ACHP Episode 415 Rough Jobs For Rough Times w/ Law Ream
Transcript
Welcome to Cigar Hustlers
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Hey everyone, I'm LA Reem brand
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certified troublemaker.
I would never use this language.
Never.
This is not my work.
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on the culture that makes this
industry special.
This is so.
So ridiculous.
You want to start over.
No, no, no the.
Bathroom door behind him is
open.
Law's a pro.
I'll turn it up, I'll close it.
I'll close it all.
Right, shut the bathroom.
Door.
That enough?
There's.
This is a shitty start there.
You go.
It's the smell wafting out of
the bathroom.
Continue.
Keep going, keep going.
You're a professional be.
Grateful to hang out, talk
cigars, and stir the pot a
little along the way.
And it's my anniversary, so my
wife and I decided what better
way to celebrate than to do an
episode of Cigar Hustler's
podcast?
If you get here, she's about 20
feet to my left.
Cursing at you in the
background.
Yes, in Spanish.
So none of us, none of us know.
What we say, we don't know
what's going.
On we don't have a bilingual
show, they're.
Probably loving tropes.
Let's go.
And I love my wife.
And I love my wife.
Quickly, before we get stop
laughing over there, we're
filming.
We can't really hear you though,
to be honest.
The mics won't pick you up.
You, you laugh all you want.
Women.
Women.
Quickly before we get started,
Palmer has an update to a story
we are watching.
All right, Beverly, yes, our
mannequin friend from South
Africa, the swimsuit clad
mannequin that sits in a farm
near a farm dam near, I can't
remember that name of that word.
Neu Bethesda and Karu.
She went missing earlier this
month and local tourist pages
and odd news sites were shouting
for her return.
Yes, in the last day or so the
tourist community post South
African media has confirmed she
was returned after what's been
described as a prank or
kidnapping adventure.
There you go. 2 construction
workers moved her during a
spring box match and she
eventually made her way back and
has been put into the dam.
So the mystery of the Missy
Mannequin has a happy ending.
I got to be honest, Beverly
didn't track well on YouTube
anyways, so we're we're.
Moving.
I'm glad that story's over.
Well, this must be a dry
Newsweek.
Yeah, it was, you know.
Slow news in South Africa.
You thought that, but yeah,
right.
Exactly.
I I thought that it was in the
US And once he starts
explaining, I'm like, that's
like the other side of the
world.
What are we doing, you know?
It was a trend.
It was a trend.
That happened in Africa this
week.
Yes, that was that was the
trendy news from South Africa.
Exactly.
OK.
All right.
Well, thanks for the update, Mr.
Palmer.
Certainly now we can close that
story.
OK, put it to bed.
We can finally put it to bed.
On today's show we breakdown why
people are suddenly jumping into
gritty hard labour jobs as the
cushy office gigs dry up.
Then we dig into the wild Toltec
scam stealing over a billion
dollars Epstein files in their
on their on again off again
trend is back on.
I guess that's on part of the
trend and the latest cigar drops
from Black Label and La Palino.
We wrap up with a quick tour of
America's strangest roadside
attractions.
Light up and enjoy.
I wonder what that is?
Could be anything, yeah, could
be anything.
You never know.
Could be South African roadside
things.
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Yes, that's a badass name I
love.
It feel like I I love law and we
can't afford him.
I wish he was here every day.
That's you're the third podcast.
Well, not in a row, but that
said something similar.
Oh really?
Yeah.
Well, screw them.
Now there's many more.
They're not as cool as us.
No, they're not.
No, not even.
Do they take ad space?
Yeah, I thought so.
Screw them.
Yeah, exactly.
OK, All right, let's go.
And now the trending news.
Rough jobs for rough times.
When the job market tightens up,
people start looking at gigs
they wouldn't normally touch.
And right now, folks are lining
up for the kind of work you'd
usually see on dirty jobs with
micro.
The hiring environment has
gotten slow.
Real slow.
So instead of cubicle sound
really.
You're doing great.
You're doing great.
Great.
Job actually.
It's amazing.
So instead of cubicles and
ergonomic chairs, job seekers
hiring jobs that are outside
gritty and far from glamorous,
Bloomberg just ran a piece
showing things are getting
interesting out there.
The Georgia Department of
Corrections and saw a 40% spike
in applications over the last
three months compared to this
time last year.
Even the US military, which has
been struggling to hit
recruiting targets, actually hit
their goals because they're the
one of the few people that are
kind of paying their employees,
I guess.
We'd go in the military.
Could be those pay bumps, could
be the fewer job choices out
there.
And over at waste management
recruiting firm called Higher
Quest, they're drowning in apps.
Not the ones on your phones, I'm
assuming.
The recycling and garbage
staffing arm says applications
are up 50% over the past two
years.
Why?
Because the cushy cubicle jobs
are drying up.
So what was the worst job that
you've ever done?
Oh.
Besides driving across it other.
Than other than sticking
yourself into a van and driving
around, they say.
This is pretty close to the top.
I just, I just ran the math on
it a couple weeks ago.
If you get rid of if you just
put chair time like you get rid
of stops or gas or bathroom
breaks or eating or anything
like that.
I spent 33 1/2 days straight
driving.
Wow, this year.
Oh, oh, that's in one year.
Yeah, it's over a month of you
sitting in that.
And you're not a truck driver.
You're not, you're not, you're
not hauling an 18 Wheeler
across.
You know that's not your job.
No, but if Davidoff messes up, I
have a pretty good backup job
ready to go.
Yeah, you're taking the van or
this, this.
Get my CDO, get back on the
road.
There you go.
