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Todays feature is the Rocky Patel 30th Anniversary cigar.  I am smoking it while the Tribble and I are observing the runners go by during the Myrtle Beach Marathon.  While they run, I get a bit philosophical about  dark subject.  It is one that is on all of our minds, war.

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We are laughing alone in a cigar lounge with a Flathead Speed Shop Habano.  While delighting this cigar, we have to laugh about the "No Smoking Cigarettes" signs in the lounge.

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Enjoying a flavor filled Drew Estate Kentucky Fired Cured "Just a Friend" in a venue along the Grand Strand of South Carolina just before the Myrtle Beach Marathon.  How this particular cigar was brought to our attention may surprise you!  Listen in and get the full story....

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Today’s broadcast is coming to you live from a camping center event that looks like the United Nations of cabins on wheels.  And in my hand — the true guest of honor — the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro Robusto.

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Tonight on Liberty on Nicotine, we light one up for a man who treated time itself like a polite suggestion… the legendary, eternal, eyebrow-arched high priest of the slow burn — George Burns.

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Today’s broadcast comes to you from my humble front yard, where the sky can’t quite decide whether it’s misting romantically or testing my commitment to combustion.  The Esteban Carreras Bronze Cross Sumatra Toro in hand. 

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Broadcasting from the Conway Riverwalk, where the Waccamaw River slides by like it’s late for a dinner reservation and refuses to explain itself to anyone.  In my hand: the Esteban Carreras Covenant Madero Toro. Dark wrapper. 

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This episode is about the journey to find your home for cigars, your "cigar mother ship" if you will?  Tripp takes you through the differing types and styles of home bases where one can discover their next cigar purchase for the day, week or even month.  Sorry, the Tribble is nowhere to be found in this episode.

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This episode features the San Luis Rey - Hecho a Mano Carenas Toro.  We explore the Lenten ritual of "giving up a vice" and why cigars don't qualify.  We also admire the Tribble for her thoughts of escape!

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this episode explores having an Esteban Carrreras Cashmere Connecticut along an unfamiliar stretch of Surfside Beach.  Along the way, we contemplate Voluntarism and Activism.

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Smoking the Estaban Carreras Blood Line Scarlett Sixty Single while musing about Libertarians and their fierce independent streak along with watching the Tribble go into camoflage mode.

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Tripp, who obviously has difficulty using recording equipment, joins Graham in a interesting and fun conversation with Myrtle Beach legend and icon Donny Emory.  They discuss everything from Midget Wrestling to assaults inside the gay bars.  All the while, discussing issues inside the beautiful Vizionz lounge and night club located in an entrance just to the left of the famous Masters Club.

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It’s Super Bowl Sunday, the national holiday where chicken wings disappear faster than federal budget restraint. I’m outside the house, tonight’s companion: the Esteban Carrera Chupa Cabre

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Tonight, I’ll be heading to a favored local tobacconist in Myrtle Beach for an Esteban Carreras Cigar Event.

 Three to eight PM, Brand reps., Deals and Special releases.

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The beginning of February and it is a freak snowfall and freezing temperatures across the south.  I am smoking a humidor filler, the Throwouts No. 49 Sweet and drinking a cup of hot cocoa.  

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I’ve got the Punch Classico lit, and let’s pause right there, because the name alone feels appropriate. “Classico” suggests tradition, structure, a cigar that knows what it is and isn’t trying to reinvent itself with kombucha fermentation or influencer hype.   Tonight’s episode of Liberty on Nicotine comes to you from the outer perimeter of civilization—or at least the parking lot of a very loud biker bar in Pawleys Island.

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Tripp describes his experience with the Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte cigar while raking leaves on a mild winter day, drinking Sweet Iced Tea.  His trusty little Tribble bounces about the yard as he rakes and muses.

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Tonight’s episode of Liberty on Nicotine features the Obsidian by Pinar del Rio—a cigar that looks like it should come with a villain monologue and a non-disclosure agreement. Dark, brooding, unapologetic. A cigar that doesn’t ask permission and definitely doesn’t fill out a form in triplicate.

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Today’s companion is the Micallef Herencia, and there’s something poetically appropriate about smoking a cigar named “heritage” while standing on a January beach, wrapped in too many layers, questioning my life choices but refusing to regret them.

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Tonight’s cigar is the Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut—which already sounds like it should come with a leather-bound certificate and a smug nod of approval from a man wearing loafers without socks. This cigar is often described as mild, refined, creamy, elegant. In other words, the opposite of how I’m currently dressed while blocking a side door that technically says “Emergency Exit Only”.

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On the eve of the Packers v Bears WildCard Game, Tripp enjoys a Fonseca My Father Edition MX while watching his neighbor's dog play in the cool front yard.

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We have a rare treat to speak with Meir Ezra, the host of the Truth About the Truth podcast from Israel.  Meir is not only a cigar enthusiast, like us, but has unique insights and straight forward talk that delights cigar lounges throughout the world.  So sit back, light up and enjoy Tripp's conversation with Meir.

