Cigar Snob Podcast
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Join the team from Cigar Snob Magazine — along with our guests — as we share all manner of cigar snobbery. We'll talk travel, booze, the news of the day, and also recommend some of our favorite food, books, movies and products.
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Jim's million dollar cigar business idea + Cigar friendly travel destinations
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May 08, 2024 |
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What exactly is a premium cigar? + Beer, glorious beer and an interview with Orlando Mendez
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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What makes a cigar bad? + We blind taste 3 California Reds and smoke the Stillwell Star
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Does wrapper color equal strength? + Blended Scotch + an interview with JDN's Juan Martinez
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Rocky Patel is in the House + Bourbon Pairing
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Why do different shapes and sizes taste different + Tequilas + Illusione + Manolo Santiago interview
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Tatuaje Lomo de Cerdo + Aged Rums + What do you look for in a cigar lounge
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May 11, 2023 |
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Cigar storing with or without cellophane? + Rene Castaneda interview
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Smoking a Celebration Cigar!
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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The Top 25 Show featuring an interview with Nick Melillo
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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How does Cigar Snob rate cigars? + Michael Herklots interview
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Is a Cigar of the Month Club right for me?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Inflation Buster Cigars + South American Wine Tasting + Interview w/Rafael Nodal
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Blind Tasting Single Malt Scotch w/Rocky Patel Number 6
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Smokey Man Cave Solutions + Oktoberfest Beers + Aladino Cigars w/Justo Eiroa
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Cigar Buying Tips, Going at it Blind + Reposado Tequilas + Espinosa Las 6 Provincias with Erik Jr.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Don't Char Your Cigar! Lighting a Cigar 101 + American Whiskey Tasting + Stillwell Star
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Humidification A to Z + Blended Scotch Whisky + Integra Boost's Omar Fernandez
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Movies, Booze, & Cigars + Blind Irish Whiskey Tasting Surprise + LFD’s Tony Gomez Talks Golden Bull
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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5 Must-Try Cigars for Every Cigar Smoker + Blind Bourbon Tasting + Frank Herrera Interview
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Size matters! How a cigar's shape/size affect the smoke + After-dinner drinks, McFly, and TJ Riley
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Is it ever OK to bring your own cigar to a shop? + Single Malt Scotch + Willy Herrera interview
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Is it okay to relight your cigar? + the new AVO Syncro Caribe + Añejo Tequila Blind Tasting
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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The Art of Retrohaling + Liga Privada H99 + Blind Tasting Aged Rums
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Made in the Shade + Imperial Stout Blind Tasting + Camacho's George Rami
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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How Far Down Do You Smoke? + Casey Haugen (Crux Cigars) Interview
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Cigar Snob Magazine goes topless? + Michael Herklots Interview
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May 21, 2021 |
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Developing Your Cigar Palate + blind tasting rye whiskey
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Should you keep the band on or off the cigar? + blind-tasting bourbons!
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Top 25 Cigars of 2020... and the winner is?
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Pre-Thanksgiving Episode while smoking Aladino Cigars
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Smoking the new Sobremesa Brûlée Blue and talking elections, masters, and more!
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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Interview with HVC's Reinier Lorenzo - HVC Black Friday Release!
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Interview with Claudio Sgroi of Mombacho Cigars
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Epic cigar adventure in Utah; models, runaway drones, and Casa Cuba cigars
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Interview with Terence Reilly of Aganorsa Leaf
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Interview with Oscar Valladares of Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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Talking photo shoots and smoking Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Nicaragua
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Interview with Harry Blustein of Harry Blu's Gin
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Smoking Liga Privada Year of the Rat; talking cigar events, Goya, and hitting cars with golf balls!
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Fuente OpusX 20 Yrs Lancero! Editors’ Roundtable talking movies, Charlie Daniels, and a little COVID
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable: The infamous culebra, the perfect song, and everything's cancelled
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable: Smoking the pre-release Davidoff Special 53 CD, and time capsules?
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable: Smoking My Father The Judge, talking tons of cigar talk and more
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable: Smoking Viva La Vida, talking protests, drive-thrus, and COVID's toll on cigars
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable: We're back! Smoking Oliva V Melanio and talking corona, sports, and giveaways!