Have practice now.
Well, we could pay you like 50
bucks a week and you can do our
podcast with There you go, 50
bucks, 50 bucks a week.
Yeah.
Where we getting that?
I don't know.
We'll figure it out.
OK.
You should say $100.00 an hour,
since each episode's about 100
to 30 minutes.
So pay 50 bucks a week, $100.00
an hour.
You work half an hour a week.
Perfect.
Yeah.
We'll provide room on board,
which is just bring the van.
You can stay in there.
So what, other than other than
the current gig, yes.
What is what was the.
What's the worst job you ever
done?
That's a tough one.
I've had some pretty cool,
interesting jobs.
Probably I don't know, maybe
process server?
Oh, that sounds terrible.
When I was 18, I looked like I
was 16 years old.
So I'd walk into, you know,
corporate offices or hospitals
and stuff.
I'd be like, hi is doctor so and
so here.
Be like, Oh yeah, he's right
here.
Be like you've been served.
And he's like, what's?
Who is this kid?
What's this happened?
That is?
That's pretty cool.
That's still a cool job though.
I know that's like, it's hard
to, I've had to have a crappy
job.
I was a manager of an 18 and a
nightclub.
That was awesome.
I mean, yeah, I don't, I don't
think I've had a shitty.
You've had you've had cool jobs.
Yeah, weddings.
Weddings sucked.
You're a legend.
Yeah, wedding photographer.
That was probably the worst one.
That's tough, yeah, because
you're never going to make
everybody happy.
I mean, they're just stressful
no matter what.
Right.
It's a tense high intensity.
It's kind of like this podcast,
super high intensity.
Yeah, so stressed.
What about you, Palmer?
What was your worst job?
I assembled RTA furniture for a
summer.
Who RTA?
Ready to assemble?
Yeah, for for displays.
That sounds terrible at Kmart.
It's actually Home Depot and
Lowe's.
I would travel around to
different home depots and Lowe's
and put the furniture together.
The new furniture for the
display and those boxes are
really heavy.
I actually I used to be the
photographer for Home Depot
Furniture.
Oh, did you?
Really.
Yeah.
So I put a lot of that stuff
together too.
Yeah, it always says team lift,
but you never have a second
person.
There's no one.
There's no one.
Yes, there's nobody else there.
It's just you.
What else are you going to do
for me?
I don't really know what my
worst job would have been.
I mean, I've done like little
things.
You know what I will tell you it
was running the damn gas
station.
That was definitely the worst
job.
Yeah, it sounds terrible.
It really was.
It was a miserable.
Sounds boring it.
Was miserable.
There's margins are low.
Everybody's angry at you.
Yeah, you can't keep employees,
constant drug issues coming in
and out of the place, employees
selling drugs, employees doing
drugs.
There's just always, there was
always something in that place.
That's if you're in a good
neighborhood, yeah.
And if you're in a bad
neighborhood, getting shot?
Yeah, exactly.
And robbed.
Well, we did have somebody
attempt a robbery and then he
waited outside to get arrested.
He waited.
Yeah.
We had employees stealing
scratch off tickets.
You're like, I called the cops
and he's like, I'll just wait
outside.
So sorry.
He got behind the register, he
pulled the knife and then the
employee freaked out and kind of
ran away, I think, and then
called 911 and he just sat
outside waiting to go to jail.
That's fine.
That's beautiful.
It's fine.
It's.
Too bad that's not on camera.
You just dust that off.
Look at that.
That's good.
OK, so.
So, yeah, all right, great job.
I think you're doing this is
fair it.
Doesn't look like you're.
Thanks for.
Inviting me to a beautiful
studio.
I'm just going to ash all over
everything.
That's fine.
That's not what it looked like
you were doing.
We don't.
We don't clean up but down here
anyways.
It's this way.
Hold on.
I just need to.
Tell me a minute.
Tell me.
About your worst job.
Well, I had to do this.
All right.
OK, so there you go.
Well, moving on to the next
article.
Actually, I just remembered my
worst job, OK?
I just remembered, OK, I
probably shouldn't tell this,
but perfect.
So I was living in San Diego.
This guy's like, hey, we're
going to, we're going to rent a
mansion up in Lake Tahoe.
It was the winter.
He's like, and we're going to
shoot some porn there.
Do you would you like to be a
videographer?
He's like, yeah, yeah, it sounds
awesome.
Naked girls, mansion, winter
time in Lake Tahoe.
This sounds amazing.
So we go and it's paying really
well.
It's like 3 grand a week.
That's nice.
Yeah.
Back in like the 2000s.
So we go up there and like all
the dudes show up and I was
like, when do the when do the
chicks get here?
And they're like, what?
What chicks I was.
Like.
I was like, no, seriously, when
did they get here?
They're like, no, you, we didn't
tell you what kind of port it
was.
It was like this.
God damn.
It we, we didn't, we didn't
fully disclose for a reason,
Sir.
We didn't want your opinion on
how you felt about it.
We just need you to film.
Yeah.
For some reason everyone keeps
quitting after the first job.
It's.
So weird no one sticks around.
I don't know, sounds like good
pay, just saying.
If you stick around, I was like,
how long till the next bus out
of here in like a week?
I was like, oh, that happens to
be the filming time.
There you go.
It was the worst job ever.
You have just surpassed me, Sir,
by a landslide.
All right, all right, let's go.
What else?
You got in with the next
article.
Let's see, the trend isn't just
about getting back to real work,
it's a warning flag about the
economy.
Yes, the US economy pulled off a
decent 3.9% growth in Q3, but
layoffs are quietly climbing,
office hiring is slowing, and
everyone's arguing over whether
AI is the new job thief.
