Episodes

Friday Nov 19, 2021
Prime Time Episode 210: Gerard Abajian, Jake Wyatt Cigar Co
Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
For Episode 210, we welcome Gerard Abajian, co-owner of Jake Wyatt Cigar Company.
Gerard’s an industry veteran and last year he took the plunge into cigar brand ownership. Jake Wyatt has been applauded by many for their quality and craftsmanship and tonight we will learn more about this brand. In addition we will have our Live True, Sopranos and our Industry Deliberation segments. Tonight’s Deliberation talks about “cigar event coverage”.

Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 56 is our annual Christmas and Holiday Music edition. Before you start hurling Christmas ornaments at us, yes we are recording our annual Christmas & Holiday Music Show this weekend to air on Monday 11/15. The reason we are doing it early is so folks have ample time to enjoy the show and the playlist prior to December 25th. We understand this is before Thanksgiving. If it’s your thing to wait, then you can always catch the show on demand at that time. It’s totally understandable.
In addition to some favorite holiday tunes, we also have gift recommendations for both the cigar and music enthusiast!
On this show, Dave and Coop smoke the Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane Edición Limitada 2020.
Our apologies, but due to a scheduling snafu on OUR end, we have to reschedule Fred Rewey’s appearance eon the show. We have still included Fred’s input into the show as well as Fred’s playlist.
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Cigarmedics Humidimeter
- Xikar High Performance Butane
- Corona Cigar Pairing Packages
- S.T. Dupont Maxi-Jet
- https://www.st-dupont.com/us/lighters/maxijet.html
- Boveda
- Vinyl Me Please
- Freestyle Vinyl
- Classic Rock Coasters
- I Want You for Christmas Video, Cheap Trick
- Hot Christmas, Squirrel Nut Zippers
- The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole
- LLegó Navidad, Los Lobos

Monday Nov 15, 2021
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 56: Christmas and Holiday Music 2021 Edition
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 56 is our annual Christmas and Holiday Music edition. Before you start hurling Christmas ornaments at us, yes we are recording our annual Christmas & Holiday Music Show this weekend to air on Monday 11/15. The reason we are doing it early is so folks have ample time to enjoy the show and the playlist prior to December 25th. We understand this is before Thanksgiving. If it’s your thing to wait, then you can always catch the show on demand at that time. It’s totally understandable.
In addition to some favorite holiday tunes, we also have gift recommendations for both the cigar and music enthusiast!
On this show, Dave and Coop smoke the Viaje Holiday Blend Candy Cane Edición Limitada 2020.
Our apologies, but due to a scheduling snafu on OUR end, we have to reschedule Fred Rewey’s appearance eon the show. We have still included Fred’s input into the show as well as Fred’s playlist.
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Cigarmedics Humidimeter
- Xikar High Performance Butane
- Corona Cigar Pairing Packages
- S.T. Dupont Maxi-Jet
- https://www.st-dupont.com/us/lighters/maxijet.html
- Boveda
- Vinyl Me Please
- Freestyle Vinyl
- Classic Rock Coasters
- I Want You for Christmas Video, Cheap Trick
- Hot Christmas, Squirrel Nut Zippers
- The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole
- LLegó Navidad, Los Lobos

Friday Nov 12, 2021
Prime Time Episode 209 Audio: Rafael Nodal, Tabacalera USA/Boutique Blends
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
On Episode 209, we welcome back Rafael Nodal, Director of Product Capability and co-owner of Boutique Blends Cigars. We will catch up what’s been happening with Rafael himself, and get an update on the “great things that are happening” at Tabacalera USA and Boutique Blends. We’ll talk “Cuba Libre” in our Live True segment, and in our Deliberation Segment, we will look at the battle of Brick & Mortar vs Online.
We have left part of our "green room" before the start of the show as it features cameo appearances by Javier Estates, CEO of Tabacalera USA and Fernando Dominguez, CEO of Tabacalera SL (Worldwide). There are a few gaps during the "green room" segment.

Friday Nov 12, 2021
Prime Time Episode 209: Rafael Nodal, Tabacalera USA/Boutique Blends
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
On Episode 209, we welcome back Rafael Nodal, Director of Product Capability and co-owner of Boutique Blends Cigars. We will catch up what’s been happening with Rafael himself, and get an update on the “great things that are happening” at Tabacalera USA and Boutique Blends. We’ll talk “Cuba Libre” in our Live True segment, and in our Deliberation Segment, we will look at the battle of Brick & Mortar vs Online.
We have left part of our "green room" before the start of the show as it features cameo appearances by Javier Estates, CEO of Tabacalera USA and Fernando Dominguez, CEO of Tabacalera SL (Worldwide). There are a few gaps during the "green room" segment.

Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Prime Time Special Edition 110 Audio: The Baseball Show: 2021 Post Season Edition
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
The 2021 Major League Baseball Season is in the annuas of history and tonight. Tonight Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads as well as Aaron Loomis and Ben Lee join Bear and Coop to recap the 2021 Season.
We will look back at the stories, teams, and players that highlighted the 2021 Season. We will grade our preseason predictions and also make predictions for the end of the year awards.

Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Prime Time Special Edition 110: The Baseball Show: 2021 Post Season Edition
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
The 2021 Major League Baseball Season is in the annuas of history and tonight. Tonight Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads as well as Aaron Loomis and Ben Lee join Bear and Coop to recap the 2021 Season.
We will look back at the stories, teams, and players that highlighted the 2021 Season. We will grade our preseason predictions and also make predictions for the end of the year awards.

Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 3 Audio: Drew Estate Undercrown 10
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable is a format where we will be doing a live group review of a particular cigar, then have a shortened video posted later on our YouTube and social media accounts. The Roundtable could feature any member of the Cigar Coop or The Smoking Syndicate Teams along with guests.
For this installment, Coop, Bear, Erron, and The Bull Shark get together to review the Drew Estate Undercrown 10 in the toro vitola.
- Wrapper: High Priming Mexican San Andres
- Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
- Filler: Nicaraguan
- Country of Origin: Nicaragua
- Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate

Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 3: Drew Estate Undercrown 10
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable is a format where we will be doing a live group review of a particular cigar, then have a shortened video posted later on our YouTube and social media accounts. The Roundtable could feature any member of the Cigar Coop or The Smoking Syndicate Teams along with guests.
For this installment, Coop, Bear, Erron, and The Bull Shark get together to review the Drew Estate Undercrown 10 in the toro vitola.
- Wrapper: High Priming Mexican San Andres
- Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf
- Filler: Nicaraguan
- Country of Origin: Nicaragua
- Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate

Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 55 features our eighth installment of our Album Archaeology Series. On his episode, we break down The Beach Boys’ landmark album Pet Sounds.
Much like an archaeologist digs and hunts for gems, on Album Archaeology we dig into the Pet Sounds album. We go deep into each of the tracks of this album looking at the music, lyrics, and stories behind this album. When it comes to Pet Sounds, not only was this a cutting edge album, but it has one of the wildest backstories.
We also touch on new music from Duran Duran, ABBA, and Diana Ross.
On this show, Dave smokes the Tatuaje T110 Capa Especial and Coop smokes the Tatuaje T110 Reserva.
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:

