Take Note

Ted Walker & Adam Webb

Take Note is a podcast and a blog about paying attention and keeping a notebook and occasionally Kong: Skull Island.

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100 episodes
Updated July 14

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Dec 25, 2022 · 26 min
Episode 169: Everything's a Folk Song
Adam provides a timely addition to the ongoing summer beverage series, we run through some new stationery acquisitions, and Ted revels in a playlist Adam culled from the far reaches of Radio France. Costco Vonbee Honey Citron & Ginger Tea Fourth Pres Church, Chicago Lousy Liner recycle ink and pens craighill.co Kepler pen Main Street Books Davidson DDC Draplin "Surplus Green/Hazard Yellow" Field Notes kameterior notebooks Dapper Notes and Stationery Folk Songs for Fones, playlist by Adam (Spotify) Radio France FIP Traveler’s Notebook inserts Substack Patreon
Dec 19, 2022 · 26 min
Episode 168: Dandelion Whine
Leuchtturm Notebook Papier Plume Hugh Laurie on The Late Show Elba Four-Ring Paper Freewrite Bartleby, the Scrivener
Dec 8, 2022 · 31 min
Episode 167: Any Vendor
Adam and Ted get some IRL face time, Ted watches the old Willow with the family, and Adam negotiates with his reptile guy and puts in place a backup plan. We also talk about the new Field Notes edition and Field Notes Kraft Plus edition anvil cards, Houston Field Notes Hatch Show Print edition Huckberry x Draplin Field Notes Take Note Substack newsletter (sign up!)
Nov 17, 2022 · 33 min
Episode 166: The dead bird
We tangle with tough questions about social media and how to break unsatisfying cycles. Meanwhile, Ted finds his missing Lamy Safari, Adam enjoys an oversharing pilot who, disturbingly, compares a plane to an old operating system, and Adam tees up a clever Irishman. Fiskars scissors Lamy Safari James Acaster
Oct 31, 2022 · 27 min
Episode 165: Leaf Coach
The Longships by Frans Bengtsson Sexy Viking Sexy Beast Tár Fulgentius
Oct 20, 2022 · 31 min
Episode 164: Blood Blister Blue
What’s the proper note-jotting etiquette? Notebook vs. phone? We dig into the etiquette a little further. In whaddya gots, parents must choose whether to display their allegiance, Adam spins a yarn of disrespecting Natalie Merchant via submarine sandwich, has a near-miss medical non-situation, and plans ahead with Baron Fig. Field Notes Harvest edition Natalie Merchant Tigerlily on Spotify Baron Fig planner Sakura Pigma Micron Logan Huntzberger
Oct 12, 2022 · 24 min
Episode 163: The Squeaky Plunger
HDPE Tear Tabs Mainstreet Books Davidson Radiolab Loops No. 91/92 by Lauren Elkin
Sep 30, 2022 · 41 min
Episode 162: The Rimbaldi Sequence
Prepared with a nearly full set of hex wrenches, Adam takes note of his 10th anniversary of carrying a Field Notes book in his pocket, Ted enjoys a trip to the indie record store, Adam encounters a concerned citizen, a new thrifting strategy. We also take a look at the new Field Notes edition and talk Wilco. Vinal Edge Records Field Notes Hatch Direct from Nashville Blackwing 200 Coffeehouse Edition Blackwing 55 Nakabayashi Logical Prime spiral notebooks Jacques Herbin Shogun Pitchfork Review: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Sep 22, 2022 · 27 min
Episode 161: It Stinks!
Field Notes Leap of Faith edition Your Face Tomorrow by Javier Marias Zebra V-301 Field Notes Green Mind Green edition Field Notes Wilco edition
Sep 12, 2022 · 53 min
Episode 160: Magic Sunday
Ryan Slie joins us and brings some tales from getting to the ballpark, Adam enjoys a special day at the dive bar, we share Sunday rituals and salami slices choices, and we test inks! Riding the high from Adam’s discussion with Keith McLeary, we run through a selection of ink samples and see what lands. Wabash Feed Randomthinks Diamine Inks Anderson Pens
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 159: Salty Girl
Ezra Klein "How We Look Matters as Much as What We See" Nope Weekday Matinees Field Notes Salt Shed Notebooks Robert Earl Keen "No. 2 Live Dinner" Robert Earl Keen "Picnic" Jody Rosen "White Christmas" "Willie Nelson's Long Encore" One True Podcast "The Trees" by Percival Everett "Oh William!" by Elizabeth Strout "Small Things Like These" by Claire Keegan "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley We launched a Patreon.
