J Herbin Vert Pre ink
Iroshizuku chiku-rin ink
Kyukyodo
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
...more
1h 6min
February 25, 2026 Episode 234: Bearded and Abroad
...more
42min
January 25, 2026 Episode 233: The Dark Side of STEM (with special guest Ian Schon)
We’re back, after two months away! Sorry for the silence, friends. But we think we have something really special for you — a guest we’ve wanted to come on the show for almost 6 years. It’s Ian Schon of SCHONDSGN, a craftsman who makes incredible, unique fountain pens. We’re talking about his journey to starting his own company, design and engineering challenges that fountain pens present, and his foray into his greatest challenge; making the Monoc, his own fountain pen nib from bars of titanium.
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 & Links
Erasable Patreon
Erasable Podcast Discord invite
Schon DSGN
Embassy pen
Auxiliary Mammals
Erasable at the Baltimore Pen Show after party at Write notepads
Schon DSGN Kickstarter
Our Guest
Ian Schon
SCHONDSGN website
@schon_dsgn on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
...more
1h 15min
November 26, 2025 Episode 232: Wide Nut Swamp Ash
...more
1h 2min
October 18, 2025 Episode 231: Stocking up on Scalpels
Happy October! This very autumnal episode is a short one — just some fresh
points and tools of the trade. Johnny’s playing too much Mario Kart World,
Andy regales us with his trip to New York City, and Tim is designing a
thuper thecret notebook. Plus: we talk about some new Field Notes and feel
very old because of the new Blackwing Eras.
...more
49min
September 21, 2025 Episode 230: The Hobonichi To-Do (with special guest Tyler McCall from Pencil & Paper)
We’ve got a special episode today. Tyler McCall, co-owner of Chicago
stationery shop Pencil & Paper, joins us to talk about the havoc caused by
the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policies. These policies aren’t
just hurting small businesses like Tyler’s — they’re also driving up costs
and creating disruptions for everyday consumers in ways you might not
expect.
This conversation is for anyone who cares about supporting local shops,
stationery or otherwise. And if you’re in Chicago, be sure to stop by
Tyler’s store in Andersonville.
...more
49min
August 30, 2025 Episode 229: Fresh Points of Bel Air Part 491043
Happy International Workers Day, everyone! If you get a long weekend, we really hope you make the most of it. (Andy’s going to the SF Pen Show, for example!) Before we go off and celebrate, we’re coming atcha with some new Fresh Points, including some new Blackwings, a cool film camera, and the question that plagues our minds, “why is loose leaf paper so terrible?”.
Show Notes and Links
Erasable Patreon
Erasable Podcast Discord invite
AEnima by Tool
In Case You Were Napping by Puscifer
True Writer Killarney fountain pen
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Slow Horses
Mission Impossible Final Reckoning
Snipe Hunter by Tyler Childers
Blackwing Volume 292
Kodak Etkar
Nahvalur Triad
Blackwing x Fender
San Francisco Pen Show
Monoc Evo by Schon Design
Your Hosts
Johnny GamberPencil Revolution
Andy Welfleandy.wtf
Tim Wasem
...more
1h
July 22, 2025 Episode 228: We All Have a Little Graphite In Us (with special guest Allison King, author of "The Phoenix Pencil Company")
We have a very special episode for you today, folks. We’re joined by Allison King, a novelist who recently published The Phoenix Pencil Company, a multi-generational story about Chinese-American women, data privacy, surveillance, LGBT love, and… pencils! We read the book and loved it, and Allison is here to answer some questions. If you want a copy for yourself, you can buy it at this link, or preferably at your local bookstore.
Warning: this episode contains spoilers! If you’re reading, or intending to read this book, you might want to wait until you finish it to listen to this episode.
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 Links
Last Boat Out of Shanghai
A Tale for the Time Being
Empire of AI
Our Guest
Allison King
Allison's Website@allisonkingwrites on Instagram
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
@pencilution
Andy Welfle
Woodclinched
@awelfle
Tim Wasem
@TimWasem
...more
53min
July 02, 2025 Episode 227: No Canoodling at Walden
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 links
Erasable Patreon
Erasable Podcast Discord invite
Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Untitled Goose Game book
Animal Crossing book
Paris France by Gertrude Stein
Andor Season 2
The Bureaucratic Banality of Andor | RonBronson.design
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series
Charley Crockett
Somebody Feed Phil
Is a River Alive?
Remix Album from The Cure
Johnny’s Pride journals
Nahvalur Verdigris Muse fountain pen
Erasable logo hats
Erasable Eraser Friend lapel pin
Your Hosts
Johnny GamberPencil Revolution
Andy Welfleandy.wtf
Tim Wasem
...more
1h 21min

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