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The joy of the Micallef Experiencia La Creama on a December Day at the Mini Airport!  The final cigar experience share for 2025!

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Here, we take a dive into the world's largest manufacturer of cigars... STG and their General Cigar Company.

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Welcome, friends, to a very merry, slightly smoky, and entirely good-spirited edition of Liberty on Nicotine. Today we’re unwrapping the holiday spirit like it’s a fresh box of long-aged Dominican magic. If you’re sitting by a fire, pour yourself something warm. If you’re in the garage because your family banished your cigar habit to the North Pole, turn on the space heater and pretend it’s Santa’s workshop. Either way… you’re home.

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Today’s episode is a road trip—literally. We’re talking about traveling with your smokes.

We’ll look at everything from humble Tupperware to those fancy lunchbox-style traveling humidors. There will be an examine the noble one- and two-stick protective sleeve. How to plan your ash-disposal strategy. And we’ll talk lighters—what work, 

Get ready for this ride before YOU hit the road...

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The Brotherhood #1 by Oscar Valladares doesn't arrive quietly.  From its loud, oversized label wrapped around a majority of the stick, to the suggestion of boldness that arrest the taste buds in the crisp December air.

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An Interview with Dean Smith of the White Ash Cigar Lounges in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Here he discusses his history of a tobacconist and his philosophy on pairing.

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Today we’re heading into the digital wilderness… the shadowy, button-clicking universe of online mail-order cigar retailers.

We’ll take a friendly, humorous, and slightly mischievous stroll through the three online cigar retailers I’ve used personally: JR Cigars, Cigars International, and Thompson Cigar.

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Today, we’re puffin’ on a value hero — the Odyssey Habano, in a proud Churchill size. The workhorse. The reliable Ford F-150 of cigars. The one you smoke when your wallet says “be practical,” but your spirit says “I still deserve a good smoke.”

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Today, we’re diving into one of the most sacred temples in the cigar universe: the humidor. Yes, the wooden womb of flavor, the private property box that keeps Big Humidity at bay. Around here, we respect two things—self‑ownership and proper cigar storage.

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The Drew Estate Deadwood Series - Leather Rose Petite Corona measures in at a tight 4 inches with a 43 ring gauge. That’s short and shapely — the kind of figure that gets your attention before she ever says a word. The construction is perfect, the wrapper dark and oily, just begging to be touched

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Esteban Carreras Las Canas Bootlit!

Four and three-quarter inches of mysterious, elegant, deceptive pleasure — kind of like the Bond girl of cigars.

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Today’s episode? We’re not just puffing — we’re paging. I’ve got a stack of cigar magazines right here on the table, each one promising to make me more sophisticated, more worldly, and possibly more broke.

So, grab your favorite stick, pour a drink that goes down smoother than government overreach, and join me as we pass the time — the old-fashioned way — through the glossy world of Cigar Aficionado, Cigar Snob, Cigar Journal, Smoke Magazine, and Cigar & Spirits.

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Don Carlos ~ Eye of the Shark Natural

Today’s indulgence? The Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Eye of the Shark Natural. A box-pressed beauty that’s not just a cigar—it’s a sculpture. This one looks like it was crafted in a workshop run by angels with steady hands and high standards.

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Today's episode is on the Esteban Carreras — the Cashmere Connecticut, six inches long with a 50 ring gauge. It’s dressed like royalty. The label alone looks like it was designed by a team of Renaissance monks on espresso. A regal lion sits proud at the center, guarding his golden filigree kingdom. The embossed gold accents shimmer against that creamy Connecticut wrapper like sunlight off champagne. 

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Now, today’s episode isn’t about politics or philosophy—no, no. We’re talking about gifting cigars—those beautiful, limited-edition, wallet-denting, once-a-year treasures that make your buddies’ eyes light up like the Griswold family Christmas tree.

* Arturo Fuente Rare Pink

* Espinosa 601 La Bomba Torpedo

* Montecristo Classic Series #2

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Today, we’re exploring a fascinating dimension of cigar culture — the commercial art behind the smoke. The way colors, fonts, bands, and boxes whisper stories to our senses before the first draw ever reaches our palate.

Because cigars aren’t sold with jingles or billboards anymore. They’re sold through romance — through heritage — through art.

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Now today’s a special one — the Thanksgiving episode. A New World holiday, celebrated with a New World product — the cigar. That’s right, tobacco itself is as American as it gets. Before we were colonies, before there was a Boston Tea Party, there was tobacco — growing right here on this soil. The first export, the first currency, the first sweet, smoky contribution we made to the rest of the world.

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Today, we’re setting the stage for something rare, refined, and — dare I say — shark-like. No, not the kind that makes beachgoers nervous. I’m talking about the Arturo Fuente Shark No. 77 — a limited edition masterpiece that swims in its own class.

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