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On this historic Prime Time Episode 387, Jonas Santana, owner and founder of Blackbird Cigars returns to the show. A lot has happened since Jonas was last on the show. Most notably, there has been a significant factory expansion. Plus there have been some new products along the way. Plus, we will have our FSG Beef Question of the Night, Tabacalera USA Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa Today in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.

On this historic Prime Time Episode 387, Jonas Santana, owner and founder of Blackbird Cigars returns to the show. A lot has happened since Jonas was last on the show. Most notably, there has been a significant factory expansion. Plus there have been some new products along the way. Plus, we will have our FSG Beef Question of the Night, Tabacalera USA Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa Today in Sports History, and the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segments.

For Prime Time Special Edition 197, Lou Cross owner of Lure Cigars makes his debut on the Special Edition side of the house. Lou came into the cigar industry three years ago, and has built a portfolio of cigars with a very unique story behind it. We will catch up with Lou to see where he is on his journey. Plus we will have our Artesano de Tobacco Under the Sea, Lure/Valacari Tall Tales Segment, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and Altadis USA Great Things are Happening segments

For Prime Time Special Edition 197, Lou Cross owner of Lure Cigars makes his debut on the Special Edition side of the house. Lou came into the cigar industry three years ago, and has built a portfolio of cigars with a very unique story behind it. We will catch up with Lou to see where he is on his journey. Plus we will have our Artesano de Tobacco Under the Sea, Lure/Valacari Tall Tales Segment, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and Altadis USA Great Things are Happening segments

On this historic Prime Time Episode 386, Jonathan Carney returns to the Prime Time Show. Jonathan has been putting his footprint at Hooten Young, developing many innovative and collaborative projects. Tonight we will catch up on some of this projects, including the recently announced collaboration with Ruger Firearms. Plus we will we tap into Jon’s pulse of the industry with an extended Deliberation segment.

On this historic Prime Time Episode 386, Jonathan Carney returns to the Prime Time Show. Jonathan has been putting his footprint at Hooten Young, developing many innovative and collaborative projects. Tonight we will catch up on some of this projects, including the recently announced collaboration with Ruger Firearms. Plus we will we tap into Jon’s pulse of the industry with an extended Deliberation segment.

Get ready for controversy on Prime Time Jukebox Episode 198 as we tackle polarizing artists and songs. These are the artists and songs that tend to divide the music community for very reasons. Dave and Coop will build a playlist where you will either love the selection or not. On this show, Dave smokes the La Palina KB (Kill Bill) 3 and Coop smokes Mr Punch’s Wieners. Plus there will be the usual music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45. As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists: Episode 198 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bZWfWeYD58iHfBAZErvMe?si=a5740106a9ed4937&nd=1&dlsi=fc3ca981311c4508

Get ready for controversy on Prime Time Jukebox Episode 198 as we tackle polarizing artists and songs. These are the artists and songs that tend to divide the music community for very reasons. Dave and Coop will build a playlist where you will either love the selection or not. On this show, Dave smokes the La Palina KB (Kill Bill) 3 and Coop smokes Mr Punch’s Wieners. Plus there will be the usual music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45. As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists: Episode 198 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bZWfWeYD58iHfBAZErvMe?si=a5740106a9ed4937&nd=1&dlsi=fc3ca981311c4508

For Prime Time Special Edition 195, we present our 2026 Cigar Company Power Rankings. Back on Prime Time Special Edition 129 in 2022, we introduced a concept  Cigar Company Power Rankings. Much like College Sports has a Top 25, and how we see many pro teams ranked, we will take that same concept and apply it to cigar companies. Tonight Bear and Coop select ten companies and attempt to determine who is topping the rankings based on our criteria. They will also compare out these stacked up to the 2022 rankings that were published. Plus we will have our Artesano de Tobacco Under the Sea, Lure/Valcari Tall Tales Segment, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and Altadis USA Great Things are Happening segments

For Prime Time Special Edition 196, we pose the question Core vs. Limited Cigars. Specifically we look at a list of companies and some company brands where look to see what the core competency is – core lines or limited editions. Plus we will have our Artesano de Tobacco Under the Sea, Lure/Valacari Tall Tales Segment, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and Altadis USA Great Things are Happening segments.

For Prime Time Special Edition 196, we pose the question Core vs. Limited Cigars. Specifically we look at a list of companies and some company brands where look to see what the core competency is – core lines or limited editions. Plus we will have our Artesano de Tobacco Under the Sea, Lure/Valcari Tall Tales Segment, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and Altadis USA Great Things are Happening segments.

Prime Time Episode 197 is exactly as advertised – short smokes and short songs. Dave and Coop build a playlist of tracks clocking in under 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Meanwhile they will smoke some short cigars including the Independence Firecracker (Coop) and H. Upmann Half Corona (Dave). Plus there will be the usual music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45. As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists: Episode 197 Playlist

Prime Time Episode 197 is exactly as advertised – short smokes and short songs. Dave and Coop build a playlist of tracks clocking in under 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Meanwhile they will smoke some short cigars including the Independence Firecracker (Coop) and H. Upmann Half Corona (Dave). Plus there will be the usual music news, cigar news, Developing Palates Review of the Week, the music pairing of the week, and Dave’s New Music 45. As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists: Episode 197 Playlist

On Prime Time Episode 385, Mo Maali of Patina Cigars returns to the Prime Time Show Mo’s now closing in on a decade since founding Patina Cigars and he has found a lot of success. We will catch up with Mo and talk about the Red Pill and the Patina y Viso projects. We will also have our usual Florida Sun Grown Beef, Alec Bradley Live True, Altadis The Ties That Bind, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments. Plus our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segment, we talk about the legacy of the late Lars Tetens.

On Prime Time Episode 385, Mo Maali of Patina Cigars returns to the Prime Time Show Mo’s now closing in on a decade since founding Patina Cigars and he has found a lot of success. We will catch up with Mo and talk about the Red Pill and the Patina y Viso projects. We will also have our usual Florida Sun Grown Beef, Alec Bradley Live True, Altadis The Ties That Bind, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments. Plus our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation segment, we talk about the legacy of the late Lars Tetens.