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**Take Note**

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

Latest Episodes:

Episode 250: End-of-Summer Neck Pillow Sep 21, 2026

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Slow Horses Book Series

Big Boy No. 4014

"Big Boy" by David Sedaris

Minney

New Yorker 2026 Fiction Issue

"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Episode 249: The Last Tie Salesman in America Aug 19, 2026

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Yoseka Stationery, Brooklyn

Ohto Fude pen

Hitotoki ring notebook

Maruman Spiral Note notebook

Episode 248: Shirzees Jul 14, 2026

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Best of the Best Show

The Atlantic: The Unfinished Revolution

The New Yorker: Who is Your Favorite American

The Battles of Saratoga

Field Notes Foiled Again

Penco Glider Pen

Sharpie S-Gel

Anvil Card En Queso Emergecy

Cafe Writer Nanami

Kokuyo Campus Notebook

Alan Rickman's diaries

Episode 247: The Dennis Style Jun 06, 2026

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T-shirts, tats, and bumpers stickers are the currency of the realm; Adam observes a fellow named Dennis making the most of his notebook space; and we talk the new Field Notes Explore American series.

leuchterm bullet journal pocket notebook

john dickerson: the most important job in the world

field notes: explore america

printmaker dave bull

Episode 246: Cryptic May 25, 2026

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Pilot Fine Liner

Pentel Brush Sign Pen

Pilot Razor Point II

Pentel Mattehop

Field Notes Hatch Print Edition

Joshua Beckman

A Book Relevant to Our Interests

Episode 245: One Thing After Another Apr 19, 2026

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It’s the busy season. Some whaddya gots lead naturally into a discussion of free writing and half-conscious writing, and we discuss There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm.

In Our Time podcast

Music Box Theatre Chicago

Clairefontaine My Essential notebook

There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

They Do Not Always Remember by William Burroughs

Episode 244: WWMMD Mar 22, 2026

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DoodleBob

Greenlights Journal

Last Tango in Brooklyn

Don DeLillo Secret Hockey Novel

What We Can Learn from Writing in Journals