Tonight we have another edition of The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable. This is where we get a group of media folks (and perhaps in some cases other folks from the industry) together to smoke and review a single cigar. We will broadcast a live stream of the group smoking – and then package a condensed version […]
Summer is over, and that is a wrap on our industry coverage for what typically is the busiest time of the year for product coverage. Beginning on July 18th, each day we published a feature story on one or two companies and the releases they announced at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show or […]
NOTE: The regular PRIME TIME SHOW IS PRE-EMPTED THIS WEEK AND RETURNS ON 9/30 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LUIS AND ALEC CUEVAS OF Casa Cuevas CIGARS! Tonight we debut a new feature on The Smoking Syndicate brand called The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable. This is where we get a group of media folks (and perhaps in some […]
Tonight we reach a milestone with our 50th episode of Prime Time Jukebox. We’ll celebrate the occasion by going back 50 years ago and looking at one of the most iconic years in music – 1971. On this show, Dave and Coop will share the some of their favorite albums from that year – […]
For Episode 202, we welcome back the Protocol Boys – Juan Cancel & Kevin Keithan. Protocol Cigars was launched in 2015 and has adopted a theme of law enforcement under its branding. Today the company has built a portfolio with something for everyone and with some highly acclaimed cigars – and all with a loyal […]
Matt Booth is back! And this time he is coming over to the Special Edition side of the house to talk to Coop and Bear. 2021 has been a very exciting year for Matt Booth’s Room101 Cigars brand – and he’ll tell us about it on the podcast. This is an episode where you […]
On Episode 49, we’re talking Jazz and we’ve got Matt Tye from How Bout That Cigar as our special guest. Matt’s an aficionado not only about cigars, but about Jazz and he’ll help guide Dave and Coop as they explore the Post World War II Jazz era. There is a lot that happened the past […]
For Episode 201, we welcome Hostos Quesada Fernandez of Tabacalera La Isla as our special guest. Many people know Hostos from his work at Quesada Cigars, we he spent many years behind the scenes at the factory. Late last year, Hostos opened his own factory – Tabacalera La Isla. We’ll talk to Hostos about […]
With our PCA Post Game Coverage for 2021 now in the annals of history, we turn our attention to the companies that did not attend the Trade Show and look at what releases we have seen announced or released this summer. Last year, in lieu of having Trade Show coverage, we introduced the “Summer of […]
Tonight we celebrate our 200th Episode of the Prime Time Show – and we welcome in the CEO of Oliva Cigar Company, Cory Bappert. Cory’s got an interesting journey as he moved into the CEO role for one of the iconic premium cigar brands in the industry and we’ll talk to him about that. Plus […]
