Liberty on Nicotine

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By: Wm Tripp Dettmering

Liberty on Nicotine is more than a podcast about cigars — it’s a journey into the artistry, culture, and philosophy behind one of life’s oldest indulgences. Each episode explores the craftsmanship, history, and ritual of the cigar, from the rolling tables of Havana to the humidors of modern aficionados.Host William Dettmering invites listeners to slow down, light up, and savor not just the leaf — but the liberty that comes with it. Whether you’re a seasoned connoisseur or a curious newcomer, this show unpacks everything from cigar anatomy and tobacco origins to the camaraderie, conversation, and contemplation that define the...

The Farm System of Freedom (featuring the La Flor Dominicana Suave Maduro)
#43
Today at 5:00 AM

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 The La Flor Dominicana Suave Maduro is being enjoyed outside of a minor league baseball stadium in Myrtle Beach.  Awaiting the Pelicans to take on the Blue Jackets in what promises to be a night of pure entertainment at a pace.

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Freedom, Fuel and the Grand Strand Roar
#42
Last Monday at 5:00 AM

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Smoking a Tommy Bahama Trinidad cigar, drinking a Coors Light, outside the headquarters of the Myrtle Beach Spring Bike Rally... Myrtle Beach Harley Davidson.

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Backyard Broadcast featuring the Bariay 1492 Black cigar
#41
Last Friday at 5:00 AM

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Tripp is enjoying the Bariay 1492 Black cigar in his backyard getting ready to watch an Indoor Football League game.  Free market capitalism is a lesson learned while observing the history of American Football leagues.  

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Sand, Smoke, and Statutes featuring the My Father Blue
#40
05/06/2026

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Preparing to make signs for activism, we take a break by the beach with the My Father Blue 2025 cigar.

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Hidden Doors & Free minds
#39
05/04/2026

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This episode features the Bariay 1492 Red cigar and Cloud Cola Rocket Pop.  We also are mentioning Jack Axe Entertainment and Americans for Prosperity.

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Twenty Years of Smoke & Questionable Life Choices
#38
05/01/2026

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This episode features the Kristoff Veinte 20th Anniversary Cigar from 2024.  We are also featuring this weekend's event the Charleston Smoke Out!  Other mentions in the episode are an Arnold Palmer (the drink, not the golfer), my friend Jonah and my neighbor's dog, Buddy.

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Ashes of Empire - How Central Planning Stubbed Out the Cuban Crown
#37
04/29/2026

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Toays episode is a rant and lecture about the rise on fall of Cuban Cigar Dominance on the world stage.

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Leaf Piles of Liberty featuring the Kristoff Corojo Limitada
#36
04/27/2026

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Let us start out and apologize for incorrectly saying "Liga" instead of the correct "Limitada" when I identified the Kristoff Corojo Limitada I was enjoying.  But, given that I was drinking beer and in a flop sweat... I am going to give myself some grace.

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Maintenance & Mango Lemonade feat. Gloria Cubana Classic Cigar
#35
04/24/2026

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Tripp has returned home and is thinking about entropy and lawn maintenance.  He is smoking the Gloria Cubana Classic and dog sitting Ellie.  Surprisingly, he is also enjoying a Health-Ade Kombucha Mango Lemonade.

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The Long Ash of Memory (feat. the Kristoff Ligero)
#34
04/23/2026

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Tripp silently mourns the passing of his aunt after her burial in East Troy, Wisconsin.  He is smoking a Kristoff Ligero in the rolling hills of the great white tundra.

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S2 E33 - The Porch Parliament Featuring the Drew estates Tabak Especial
#33
04/13/2026

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Drinking a Rum & Pepsi Zero on the porch after burying my little Tribble next to my previously passed pets, Tripp Eulogizes his blessed beasts while enjoying a Drew Estate Tabak Especial.

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Two Grand Old Ladies and One Honest Cigar (Featuring the JFR Titan (20 Years))
#32
04/10/2026

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And tonight… it’s doing what cigars have done for centuries. This JFR Titan (20 Years) is doing its job.

It’s helping a man think.

Because the last 48 hours have been… well… let’s just say the universe filed two departure notices.  The passing of my Aunt and my beloved Tribble.

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Easter and the Undercrown SunGrown
#31
04/08/2026

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This is Liberty on Nicotine, and today’s episode comes to you from the sands of Myrtle Beach on a glorious Easter morning.

