The Pen Addict is a weekly fix for all things stationery. Pens, pencils, paper, ink – you name it, and Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley are into it. Join as they geek out over the analog tools they love so dearly.

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#183: OMG Star Wars

November 30th, 2015 · 69 minutes

Are Brad and Myke Snowblinded by the latest Field Notes COLORS Edition? The boys talk about that plus the Apollo Pen Kickstarter failure and wrap it up with discussion on Myke’s epic Apple Pencil review.

#182: Spend Even More Than Usual - Holiday Gift Guide 2015

November 23rd, 2015 · 61 minutes

Brad and Myke are joined by Ana Reinert from The Well-Appointed Desk for our annual gift guide. From beginners to addicts, we break down every stationery combo for all of your gift giving needs.

#181: Scribble Part XXXVIII

November 16th, 2015 · 67 minutes

Brad and Myke catch up on all the things this week, including some very special Field Notes from one of our listeners, analog and digital Apple Pencils, our old friend the Scribble Pen, and Brad discusses two of the latest fountain pens to cross his desk.

#180: It Does Notebook Things

November 9th, 2015 · 61 minutes

Brad and Myke are joined by Adam Kornfield and Joey Cafone, better known as the team behind Baron Fig. We discuss how they got their start making notebooks, the transition into digital apps, and their latest venture, a pen, appropriately named The Squire.

#179: Super Traditional Camo Pattern

November 3rd, 2015 · 75 minutes

Brad is back from 'American Field' and Myke picks his brain on what it was like for Nock Co. to be there. They also discuss new Nock Co. goods, and a trifecta of paper awesomeness with Midori, Field Notes, and Hobonichi.

#178: Big Dan Episode

October 26th, 2015 · 71 minutes

The boys are joined by Dan Bishop from Karas Kustoms this week to discuss their latest release, The EDK. Dan also talks about the design process and discusses everything else in the Karas pipeline.

#177: The Pen Type Brad

October 19th, 2015 · 62 minutes

Can Bic save handwriting? That is what they are trying to do with their latest campaign “Fight for your write.” We discuss that, the origins of Bic, interesting Field Notes, and Brad professes his love for a certain pen.

#176: Swip and Swap

October 13th, 2015 · 71 minutes

Brad has broken the budget with all of his new pen and paper purchases. They discuss what damage he has done and get into some sweet new Kickstarter launches for the Gist and Pen Type-B.

#175: Kremlinology

October 5th, 2015 · 61 minutes

Brad and Myke put on their super secret spy gear and dig into the good and bad of the latest Kickstarter projects. Apple pens are also in, and Brad breaks out his rant face for the first time in months.

#174: Safety Glasses are Critical

September 28th, 2015 · 45 minutes

Brad and Myke are joined by Chris Manning of Silver Hand Studios on this week's episode. We discuss the process of making the beautiful silver overlay pens that Chris produces and find out the challenges along the way.