The Erasable Podcast

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The Erasable Podcast episodes

January 25 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
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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
1 hr 15 min
November 26, 2025 Episode 232: Wide Nut Swamp Ash
1 hr 2 min
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.
49 min
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.
49 min
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
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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
1 hr
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
53 min
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
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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
1 hr 21 min
May 29, 2025 Episode 226: Hot n Early
The summer limited editions are out early this year! Join us for the scoop on two releases from Blackwing, some very watery Field Notes, and finally — you can buy our newest Erasable merch!
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 Eraser Friend pin
Erasable logo corduroy hat
Orbital
Andor Season 2
Doctor Who Series 14
Levenger True Writer in Sapphire Mosaic
Diamine Sapphire Blue
Field Notes Summer Tote
Field Notes Is a River Alive?
Is a River Alive? By Robert MacFarlane
New Field Notes box art
The artist and his pencil sharpener collection
Blackwing Labs 05.13.26 pencils
Blackwing Labs 05.13.26 notebook
Blackwing Volume 140
Andy
Johnny/Pencil Revolution
Your Hosts
Johnny GamberPencil Revolution
Andy Welfleandy.wtf
Tim Wasem
45 min
May 03, 2025 Episode 225: Justin Timberlake Was Supposed to Be Here
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 & Links
Erasable Patreon
The Birthday Massacre’s Sleep Tonight
Where the Crawdads Sing
Damned
Puscifer
Nahvalur Nautilus Ti
Herbin Sapphire
Bullet Journal 2.0 2023 Artist Edition
Chiikawa
When We Were Real
Where the Axe is Buried
Led Zeppelin by Bob Spitz
Bad Monkey Soundtrack
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Sugar Cane paper notebooks at Pencil Revolution Press
Makers Cabinet
Elipso Kickstarter
IRIS Large Format
Timberlines on Substack (Blog of Charles Berolzheimer, CEO of Blackwing)
Your Hosts
Johnny GamberPencil Revolution
Andy Welfleandy.wtf
Tim Wasem
40 min
April 15, 2025 Episode 224: Keep That Eye Jelly
To celebrate our podcast turning 11 last month, we’re traveling back in time to channel our 11 year-old selves, and examine what stationery meant to us as Little Guys.
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
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Bon Iver Field Notes
“The Chicago Look” Field Notes
Nahvalur Original Plus
Nahvalur Nautilus Ti Black
Andy’s Yikes blog post
Your Hosts
Johnny Gamber
Pencil Revolution
Andy Welfle
andy.wtf
Tim Wasem
1 hr 20 min

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