ADP payroll data says hiring did
slightly recover last month, but
the action was mostly in the
fields like healthcare,
construction.
Translation jobs, translation
jobs you sweat for.
Oh, it's not translation jobs.
It's translation jobs you sweat
for.
Got it.
And if you're just getting into
the job market, get ready for a
rough Rd.
Companies are leaning hard
toward folks with experience,
making it tougher for freshly
minted grads to get that first
break.
So hey, when the emails stop
coming and the LinkedIn feed is
full of we regret to inform you
messages, don't be surprised if
you start wondering what it
takes to become a garbage sorter
or a correctional officer.
Might not be sexy, but it's a
paycheck.
So is that still kind of into
the first topic?
That's the end of the first
story about the jobs got.
It.
You know who's hiring a lot
right now?
Is CBP.
What's that?
Customs and Border Patrol.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Really.
Yeah.
They're hiring like anybody.
They don't care if you have
experience or not.
They're just like work.
Yeah.
Would you like to carry a gun on
the board?
Come in today.
Have you seen the South Park
episode about it?
Oh, is that what I saw?
I saw a clip where they were
going where ice was going to
heaven.
Yeah.
Is that the same one?
Well.
Yeah, they went to heaven to
raid all the illegals that were
up there, right?
But yeah, so the, the guidance
counselor gets fired from his
school job and he joins Border
Patrol 'cause he has no other
option, right?
And it's like a Disney ride.
So you start and they're like,
welcome to CVP.
And they're like, all right,
take your guns.
You're going on mission now.
And it's it's they've made it
just like a Disney.
Ride right, It's exciting.
But they're also showing like
how short the training is.
So all these people show up and
they have no idea what.
They're doing right.
What's going on here?
Yeah dude S parks epic they're
they just signed a inked a big
deal Paramount plus.
They did.
So Paramount was getting
acquired and they're like, we
need to get get this done so we
can, you know, get this deal
over with.
And then as soon as they did
that, South Park is like, we're
just going to make their life,
Paramount's life, a living hell
by doing nothing but anti Trump
episodes.
And every single episode has
been anti Trump.
Really.
Yes, that's hilarious, dude.
If you haven't seen it, he's
just like naked the whole time
with a tiny little penis.
He's he.
He's.
They pretty much took the Saddam
character from before they made
that Trump.
Same voice, same everything.
He's Satan like everything's the
same.
Oh my God.
And it's already on Paramount
Plus.
Yeah, it's I think the season's
over.
I think you're.
Very up to date.
I'm not up to date.
Yeah, well, I spent a lot of
time in hotels.
So he's a lot of time without.
Travel much?
OK, All right.
Well, let's hit us with the next
one.
Next up, toll scams.
Toll scams are running wild.
You ever get one of those random
texts saying you owe money on a
toll in Massachusetts, even
though you've never set foot
there?
Or maybe it's about an unpaid
postal fee.
Spoiler alert, there's no toll
fees.
Just a scam.
And it's a big one.
Homeland Security says Chinese
criminal networks have scanned
more than $1 billion from people
over the last three years.
Yeah, billion with AB that
sketchy link in the message, it
takes you to a government
looking website, but it's not,
It's fake.
You punch in your info and boom,
your credit card, your driver's
license, everything you know the
scammers now have.
And these guys run, run this
just like a real business.
According to the Wall Street
Journal, they're hiring gig
workers here in the US that set
up rooms with a ton of SIM cards
and devices so they can blast
out texts non-stop.
Wow, there's where the job
market is.
Go work for the Chinese.
Chinese scammers.
There you go.
When the scam scam works, they
bring in more help.
When a scam works, they bring in
more help.
People buying stuff with your
stolen cash and shipping it to
China where it's sold off and
then by the time you notice it's
long gone.
This isn't slowing down either.
Proof point.
Yep, proof point.
Those folks that filter spam say
the number of those toll tech
toll scam texts has.
This is getting tongue twisty.
Yeah, he's not good at the
narrating.
These toll scam texts has
tripled since January.
Meanwhile, Google just sued a
group for stealing millions of
credit card numbers between 12.7
million and 115,000,000 just in
the US.
That's a large discrepancy
there.
Yeah.
Well, you know, somewhere
between 5 and 7 billion dollars,
$5.
Go ahead.
Trust your gut.
If it's from an international
number or there are a bunch of
people on the message thread,
red flag.
If the message is like urgent
pay now and offers a link, don't
bite.
Legit government agencies won't
ask to wire you money.
They won't ask for anything.
They don't do any work, won't
ask to wire you money or buy
gift cards.
Ever.
Yeah.
And so no gift cards.
No.
So you can't pay your government
toll with a gift card?
So I can't purchase Bitcoin to
Get Me Out of out of hawk or
anything like that.
Under the Trump administration,
they probably do take Bitcoin,
but I don't think you can pay it
off with an Xbox gift card.
Have you ever been caught up in
one of these scams?
When?
When I had my photography
business, I get scams all the
time.
And some of them were really
obvious, you know, 'cause they,
there's certain language that
they use.
Like, dear Sir, hope you've had
a blessed day.
And it's just like, OK, you
don't speak English.
But then somewhere super
intricate.
And then they would go through
all the hard work and then they
would.
The biggest scam I got was hey,
we're going to send you a check,
but the the caterer doesn't take
doesn't have an account.
So if you could just cash the
check and pay them cash, we'll
we'll put their amount in your
check.
They would do all the hard work
and message for weeks and then
they'd send me the check and
like one side of it's blank
'cause I forgot to do double
sided copy.
