The Erasable Podcast

Tim, Johnny and Andy
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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 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.

  1. 3d ago

    Episode 238: No Playing Lawyer Ball

    Andy's out this week for the best possible reason — he got married! (Congratulations, Andy and Erica! 🎉) So Johnny and Tim keep it short and sweet with a catch-up and some fresh points: Tim falls down a Blaze Foley rabbit hole and digs into a new book on heartland rock, Johnny can't stop playing No Man's Sky, and both Henries pick up guitars. Plus: Field Notes' new Explore America memo books, Musgrave's America 250 collection, a pencil-powered fire-starting experiment, and a look at this year's (sadly slim) crop of Pride stationery. We'll be back next time, Andy in tow, with Pencil Primer, Part 2. 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 Blaze Foley — Live at the Austin Outhouse Blaze (2018), Ethan Hawke's film about Blaze Foley Won't Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight for America by Erin Osmon Andor King of the Hill No Man's Sky A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 by Bill Bryson A Perfect Circle — "Starless" (new single) Arab Strap — "You You You" (new single + video) Field Notes Explore America memo books Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery Pencil graphite lighter video Musgrave America 250 collection Fisher Space Pen — America 250 AG7 Astronaut Pen Nahvalur Horizon Pride 2026 fountain pen The Trevor Project War by Sebastian Junger Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

    42 min

  2. May 11

    Episode 237: Pencil Primer, Part 1

    We kick off the Pencil Primer — a new series for anyone who wants to start at the beginning of pencildom. This installment traces graphite from the legendary Borrowdale lightning strike of 1564 to Nicolas-Jacques Conté's clay-and-graphite breakthrough during the Napoleonic Wars, plus the Thoreau family's role in standardizing the American pencil grade scale and a tour through HB-to-9B. Plus, Tim's into a Bill Frisell biography, Johnny's writing with a sparkly Narwhal "raspberry cheesecake" pen that looks like, uh, something else, and Andy debuts booklet.lol — a vibe-coded book tracker. Patreon subscribers can watch the video version. 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 Read a transcript of this episode at Erasable Scribe Erasable Patreon Erasable Facebook group Erasable Discord invite Episode references Episode 57: “The F Bomb” Podcasts / media Drug Story r/pencils Letterkenny Books Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer Excellent Advice for Living by Kevin Kelly Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Pencil / stationery / book arts Cumberland Pencil Museum Nicolas-Jacques Conté (Britannica) Henry David Thoreau (Britannica) Guild of Book Workers General’s Layout Pencil STAEDTLER WOPEX Derwent Photography / camera stuff Micro Four Nerds PetaPixel Apps / sites / companies booklet.lol People / artists / companies Willie Nelson Charlie Crockett Bill Frisell JHS Pedals Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

    59 min

  3. Apr 19

    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  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

    54 min

  4. Mar 14

    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  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

    1h 6m

  5. Feb 25

    Episode 234: Bearded and Abroad

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  6. Jan 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 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 SchonSCHONDSGN website@schon_dsgn on Instagram Your Hosts Johnny  GamberPencil Revolution@pencilution Andy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfle Tim Wasem@TimWasem

    1h 15m

  7. 11/26/2025

    Episode 232: Wide Nut Swamp Ash

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    1h 1m

  8. 10/18/2025

    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.

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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 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.

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  • Creator
    Tim, Johnny and Andy
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    238
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The Erasable Podcast

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