Tonight we continue our look at the personalities behind General Cigar as we welcome Rick Rodriguez of CAO Cigars. Rick has a dual role at CAO as he is both the blender and ambassador for the brand. Rick’s had a unique story on how he moved into this role at General Cigar and tonight we […]
It’s a little later in the year, but the engines will be starting on Sunday August 23rd for the 104th Indianapolis 500. On this Prime Time special, we will preview the race Prime Time style as we welcome back Racing Expert Phillip Schmitz. We’ll break down the race including how the qualifying went down, […]
A few weeks ago, Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn issued a challenge to six cigar media entities to each assemble a sampler of five cigars. The samplers are each available on Smoke Inn’s online store. The challenge also includes a competition to sell the most sampler units called “Battle of the Bands.” Cigar Coop is […]
On Prime Time Special Edition 82, we are honored to welcome the First Lady of Cigars, Cynthia Fuente of Arturo Fuente Cigars. We will be talking all about Arturo Fuente Cigars including the company’s history, its game-changing cigar lines, the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, and some of the industry challenges. This will be an episode […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 16, we go through U2’s landmark album “The Unforgettable Fire” for the third installment of our Album Archaeology series. We’re joined by special guest Hector Alfonso who will help us break down this album. Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the […]
Prime Time hits another milestone as we come upon Episode 150. Tonight, our special guest is George Rico of Gran Habano Cigars. Gran Habano is coming up on 20 years in the cigar business, and will catch up with George on the things happening leading to that milestone – plus learn the story of Gran […]
For Prime Time Special Edition 81, we were excited to welcome Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars back to the show. It’s been a while since we had Omar on the show, and there are a lot of things happening with his company Fratello Cigars that we will talk about. Plus, Bear and Coop discuss […]
For Episode 149, we continue our look at the people behind General Cigar Company as we welcome Steve Abbot, Senior Brand Manager. Steve has responsibilities for both the Macanudo and La Gloria Cubana brands and we will dive into each of these with Steve, plus get to know a little more about Steve and his […]
Episode 15 is all about Ska, and we are joined by the one and only Eric Guttormson to pay homage to this unique genre of music. We will go through the history of Ska, and go through some of our favorite Ska artists. We even will make selections for a Ska Hall of Fame. In […]
Recently J.C. Newman Cigar Company announced the release of its Yagua cigar. It’s a unique project that is also coinciding with the 125th anniversary of J.C. Newman Cigar Company. What makes this cigar unique is that it is rolled without a cigar mold, but rather with the frond of a Yagua tree. This author was […]