I'm like you just did weeks of
work and you messed up the
easiest step you.
Screwed up the one thing.
Yeah, Oh my God.
So.
But you never really got taken.
No, no, I never got taken, but
plenty of people did.
You'd see in the photography
forums all the time, like people
like, oh, this, this guy sent me
money and I cashed out and gave
it to their vendor and I never
got paid.
Like it bounced.
I was like, you're an idiot,
right?
That sucks.
But On the Road, one of my
favorite podcasts, is about like
modern scams.
It's called Dark Net Diaries and
one of the new we're going to be
so cooked when we, you know how
our like, parents fall for scams
and we're just like, how'd you
fall for that?
He's so stupid.
You said $3000 of gift cards to
this guy to pay your bill to
Microsoft.
You know, well, what's coming
down the pipeline is this guy
played two voices. 1 was his and
1 was his and AI and you
couldn't tell the difference.
Like I chose the wrong voice.
Like the AI 1 was like, I was
like, that one's his real voice.
And I listened to hours of his
podcast, and I got it wrong.
So what they do is they will
spoof, say you have a child,
right, Like a teenage girl,
they'll spoof her number and
call from her number using her
voice, saying, hey, I just got
an offender Bender.
It was my fault.
But if you wire $3000 cash to
this person, they're going to
let me out of it.
Yeah.
And you can't tell the
difference.
It sounds like their voice, that
they can make it sound
distressed, like she's been
crying, like you.
You cannot tell the difference.
And it's coming from her phone
number.
That's wild.
Yeah.
So the scams are about to like
we're cooked.
We're about to level up, yeah.
Our kids are going to be like,
how'd you fall for that idiot?
Just hang up and call back.
It goes to my number and I'll
tell you that no, I'm at the
movies or something, right?
Holy shit.
Yeah.
Well, at least you're the
podcast that you're listening to
exposes some of these things.
Yeah.
You know, so you let your kids
leave your your side.
I mean, why would at this point?
Well, you can't, you know.
Just keep them on a leash, yeah?
Palmer you ever get scammed?
My mother almost did that one
time.
Yeah, she almost gave a guy
access to her bank account.
Right?
But no, I mean I get those texts
all the time too, but no I.
Dude, I mean emails, I got a ton
of emails and they make it
through any of the stuff and
they look legit.
Your capital One's been, you
know, suspicious activity, all
of these things we.
Need you to log in.
All, all the time.
And I'm thinking to myself, I'm
like, there's got to be somebody
that has a moment of weakness
where they, they do it, you
know, like, oh, maybe this one's
real, right?
Or whatever the case may be, but
it's constantly being bombarded.
Doesn't go away.
Oh yeah.
Especially like the big
corporations get hit really
hard.
We, we do at Davodoff.
We're pretty good about it.
Like they send us test emails
all the time and they're like,
hey, you fell for this one.
And we have like a little
phishing alert where you can
send it to.
And then?
They're like, congratulations,
you found the scam e-mail you're
a.
Professional scam searcher.
Yeah.
So if you screw it up, do you
have to take a course?
We do have to take a course.
But they know Law has a lot of
down time while he's driving, so
just send Law a couple more
emails.
Here's how to identify if
someone is trying to take
advantage of you.
Right.
Is it something like that with a
weird voice?
Pretty much, yeah.
I feel like you can parlay.
You should be able to be able
like to do those videos for
people.
I mean.
'Cause you're great with the
reels and all the other stuff
and the snapping.
I saw the Snappy 1 today, that
was good.
That's, you know, that's how we
should get people at the
companies to figure this stuff
out.
Just do it in reels.
We have these like 30 minute
long videos.
Nobody has that attention span
anymore.
Yeah, you talk fast.
You know, your your voice is
spot on.
Like you could wrap that up in
45 seconds.
Here are the don't do this.
Don't touch that one.
Don't touch that one.
Thank you.
If you just got fired from your
HR job, just start making reels
on how to catch spam emails and
then you know you'll get a
sponsorship.
From like there you go.
Or you could just go call China
and and join the dark side and
become one of them.
Just be the spammer.
Hey, you took my job, so here's
what I'm I'm going to come work
for you now.
It's like perfect.
Just come on and get some SIM
cards.
You're ready to go.
I got to make my nothing guys.
OK.
All right.
Hit me with the next one.
What you got?
All right, getting to the good
stuff.
Yeah, rolling along.
Epstein files back in the news.
I don't think they've been out
of the news.
They've been releasing stuff for
like 2 weeks now.
House Senate passes bill
demanding DOJ release Epstein
files in a 427 to one vote that.
One guy was the one guy guy's.
Like I'm super guilty, I don't
care how bad this.
Looks I'm in the wild.
There is no way I have people I
need to protect.
I am saying no.
I said no.
Well, you know, they have like
the two buttons on their desk
when they vote.
He's probably just so old.
He's like, which one's the yes
one?
Boom.
Oh shit.
I haven't.
Can I vote again?
I haven't been voting right for
a decade.
House of Representatives passed
legislation to force the Justice
Department to release all of the
files pertaining to the
investigation into the deceased
child sex offender Jeffrey
Epstein.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and
most GOP members had sought to
delay a vote but relented after
President Trump, a former friend
of Epstein's, dropped his
opposition to it.
Hours later or hours later, the
Senate unanimously passed the
bill as is, despite Johnson's
hopes that it would be amended.
Republican Rep Clay Higgins of
Louisiana was the one no the one
loan no vote in the House,
saying it doesn't do enough to
protect the names of the people
who might be innocent.
Oh, that's a spitch.