I’ve got a hot cup of coffee in one hand and a Drew Estate Undercrown Sun Grown in the other, which—if you think about it—is the libertarian version of the Holy Trinity: coffee, cigars, and voluntary association.

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Extreme Value, Extreme Freedom (feat. JFR XT Cigar)
#30
04/03/2026

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Smoking a quality stick that is still in the single digits while attending a public "free" concert in the park!

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Muted, Unmuted, and Mildly Unhinged (feat. Drew Estates ACID 20th Anniversary Edition
#29
04/01/2026

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Anxiety as I wait to go on another web based presentation meeting.  I am smoking an exquisite Drew Estates ACID 20th Anniversary Edition cigar.

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Raised Beds & Raised Eyebrows (feat. CRUX Limitada
#28
03/30/2026

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We are putting in a garden while smoking a delicious CRUX Limitada cigar.  it is a windy day and the Tribble is sunbathing.  Agorism is on my mind during this episode.  Sorry for the scratchy throat due to pollen allergies.

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Ashes, Ocean Breezes, and Exit Taxes
#27
03/27/2026

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We are smoking the Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 at Cherry Grove Beach, SC.  We meet a couple moving from New York to Florida.  I am drinking (go ahead, judge me) a Strawberry Margarita.

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Horsepower & Free Markets With CAO BX3
#26
03/25/2026

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Enjoying the CAO BX3 at the annual Myrtle Beach Run to the Sun Car and Truck Show.  Drinking from a Red Plastic Cup.  Beautiful weather....

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Shield Maiden, Tobacconist, Sommelier
#25
03/23/2026

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Today we are talking with Michelle B. of Cigar South, here in the Grand Strand of South Carolina.  She is one of my favorite Tobacconists and she is also becoming a certified Cigar Sommelier!  Listen as she tells us of her journey in the land of the leaf expertise.

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The Story of Bariay 1492
#24
03/22/2026

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This is a supplemental episode from our last one.  It is the story of the company behind the cigar.  For more information go to the Bariay 1492 website for even more information.  And possibly, purchase one of their fine cigars.....

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Blackened Chrome and the Physics of Freedom
#22
03/16/2026

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In this episode we combine the experience of a Spring Motorcycle Rally and the Blackened M81 Maduro cigar from Drew Estates. We also address the ABATE organization.

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26.2 Miles of Cardio, 6 Inches of Liberty
#21
03/13/2026

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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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Flathead Philosophy in a No-Cigarette Zone
#20
03/11/2026

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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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The Drew Estate Kentucky Fired Cured "Just a Friend"
#19
03/09/2026

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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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Cabins on Wheels & Maduro Feels
#18
03/06/2026

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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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Muted, Unmuted, and Mildly Unhinged (feat. Drew Estates ACID 20th Anniversary)
#29
03/04/2026

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In this episode, we are smoking the Drew Estate ACID 20th Anniversary Edition cigar while going through the dread of waiting to go on another planned webinar type meeting.

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For the Love, Memory and Respect of George Burns
#17
03/04/2026

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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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Bronze Cross in a Drizzle (Esteban Carreras Bronze Cross Sumatra Toro)
#16
03/02/2026

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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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A Covenant on the River Walk
#15
02/27/2026

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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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The Cigar Mother Ship Guide
#14
02/25/2026

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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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Ashes, Abstinence, and Absolutely NOT Giving Up Cigars (An Ash Wednesday Story)
#13
02/23/2026

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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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The Esteban Carreras Cashmere Connecticut Along an Unfamiliar Beach
#12
02/20/2026

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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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Scarlet Independence - Estaban Carreras Blood Line Scarlett Sixty Single
#11
02/18/2026

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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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Don Emory @ Vizionz Myrtle Beach Spills the Big Beans!
#4
02/17/2026

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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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Chupa Cabre Defeats the Bad Bunny: A Superbowl Story
#10
02/10/2026

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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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Snow, Smoke, and the Free Market: Why Cigar Events Still Matter
#9
02/06/2026

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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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Sweet Smoke in a Free State - Throwouts No. 49 Sweet
#8
02/04/2026

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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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Punch Classico & Motorbikes
#7
02/02/2026

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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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Lawn Leaves & Tobacco Leaves: The Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte
#6
01/28/2026

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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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2 New Friends, Brady and the Obsidian
#5
01/19/2026

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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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