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 […]
Prime Time Episode 203: Luis & Alec Cuevas, Casa Cuevas Cigars
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For Episode 203, we’ll talk Casa Cuevas as we welcome back Luis Cuevas Jr. and his son Alec to the show. While Casa Cuevas is a brand that has been on the market a few years, the Cuevas family has five generations in the cigar business. Most recently, the fifth generation was added when Luis’ […]
Prime Time Special Edition 107: Phil Zanghi, Debonaire House
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Tonight on Prime Time Special Edition 107 – Phil Zanghi is rolling back into our show. It’s always great to catch up with Phil and he has some important milestones coming up. We’ll catch up on the latest happenings of Debonaire House. Plus, we have our One Must Go, and our Great Things are Happening […]
From the Archives: IPCPR 2017 – Nestor Andrés Plasencia, Plasencia Cigars
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In this interview from our archives, we interview Nestor Andrés Plasencia at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. If there was “the story” at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, it was the launch of Plasencia Cigars. The Plasencias have over 150 years experience in the cigar business and truly are one of the iconic families in […]
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 50: The Year in Music 1971 – 50 Years Later
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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 – along […]