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May 28, 2020 |
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Editors' roundtable: smoking Dimplomático by Mombacho cigars, talking coronavirus
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Protocol Themis cigars, corona virus, Miami Heat, UFC 248, cigar festivals
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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What's new at Avo and Camacho? We got a visit from Eddy Guerra And George Rami
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Joya De Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Reserva Especial, #FEELTHEBERN, Tyson Fury
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Rocky Patel's World Championship cigar, SOTU 2020, TPE trade show
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Executive Director Scott Pearce on trade show, FDA, industry rifts
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Fred Vandermarliere of J. Cortès on Oliva and rethinking the way premium cigars are made
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Oliva Cigars COO Fidel Valdés Rodríguez on the expansion of the Tabolisa factory in Nicaragua
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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Néstor Andrés Plasencia on his family's tobacco history, his native Estelí, what's new at Plasencia
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Drew Estate Year Of The Pig, Cigar Snob in Nicaragua, Christmas
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Bellas Artes Maduro Lancero cigars, Conor McGregor, Kamala Harris
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva cigars, Tesla Cybertruck, Erik goes to China
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Storm Boen of Operation Cigars for Warriors — getting premium cigars to deployed soldiers
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - smoking Vegas Del Purial, Myles Garrett, Evo Morales
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Illusione Garagiste cigars, Jorge Masvidal, nuclear ants, Jeffrey Epstein
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Boris Wintermans on Balmoral Serie Signaturas Paso Doble cigars, working with La Flor Dominicana
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Episode 100! - Viva La Vida Jester cigars, Miami Heat, dead ISIS terrorists
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable: Joya De Nicaragua Antaño CT, Miami Mega Herf, Neptune Cigars turns 20
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Tea and pre-embargo Cuban cigar tasting w JoJo Tea founder, American tea master Michael Ortiz
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Las 6 Provincias MTZ by Espinosa Cigars, Daytona Beach, China, Lebron James
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Nestor Miranda & Jason Wood on Don Lino Africa cigars, black mambas and working with your in laws
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Cain Daytona cigars and Casillero del Diablo Chilean wine
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Nirka Reyes on De Los Reyes Cigars, Saga Restaurant, and cookies
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Nat Sherman's Michael Herklots on music, cigars, and how one passion led to the other
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Smoking Camacho Ecuador Barrel Aged cigars, Antonio Brown, furniture designer Lee Weitzman
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Joya De Nicaragua Antaño cigars, traveling to Mexico City, Spiderman
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Skip Martin on Roma Craft's approach to cigar making, the FDA, life in Estelí
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Eduardo Fernandez on Aganorsa Leaf, his other agriculture ventures, and his branding strategy
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Editors' Roundtable - Rocky Patel Super Ligero Lancero, Antonio Brown, sailing, UFC 241
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Laranja Escuro cigars, the Mexico Issue, Nick's Boosted Board
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Benji Ménendez on the state and future of premium cigars (and other things)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Cigar great Benji Menéndez on his family history in cigars and the path he took after leaving Cuba
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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The Draw - Nestor Miranda Collection 75th Anniversary, AIM names, the birth of a domino tourney
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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The Draw - Smoking Joya Silver cigars, National Hot Dog Day, Trump, Rapinoe, everything is crazy
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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The Draw - Smoking Aganorsa Leaf Signature Maduro cigars with Terence Reilly
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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NFL legend Ed Reed on being a Hurricane, Super Bowl victory, and his love for cigars
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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The Draw - Smoking La Flor Dominicana Ligero cigars with documentarian Joe Cardona
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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The Draw - Carluba and Nick smoke 601 Maduro, talk fatherhood, drink beer
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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The Draw - Ads that lift up neighborhoods w/ David Verjano (with Plasencia Alma Fuerte cigars)
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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The Draw - A lawyer, a poet and a journalist walk into a cigar bar
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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The Draw - Smoking El Aladino cigars, Olympic breakdancing, and a visit for Jorge Padrón
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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The Draw - La Galera Maduro cigars, Toys R Us is back, the DNC comes to Miami
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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The Draw - Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua, meet Jamilet Calviño + a listener loves Sly Stallone
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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The Draw - 2012 by Oscar Valladares Maduro, Jacob Forever, OJ Simpson on Twitter
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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The Draw - Espinosa Habano cigars, Kyle Kashuv and Harvard, Anthony Davis to Lakers, Mitch McConnell
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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The Draw - Caldwell The T cigars, Toronto fans are mean, Old Town Road moments, law and morality
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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The Draw - Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro, Canada frees the cetaceans, T-shirt Tuesday
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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0083 - Danny Ditkowich of La Sirena Cigars on the brand's story and the new Aniversario Especial
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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0082 - AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata cigars from the vault, pairing cigars and rum
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May 25, 2019 |
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0081 - Trinidad Espiritu cigars, Shark Attacks, Mountain on Fire, actress Marcela Paguaga
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May 04, 2019 |
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0080 - Smoking some old Ezra Zion cigars, March Madness, The Amparo Experience, Fortnite
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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0079 - Smoking Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto cigars, talking sous vide, Donald Trump, Chris Bosh
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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0078 - Glynn Loope, excitive director of Cigar Rights of America on the FDA and local smoking bans
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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0077 - Mombacho Cigars master blender Claudio Sgroi on cigar making and having a factory in Granada
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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0076 - Smoking Cornelius & Anthony cigars, Dominican ProCigar festival, baseball spring training
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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0075 - Rafael Nodal of Tabacalera USA on Aging Room, Trinidad, other cigars + Casa de Montecristo
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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0074 - Rocky Patel on his start in cigars, BURN lounges, and improving lives in Honduras
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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0073 - Mombacho Liga Maestro cigars, Matt Kuchar, Preparation H medicated wipes
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Feb 16, 2019 |
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0072 - Cigar lifestyle designer Manny Iriarte on his journey from Cuba to OpusX
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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0071 - Roasting whole hog with Caja China's Roberto Guerra
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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0070 - Cigar Snob & Tea Time! join forces for a special two-in-one episode
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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0069 - Novelist Keith Scribner on Old Newgate Road, his new book set in Connecticut tobacco country
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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0068 - Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust on Sin Compromiso, 2018 Cigar of the Year
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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0067 - Fred Vandermarliere of J. Cortès on family tradition, Belgian cigars, and Oliva Cigar
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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0066 - Top 25 Cigars of 2018, including Cigar of the Year: Sin Compromiso
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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0065 - Jochy Blanco of Tabacalera Palma on La Galera Cigars, Dominican beaches and sausages
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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0064 - Smoking El Güegüense by Foundation Cigars, ASMR, the Nerd Fart Bowl, and more
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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0063 - The S.T. Dupont LeGrand lighter — soft and jet flame all in one
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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0062 - Sindicato Particulares cigars, Kevin Hart, Miami Dolphins Miracle, smoking in Phoenix
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Dec 15, 2018 |
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0061 - Herrera Esteli Maduro cigars, Tiger v Phil, North Sentinel Island, Christmas tree shortage
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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0060 - Brian Chinnock on Chinnock Cellars Cigars, wine and Napa Valley
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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0059 - Boveda's Rob Gagner and Jay Fifield on humidification tech and working with cigar makers
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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0058 - Bullfighting journalist Abraham Mahshie on Spain and ethical questions around the spectacle
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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0057 - Smoking My Father cigars, bringing back the woolly mammoth, Khabib v. McGregor
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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0056 - Los Caídos Cigars' Steve Zengel on supporting families of fallen police and firefighters.
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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0055 - Smoking Liga No. 9 cigars, Dunkin sheds the Donuts, and Tiger Woods is back
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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0054 - Remembering Arsenio Ramos, smoking Casa Fernández, Emmys recap, overview of the new magazine
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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0053 - Karl "The Mailman" Malone, from NBA legend to cigar man
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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0052 - Willy Herrera (Drew Estate master blender) and Jeff Borysiewicz (Corona Cigar, FSG)
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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0051 - Jason Lois and the Cigar Smoking World Championship
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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0050 - Arturo Fuente Don Carlos cigars, Dominican photo shoot, creeping on neighbors with Nextdoor
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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0049 - Alan Rubin on Alec Bradley cigars, Glenfiddich Scotch pairings, Alec and Bradley's cigars
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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0048 - Camacho Coyolar cigars, meeting Old Dominion, and Erik's brisket
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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0047 - Oscar Valladares on his cigars, Cicerón Edition and telling Honduran stories
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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0046 - Boris Wintermans on Balmoral cigars, Brazilian tobacco and Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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0045 - Viaje Cigars founder Andre Farkas on small-batch cigars, liquor collection, Lakers tickets
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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0044 - Daniel Marshall on humidors, cigars, and how a boat helped build his brand
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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0043 - What cigars we smoked at the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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0042 - Robert Holt of Southern Draw Cigars on running a family business, working with AJ Fernandez
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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0040 - Rick Rodriguez of CAO Cigars on blending, talking tobacco, and learning from Benji Menéndez
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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0041 - Davidoff Viaje al Origen cigar blends, Brett Kavanaugh to SCOTUS, fun with leaf blowers
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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0039 - Debonaire Daybreak cigars, First Annual Cigar Snob Podcast Hot Dog Eating Contest
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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0038 - Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for governor of New York
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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0037 - Smoking Viaje Exclusivo Nicaragua, remembering Koko the gorilla, great forgotten movies
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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0036 - Reinier Lorenzo of HVC Cigars on blending, his Cuban palate, and his laboratory past
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Jun 16, 2018 |
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0035 - Smoking Vegas Cubanas by Don Pepín, Ovechkin's not gonna be suck, World Cup prognostication
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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0034 - Erik Espinosa on Murcielago cigars, bucket lists, forgetting the words to Folsom Prison Blues
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Jun 10, 2018 |
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0033 - Smoking (and giving away) Humo Jaguar from 2011, remembering Anthony Bourdain
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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0031 - Illusione's Dion Giolito on working with Aganorsa tobacco and pairing cigars with Dr. Pepper
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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0032 - 601 La Bomba Warhead II cigars, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup, Trumpy Bear
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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0030 - Bellas Artes by AJ Fernandez, visiting Guatemala, Little Pink House, and NFL kneeling ban
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May 29, 2018 |
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0029 - Room 101 Master Collection One, Canadian shot put, cigar news, clueless NHL update
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May 19, 2018 |
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0028 - Don Rey Puerto Rican Cigars, travel to San Juan, stogie news, fast food caca
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May 03, 2018 |
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0027 - Joya de Nicaragua's Alejandro Martínez Cuenca
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May 02, 2018 |
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0026 - FSG by Drew Estate, hazards of tobacco farming, and Cuba's new president
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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0025 - Hamlet 25th Year, NBA Playoffs, men's garter belts, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Master's recap
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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0024 - Chef Michael Beltran on cigar pairings, the restaurant biz, lessons from football
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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0023 - Camacho Blackout, Kombucha, our favorite lighters, cigar trades on Reddit
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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0022 - Nicholas Melillo on Foundation Cigars, Aganorsa tobacco, the state of cigar shops
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Mar 31, 2018 |
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0021 - Smoking La Gloria Cubana and talking FDA, NCAA basketball, Captain Andrew Luck
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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0020 - Eduardo Fernández of Aganorsa, Casa Fernandez on his unusual path to success in tobacco
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Mar 24, 2018 |
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0019 - MUWAT KFC Swamp Rat cigars, St. Patty's Day, and March Madness
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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0018 - Debonaire Maduro cigars, Oscar winners, South Africa land grab, and reader feedback
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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0017 - Rocky Patel San Andreas, Dominican cigar festival, and the Cigar Snob citizenship test
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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0016 - Hand Rolled cigar documentary filmmaker Steve Gherebean
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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0015 - Smoking Todos Las Dias, Nestor Miranda at 75, winter Olympics, Fergie's lovely lady lumps
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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0014 - Davidoff's Klaas Kelner on growing up around cigars & learning to "preach" like dad Henke
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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0013 - Super Bowl, Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Gran Reserva, Puro Sabor Cigar Festival
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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0012 - Talking Casa Cuevas Cigars with Luis Cuevas
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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0011 - Carlito Fuente talks plans for a new Arturo Fuente cigar factory in Estelí, Nicaragua
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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0010 - Chocolate booze, Bitcoin, & a Montecristo Premium Selection '07 from the "Cigar Snob vault"
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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0009 - Remembering Gilberto Oliva, Sr.
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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0008 - Remembering José Orlando Padrón
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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0007 - The Top 25 Cigars Of 2017
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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0006 - Sweater weather, smoking AJ Fernandez Enclave, and scaling Trump's fence on New Year's Eve
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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0005 - Gilberto Oliva, Sr., the year in Cigar Snobbery, and the Calviño family pig
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Dec 27, 2017 |
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0003 - José Orlando Padrón, Boston, and Ivan not wearing a dress
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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0004 - Talking Casa Fernandez with Terence Reilly
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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0002 - Turkey, Superman, sex scandals and Italian style
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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0001 - Why Hamlet Paredes left success in Cuba to start over with Rocky Patel Premium Cigars
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Nov 26, 2017 |