It's the start of a new school year in Nova Scotia and we're running with that in this So You Wanna Be Average podcast episode by talking about pencils. Why are pencils yellow? Is pencil lead actually lead? What are coloured pencils made of? How do erasers work? What is rotoscoping? How do the Napoleonic Wars play into the development of pencils? Where was the world’s largest known deposit of graphite located? Hit play for the answers to these questions (& many more!).

Introduction: 00:16

Average Drink Selection: 02:18

Average Playlist: 11:03

Average Discussion 1 (Development of the Pencil): 20:34

Average Discussion 2 (Coloured Pencils): 30:20