Tonight is Special Edition #50 and for the Golden Anniversary, we welcome Nicholas Melillo to the Special Edition side of the house. We will catch up with Nick on all things Foundation – and discuss some the trends in the industry. Bear and Coop will reflect on the past 50 episodes, and will also […]
For Episode 88, the one and only Michael Giannini of Ventura Cigar Company returns to Prime Time. Since we had Michael on Prime Time last year, he has now become the General Manager at Ventura Cigar and a lot of exciting things have happened since then. Our Debonaire Ideal segment will cover music playlists and […]
For Episode 87, Riste Ristevski of JSK Cigars is back. Riste joined us on Prime Time Episode 9. Since then, there have been a lot of changes with his company and we will get into those changes and more. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we discuss sports logos, and in our Deliberation Segment we look […]
It’s a reunion as Coop is reunited with his former partner-in-crime Nick Syris for Special Edition #49. Nick will join Coop and Bear to talk about his brand LH Cigars as well as the XXI Festival del Habano that took place in Cuba. There are few outsiders who know the lay of the land when […]
For Episode 86 we welcome the one and only Sam Leccia to Prime Time. We will cover Sam’s journey in the cigar business and talk about his latest venture – Stogie Bird. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will discuss movie sequels and in our Deliberation Segment, we discuss cigar social media groups. Don’t […]
For Episode 85 of Prime Time, Zev Kaminetsky makes his debut. Zev’s the National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars and he will be in-studio as we talk about the noise Royal Agio Cigars is beginning to make. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will try to find the positives about air-travel, and in our Deliberation […]
Who are those people who have “it”? Who are the ones that what they touch turns to gold and get the attention of everyone around them? We’re dubbing this “The Midas Touch” and tonight we will look at who in the cigar industry falls into that category, and some names that at one time were […]
Tonight we host another all-star media panel and we got two long-time cigar industry media veterans to join us. David Jones of Leaf Enthusiast and Ben Lee of Stogie Review will be joining Aaron and Coop as we go through a host of industry-released topics. You won’t want to miss this one. Don’t forget, […]
For Prime Time Special Edition #47, we are honored to welcome back Terence Reilly of Aganorsa Leaf to the show. We will catch up on the happenings at Aganorsa Leaf. Plus, Terence’s Patriots just wrapped up winning a sixth NFL Championship and we’ll recap the game with him as well. < Don’t forget, you can […]
Jarrid Trudeau of Kristoff Cigars makes his Prime Time debut for Episode 83!! We’ll get some insights into Kristoff and Jarrid’s background in the cigar industry. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will discuss those “Ed McMahon” characters who have been the right-hand men of the king. Finally, we will wrap it up with some […]