If they're on the list, they're
not innocent.
The bill Well, you could argue
that maybe they just travel to a
party and you don't know if
they.
Party didn't know what was going
to happen.
Well, they're this is weird.
Look at all the young girls.
That's been their argument is
that it doesn't protect the the
girls that are accusing Epstein
and these other people of being
the sex offenders, right?
But these girls are like at
every trial, they're out in
public saying we're the ones
like they're everywhere.
So they they don't want to be
protected.
They want all this out there.
Right, Well, but I, I think that
he's but that's referencing more
along the lines of the people
that went to the parties but
didn't partake in like the
dubious acts, you know, like the
the evil garbage.
They just went, Oh, I just went
to get drunk or whatever, like.
I mean, I, I kind of feel bad
for people because have you ever
had a friend that you're just
like, they're always in your
friends group.
You don't even know them that
well.
And then something comes out
later and you're, and you're
just like, now you're associated
with that person.
It's like, oh, I just, I didn't
even have a chance, like to say
no, I don't want to hang out
with that person because my
friend's friend.
Right, we were just there.
Yeah.
And then put on top of that,
like Jeffrey Epstein had the key
to every door out there.
He was like, hey, you want a
Nobel Peace Prize?
You want a billion dollar
science grant?
You want this?
You want that?
I got it all.
You want Victoria's Secret
models?
I got those too, like.
He got everything.
There's always a guy.
Yeah, and he was the guy.
So, OK, what else I got?
What else is the story?
The bill now heads to Trump's
desk to be signed.
OK.
Well, I mean, I'm glad that this
is happening.
Yeah.
You know, finally.
Yeah.
Yeah.
This is it's ridiculous.
This is kind of ongoing.
And, you know, I I hope that
there's you.
The problem is, I think that
you're going to see this list
and there's going to be blacked
out names.
Well, it's not just that, but
they purposely uploaded them all
as photos instead of PDF files.
So you have to search them with
your eyes.
You can't search them with like,
just, you know, control find,
look up like someone's name or
something.
You can't do it.
You have to read through every
single page manually.
Wow.
Yeah.
So they're still trying to hide
it and a lot of names are
blacked out.
Are they?
Yeah, That's wild.
So they're still going to
protect people.
They're still going to cover
things up of.
Course they are.
Yeah, but it just like it takes
away a lot of their power
'cause, you know, every
everyone's been in locks up with
Trump since he took power.
And it's probably because he has
these files.
Well, I mean, one of the things
that they were talking about
that they were going to release
this list and then all of a
sudden there was, oh, there's no
list.
Like, wait, hold on, wait a
second.
There's no fucking list like 0.
There's no proof of any of it
whatsoever.
Yeah, Pam Pani's like what?
What?
List of files on my desk now
like the one you said in this
video clip where I have to list
the files.
On my desk six days ago, you
stated I have a list, it's on my
desk and now you're saying that
it doesn't exist.
That's that was incredible.
Dude, and then that one
reporter's like, hey Trump, you
know, I thought you said you
were going to release.
Are you still talking about
these Epstein files?
Nobody cares about Epstein
files.
This was like 6 years ago.
Right.
Like, no, we still care.
We still care.
Everybody still deeply cares
about.
This.
I just love it when there was
something that would come out
and then somebody would just
comment on the bottom, like
release the list.
I'm like, yeah, that guy's
right, whatever that guy's
saying.
Yeah.
Are you excited about the list
coming out?
No, I mean it doesn't affect me
one or the other, but if if the
rumor is that Trump is on the
list, why would he approve the
bill to release the?
List Now maybe he's figured out
a workaround.
Maybe he's one of the blotted
out of the.
Blackout names, Yeah, just says
it says rump or something.
Yeah, it says Ronald.
Ronald, Ronald.
Rump, Ronald.
Rump, the main girl, Virginia
Dufree, the one that was in the
pictures with Prince Charles,
she made a statement, I think it
was in court, where she was
like, hey, look, Trump was
there.
He was nothing but kind.
He never did any of the stuff
that I witnessed.
So she's kind of like.
Defending him.
Yeah.
But at the same time, people
like some of the some of the
emails have already been
released.
And it's like Trump knew about
everything going on.
Maybe he didn't partake in it,
but he knew that Jeffrey Epstein
was doing these things.
OK.
Maybe, like, you know, good luck
proving something like that.
Yeah, you knew, like, I don't
know.
OK, OK, a bit of a reach.
They hit reply all.
It's not my fault they.
Hit reply all.
I was in the same room.
OK.
Well, one of the one of the main
guys that I just heard about
this this morning, the former
whatever Scott Besson is now the
former Treasury Secretary.
Larry something.
Fucking Larry's fucking Larry's.
He's like a teacher at Harvard
now, and he's like got all these
other things going on.
He's like, all right, I'm going
to have to step back from
everything now because he got,
yeah, he got hit hard by this
release.
And they haven't even released
the full files.
Yet.
Yeah.
So it's coming and we're done
here.
Yeah.
Well, hey, that's good, man.
There should be some, you know,
I want to see.
I want to see some heads roll,
you know?
I think everyone does, yeah.
I think it's the most uniting
thing between the left and the
right.
Like everyone wants this open.
Yeah, except that one guy.
Yeah.
Except that one, yeah.
The one center.
No, no, no, no, no lace, no
this.
Is this is bad for everybody?
This is.
Bad for everybody.
No, no.
Hit No 75 times.
OK, perfect dude.
You're doing a fantastic job.
Please continue forward with our
next article.
This is Jack makes us look so
much harder than it is.
Yeah.
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah, well, you're a pro, dude.