Aug 15, 2022 · 25 min
Episode 158: Old Silver-Plated
We chat about toddler hijinx on the road this summer, salty lox conundra, and Adam’s fountain pen phase, while Adam spins up some surprise endings and Ted describes the chaos of notebooking while traveling. We launched a Patreon, so if you’d like to support the show, we’d greatly appreciate and will put everything back into it. Lamy 2000 Field Notes "The Great Lakes" Fancy Chimpanzee from Ryan Slie Nanami Seven Seas Writer French Truck Coffee The Good War by Studs Terkel Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin Rules of Civility by Amor Towles The Trees by Percival Everett
Aug 10, 2022 · 42 min
Episode 157: Randomthinks
Randomthinks Instagram A5 Hobonichi Techo Cousin Field Notes End Papers Elisa Gabbert on the NYT Book Review Podcast Japanese Hanko Stamp Lamy 2000 Colorverse Hubble Diamine Inks Ink Flight Box Goulet Pens Anderson Pens Vanness Pens Pen Chalet Goldspot Pens
Aug 3, 2022
Episode 156: Sorry Gops, or Articulacy
N+1 Unleash the Niche Tombow Unions Hat Cervezas Polar Hat Rachel Syme "How I Learned to Wear a Baseball Hat" Lauren Collins New Yorker Archive Kansas City Katz Sweatshirt Portland Beavers Jersey La Michoacana Premium New Yorker July 11, 2022 Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle "The School" by Donald Barthelme Denis Johnson's Angels Rachel Kushner's The Flamethrowers William Eggleston W.G. Sebald
Jul 14, 2022 · 33 min
Episode 155: The Great Lakes
In Our Time (BBC) Death of Stars In Our Time (BBC) Shakespeare's Sonnets "Step" Vampire Weekend Many Glacier Guided Boat Tour and Hike Field Notes "Leap of Faith" Field Notes "The Great Lakes" Field Notes "National Crop" Field Notes Subscriber Box by René Arceo Nanami Seven Seas Writer
Jul 9, 2022 · 29 min
Episode 154: Road Trip Notebooks
We dig into notebooks on vacation and the associated techniques; read our summer magazines backwards; a touch of vertigo kicks off some movie reflections for Adam; Ted takes on an electric pencil sharpener restoration project. Monocle Magazine Moleskine Paris notebook (this looks different from the one I used) Write purbound notebook Nanami Seven Seas Writer
Jun 23, 2022 · 27 min
Episode 153: Hackles and Haunches
- Zebra Sarasa 0.3 - Pilot Juice Up 0.3 - Ballsign ID Mysterious Black 0.4 - Midori Brass Ballpoint Bullet Pen - Pentel Energel 0.5 - Dad Jokes Served Fresh Daily - Country Songs for Clones (Spotify) - Country Songs for Clones (Apple Music) - Folk Music is Insane - Donald Barthelme - City Life Barthelme - McSweeney's 24 - A Swim in a Pond in the Rain - Inprint Houston - Take Note Patreon
Jun 10, 2022 · 22 min
Episode 152: Dagwood
Adam and Ted discuss sandwich dreaming, how to get excited about and make the most of a writing workshop, why we write down lists, and whether to post a kids’ book on Goodreads. Also, we launched a Patreon. We welcome your support of this podcast, which is a real passion project for us that we hope has provided you with some laughs and some thoughts. Inprint Houston University of Houston Creative Writing Donald Barthelme A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
Jun 6, 2022 · 28 min
Episode 151: Islands in the Stream
Ruff House Print Shop T Magazine Coney Island restaurants Country Songs for Clones (Spotify) Country Songs for Clones (Apple Music) Field Notes Signs of Spring Uniball Signo UM-153 Tombow Mono .38
May 31, 2022 · 41 min
Episode 150: Sweaty Books
Ryan Slie joins us for our 150th episode, in which we share our latest round of waddya gots, Ted asks readers to share how your Prius died (because we know it did and we know it was weird), and we exchange sweaty summer book ideas and our creativity goals for the sunny season. Quiet Collector on Etsy Nature Girl by Carl Hiaason The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante Vacationland by John Hodgman Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere