In what has now become somewhat of a tradition on Special Edition, we did a cigar show while the 2021 Election Results came in. There are four races we kept an eye on: New Jersey Gubernatorial Race, Virginia Gubernatorial Race, the New York City Mayoral Race, and Bobby Valentine’s quest to become Mayor of Stamford, […]
Prime Time Jukebox 54: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Part 2 – 450 to 401
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On Episode 54 of Prime Time Jukebox, we continue our recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 450 to 401 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites were […]
Prime Time Episode 207: Brad Winstead, Casa de Montecristo
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For Episode 207, we are proud to be joined by Brad Winstead, CEO of Casa de Montecristo. Brad’s got a long history in the cigar industry and we’ll talk to Brad on his journey and how he made it to Casa de Montecristo. We will also discuss what Casa de Montecristo is, and its unique […]
Prime Time Episode 206: Jeremy McDonald, Wildfire Cigar Company
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For Episode 206, we are joined by Jeremy McDonald, the founder of Wildfire Cigar Company Jeremy’s an industry veteran and best known for his tenure at Caldwell Cigar Company. Now Jeremy has struck out on his own and has a unique venture called Wildfire Cigar Company. We’ll talk to Jeremy about his journey and where […]
Prime Time Episode 205: Leonor Abzaradel, Nova Cigars
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For Episode 205, we welcome Leonor “Leo” Abzaradel, the CEO of Nova Cigars. Leo has a very unique journey in the cigar industry and we will talk about how she got to Nova Cigars, and then learn more about Nova Cigars and some of the unique things the company is doing. In addition we will […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 53: The Alphabet Series – The Letter “B”
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On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 53, it’s our second installment of Dave and Coop’s “The Alphabet Series” – a series of shows where we cover songs devoted to a particular letter. Today we go with the letter “B.” Our goal with this show is to use this opportunity cover a number of genres, bands, deep […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 52: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs Part 1: 500 to 451
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On Episode 52 of Prime Time Jukebox, we begin a recap of the Rolling Stone’s recent refresh of their Top 500 songs of all time. This segment will cover songs 500 to 451 and Dave and Coop will go through some of their favorites that made the list, and assess how fairly these favorites were […]
Prime Time Episode 204: Leroy & Janelle Lamar and Peter Gross of ATL Cigar Co
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For Episode 204, we welcome Leroy & Janelle Lamar and Peter Gross of ATL Cigar Co to our program. ATL Cigar Co is a brand that has been gaining traction in the southeast, and recently the company has struck a partnership with Tabacalera Pichardo to produce their latest cigar. We’ll look at the team from […]
Prime Time Special Edition 108: Ferdinand Piet
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Ferdinand Piet joins us as our special guest for Special Edition #108. Recently Ferdinand was forced to shut down his website, Ministry of Cigars. We will get into the story what happened and why cigar media has virtually ignored this story. We will also have a segment on “Belle of the Ball” vitolas (and those […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 51: Win Me Over
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Episode 51 was inspired by long-time listener Dennis G. On this show, Dave and Coop will attempt to win the other over with a genre of music that the other normally doesn’t listen to. We’ll also try to win Dennis over with a couple of genres of music that aren’t in his wheelhouse. For this […]