That's right.
You hear that, Terrano?
I'm a pro.
And now for cigar news, Black
Label's Deliverance Nocturne is
back for 2025.
Well, well, well, look who's
back.
For the first time since 2020,
Black Label Trading Co is
blessing us once again with
their beloved Deliverance
Nocturne blend.
If you've been waiting for this
one, buckle up.
Four different Vitolas are
shipping out next week.
And yes, they kept the blend the
same as 2020 release.
Pennsylvania Broad leaf wrapper,
Nicaraguan Habano binder and
fillers from Nicaragua and
Pennsylvania.
That sounds awesome.
Yeah, that sounds amazing.
Pennsylvania Broad Leaf is one
of my favorite classic Nocturne.
Dark, bold and gritty with that
black label flare we all crave.
Here's what's coming.
Deliverance Robusto 5 by 52 at
$12.50 or a box of 20 for 250.
Deliverance Toro 6 by 4813 Fifty
or a box of 20 for 270
Deliverance Perfecto.
I love Perfecto Shape 5 by 5612
dollars Limited no box
delivering short Solomon comes
snub nose.
Comes in a zip lock.
And zip lock.
Zip lock bag.
Delivering short Solomon snub
nose, 4/4 and 3/4 by four and
four, $5612.00 some.
Of those are hard to read.
Yeah, also comes in a zip lock
I'm assuming.
Additional zip lock, yeah.
More zip locks.
With the colors, the blue up top
and then it has the little pink
line to let you know that it's
sealed, yes.
So it's like an actual zip lock.
Actual zip lock bags.
This portion the show brought to
you by Zip Lock Bags.
For sealing cigars without the
box.
Procter and Gamble, we are
looking for some, we're not
looking for sponsors.
Procter and Gamble we'd take OK.
We'll do it for. $7,000,000 like
a rounding error for us.
Yeah, exactly.
Exactly.
The two Figueredo, Perfecto and
Snub nose are packed together in
a 16 count box in 16 count boxes
ringing in at $192.00 a box.
Quantities pretty tight.
Only 750 boxes each of the
Robusto and Toro in 550 of the
Perfecto and Solomon combo for
the US.
James Brown himself chimed in
with the vibes.
Nocturne is definitely a fan
favorite.
It's one of the cigars we get
asked about the most.
This year.
We want to change things up.
For the first time ever, we're
dropping Nocturne in parejo
formats, robusto, and Toro.
But don't worry, Purist, we've
still got some of those sexy
perfectos and short Solomons
coming too.
One thing's for sure, if you
want them, don't sleep.
This one's not lingering on
shelves for long.
OK.
Are you excited about the Black
Label?
I like Black Label.
Do you smoke a lot of Black
Label?
Not a lot, no.
I just, you know, I, I go to a
lot of lounges that carry like
Dabitoff and stuff.
They're usually pretty limited
in what they carry, so you don't
see Black Label too much on the
shelves there.
They're more legacy brands and
boutique.
Yeah, the Big Eight as they
call.
Them, they're called the Big
Eight.
Yeah.
Really.
Yeah.
Oh.
There's 8.
Yep, I feel like there's three.
There's 8.
That's that's what I'm.
That's what they say to you,
yeah.
That's that's a phrase some
lounges use Big 8.
This is what they.
Carry the only the biggest eight
companies and that's it.
So who are the Big 8?
Let's see.
You got you got Davidoff,
Fuente, Perdomo, my father.
OK, let's see.
What's that?
Four.
I got 4.
Out of four padrone.
Padrone.
Five and we're at 5:00 and I
already have questions about
two.
Yeah, right.
So, so, so there's a there's
actually there's a big eight.
I would, I would love to talk to
the guy who says.
These Oliva I think is one of
them.
OK, six.
I'm trying to picture the
humidors as I walk in Jurisdate.
7.
And one more.
I don't know.
Zeno.
Zeno's Davidoff I.
Was trying to help.
Camacho.
That's also Davidoff.
That's also Davidoff, Michael.
Wow, so aggressive.
Yeah.
So what's first of all, I don't
even think that the seven that
you have even count.
I think there's three in that
name.
Yeah, you're like, OK, here's
the three, you know, dab it off.
I mean Fuente Pedrone.
Yeah, I guess LFD maybe, I don't
know.
No, they're not massive.
Yeah, maybe, maybe, maybe.
Yeah.
No, there's the three and then
then there's five more.
This is how.
This is what the term should be.
There's 3, then there's five
more.
There's the big three and then
the and then there's alternates
and then the and then the and
then the five, the midterm 5.
OK, Do you smoke a lot of Black
Label bombs?
No.
We don't carry it here.
We don't carry it here.
No, we don't.
They have been releasing a lot
of stuff lately though, yeah.
Well, you know, that could be
because of the tariffs.
That could be because of.
Yeah, right.
I.
Mean when I actually had some
time in the office this year, I
was tracking metrics thanks to
like half wheel has a bunch of
data on their website, right?
There have been 800 skews
released this year.
Really.
And 400 are new releases.
Really.
So 400 are, you know, just
extensions and 400 are brand new
cigars, right?
That's insane.
What's your average?
What's the average that is
released every year?
I have no idea, I just checked
them you.
Just checked this year.
Yeah, just 2025 and we're still
not over yet.
Right, you're getting close.
So all these new ones are coming
out, but Saka is holding this
back.
They're all Dunbarton 4-4
hundred. 390 of them are
Dunbarton tobacco and Trusts.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, it's mostly General Cigar.
Yeah, like do you guys carry
General?
Kind of like general light, like
I'm not going to tell a customer
that I don't have Macanuto.
If they want Macanuto, you know,
Romeo and Juliet does, it will
have that like you know, your
standard like a Cohiba, you
know, or we have the Cohibas.
So and you're not going to be
able to convince that customer
of anything else.
Right.
Yeah, they've been smoking the
same thing for 30 years.
Yeah.
So yeah, I'm going to take care
of that customer.
But like, so a lot of the shops
I've visited, they're like,
yeah, when General comes in,
they're like, hey, we have 5 new
releases this month and like 6
Battola's each, right?
Well, those who usually go right
to the catalog or online or
whatever, you know, they're
going to take care of themselves
before they take care of anybody
else.
Allegedly, Yeah.
But yeah.
OK.
All right.
Good.
So congratulations, Black Label.
Looking forward to the Nocturne.
Yeah.
I've heard good.
I've heard good things about
Black Label.
I love his shoes.
Yeah.
Have you seen this?
And he's got great shoes.
Yeah, he does.
I'm like, what are those?
Those are incredible.
If you have to ask, you can't
afford them.
Yes, and that's true.
And I can't, right?
Yeah, I you know, But he
answered.
He told me what they were.
I don't remember.
Oh, he wasn't a Dick to me.
Not a brand you'd ever heard of.
No, they're like, you know,
some, they're some guy's name,
Yeah.
They're La reams.
I was gonna say the La Reams.
Yeah, these are these are the La
Reams.
The white platform boots yellow.
Oh, the yellow.
Yes.
Oh, there you go.
There you go.
All right, hit me with the next
one, buddy.
La Paulina Goldie La Guido
especial Series two hit shops,
but there's a catch.
The long, slim beauty that is
the La Paulina Goldie La Guido
especially, especially all
Series 2.
You had to put that twice in a
row.
See that?
I don't write this, no.
It just mentioned the story.
I don't write the stories.
I get it.
OK, but you read the stories.
No, not always.
You should.
Did you AI some of these other
ones before?
Did you modify them?
This set ones I have, yeah.
I think we need to cut out the
sizes when we talk about a cigar
too 'cause it just gets
redundant.
Yeah, yeah, that's nobody.
Nobody really cares that there's
a Toro or a busto, A protecto
and a whatever.
Yeah, I agree.
Alright.
We're just going to get better.
Seven years running, we're about
to turn a corner here.
Well, we're bringing other
people from our mistakes.
Yeah, we're bringing other
people.
One of these.
Days we're going to start
figuring.
Some stuff out soon as the money
starts it's.
Just a matter of time.
So that cigar is finally hitting
shelves nationwide after a
limited teaser run earlier this
year.
If you've been waiting for the
cigar, good news, you can get
your hands on it now.
The bad news?
The second Goldie Slater for
2025, The Promenente Series 5,
has officially been axed.
More on that below.
Let's talk about the La Guido
Especial Series 2.
There's a third one, this one's
in a 7 by 40.
Your wife just left you.
She's gone now forever.
She's just walking out the door.
She's taking the van and she's
not coming back.
My husband's a loser.
She's not taking the van,
Michael, cause one thing he
doesn't have to worry about,
she's not taking the van.
This one's a 7 by 40, a long,
elegant stick we haven't seen
since the original release in
2014.
For years, La Palina would drop
a new Goldie size annually, but
lately they've been dipping back
into the humidor and giving us
Series 2 Editions reissue runs
of those fan favorite Vitolas.
As always, the blend is
unchanged.
Ecuadorian Habana rapper,
Ecuadorian binder filler from
the Dominican Republic in
Nicaragua, And yes, still rolled
at the legendary El Titan de
Bronze factory in Miami.
This one will run you $30 per
cigar and they only made 1000
boxes of 10, so 10,000 cigars
total.
That's a very limited run.
Pure limited release energy.
William C Paley summed it up
perfectly in the press release.
My grandfather started this
story in 1896 and my grandmother
inspired its name.
Series 2.
Great name.
Because series 1 is an OK we go
series 2 I have.
A great name.
How about this Series 2?
And if my grandmother have
mustache, she is grandfather.
I don't know some of those
Middle or Eastern European
countries.
They both have mustaches.
The Goldie Leguido Especial
Series 2, that's the fourth time
is nothing short of a
spectacular.
Is nothing short of spectacular.
Want to make sure that you know
what you're talking about?
He's not wrong, and if you were
lucky enough to visit Michael's
Tobacco in Euless, TX this
summer, you might have gotten an
early crack at these, though
they were bundled because the
boxes weren't ready yet.
In ziplocks in.
Ziplocks.
More ziplocks.
If you also popped up at the
events in October, now the fool
haul is shipping.
Grab them while you can.
And now for the bummer.
La Paulina had planned this to
follow this up with the goalie
Prominente Series 5, A 6 1/2 by
48 Beauty showing off at PCA
2025 for attending retailers
only.
That's that one's officially
cancelled.
Why?
A Rep says they couldn't source
the right materials.
Tough break for Goldie fans, but
hey, at least the Leguido
Special Series 2 is here to take
this thing away.
Light up and enjoy the ride.
OK.
So, so if you went to PCAPCA is
obviously the big cigar
convention for us.
If you went to PCA you could
have ordered this other cigar,
but guess what?
Thanks for placing the order.
Not happening.
I mean that sucks dude.
Who that would like who does
that?
How do you write the order?
I mean, La Pellini, this isn't
the first year they've been in
the game, so I don't understand
how you not cover that.
Yeah, that's embarrassing,
that's how.
You recover from.
I mean, it's one thing when
you're like priced unseen like
some retailers have done, like
hey, buy it, we'll tell you the
price later.
And then they're like, it's
$120.00 a stick.
You're like, right, God damn it
got him.
But that's not as bad as like,
thank you for your order and you
can't have it.
Right.
And we're not.
It's not happening.
Yeah, I mean, that did happen to
me early on.
I got I got duped by making a
cigar or like Showbi was
supposed to release a cigar and
I took orders for it and then he
just disappeared.
So how does that?
How bad does that hurt you
though?
Did you have like that shelf
space planned out?
You had that budget set aside?
No, not for me, but like I had
agitated retailers with me.
They're like, dude, we.
Were selling it, we were selling
it.
You're holding out on me, and
I'm like, if I was holding it
out on you, somebody else would
have it, right?
And he's like, yeah.
Like I want to make the money.
Right, I would sell it to you
like nothing would make me
happier than to give it to you,
right?
However, now I but now this was
not APCA exclusive.
This isn't me, you know, saying,
hey, thanks so much for coming
to PCA and because you're part
of this, I'm going to award you
with said cigar, you know, so
that I think that makes it even
worse.
And not to mention that happened
in my infancy, right?
Like lesson learned.
Won't be doing that one again,
right?
You know, did you order the
Goldie?
No, I didn't order.
I mean, I didn't order a Goldie,
but the original 1 was the best
one.
I, I When I go to the show, we
don't really have time to place
orders anymore.
Yeah, you're selling.
Yeah, I'm in the booth.
You know, we try and do it
whatever we can, you know, we go
see the Big 75.
Would you like to call them?
But you know, no, there just
really isn't time to to handle
any of that stuff.
And we don't really care La
Polina anyways.
So, OK, what about you?
Are you excited about a lot of
Polina or No, No, no, you're
playing with your.
Phone.
Are you flipping buttons?
I am flipping buttons, but I
think we're going to have a
little time.
So I'm trying to throw together
a what's the score?
Ah.
OK, that'll be cool.
All right, so my my guy is over
here is he's he's he wants to
make sure that we reach the
hour.
So you know what's the score,
right?
The game we play at the end of
the show.
The half wheel.
What's the score?
Yes.
OK, you're going to partake.
Love that game.
Yeah, it's a great.
Game.
We've been playing it in the
office.
Have you?
Yeah, we have.
It's carried on.
Yeah, it's become growing.
It's a great game.
It is.
It's fantastic.
And because their descriptions
are so all over the place, you
have no idea what the actual
score is going to be.
No clue.
Yeah, especially with CC's, the
toughest.
He is we, we were actually I,
that's why I started pulling
data from their site because we
were like, hey man, we advertise
with these people and they just
shit on our cigars all the time,
right.
So I, I pulled out every single
one of the reviews for the last
10 years and I, I put it all
into Excel and I did the math
and you.
Sent me the data.
Right, I sent it.
Yeah, I did.
You did.
You sent me on your cigar.
Yeah, you said, hey, you're
trending above the way above the
average.
I was like, oh fucking yeah,
that's awesome.
Yeah, I did a lot of them.
And there's, it's shocking,
right?
So, but Davidoff specifically is
like, hey, man, they're just
destroying us.
And I did, I was like, I was
like, no, we're actually way
above average.
It's just they're such assholes
when they score.
I think their average score is
like 84.
That sounds about right, yeah,
Yeah.
OK, so I have to find a new
cigar.
We are.
He already knows all his.
Yeah, OK.
Do we have another news article?
Is he done?
I think there's one.
More we have the roadside
attractions Roadside.
Attractions.
Oh yes.
That's right, and here's a list
of the top 15 roadside
attractions in the USA.
Perfect for Rd.
Warriors, Instagram Addicts, and
anyone who loves the quirky
charm of Americana.
These stops are iconic, weird,
giant sized, or just plain
unexplainable in the best way
possible.
Now something I am an expert at.
We we want to know if you've
seen them.
Yes, we want to we got to.
I don't leave Florida really at
this point.
I mean, I may fly out to an
event that's just I just see the
shell of a of a store and then I
leave again.
I don't.
We don't do any touring so.
I feel like 99% of these I have
not seen because I'm just, I see
the the road signs like, Hey,
this attraction over here or I
like, sometimes I'll have like
half a day where I can actually
do something because I'm ahead
of schedule and like, oh, can I
go over here?
And it's like, Oh no, it's two
hours out of your way.
It's like, OK, never mind.
How do you not capitalize on
that dude?
I've like because I'm so
exhausted from all the work and
driving that when I actually do
get half a day off I'm like I
just want to sleep an extra 3
hours before driving again.
I think that's fair.
But to be honest, the ones that
like I watch all your reels, you
know, the ones that pop in my
head instantly in this
conversation, first of all, is
Area 51 with the fucking, with
all the poop, you know, like.
203 poop flavored kiddies and.
Yeah, exactly.
You know those and you have the
opportunity where you're close
to some of these things.
I mean, that would be great for
great marketing for you.
You know, like who's this wild
guy?
Oh my God, this guy's driving
around the world or the US, the
the smoking cigars and whatever.
And then you kind of parlay that
link with all those other
things.
I think that that's there's so
much value in that.
There is, but I planned out the
tour as efficiently as I could,
right?
So even if I do get ahead of
schedule, it just it kind of
ruins that if I go to any of
these attractions, right?
Because they're anywhere between
one and five hours off of my
path.
Right.
So we need to give you more
money and then more time, less
events.
Yeah, Spacey events.
Yeah, that's how that's, but
that's, that's honestly what
needs to happen.
I I know it probably won't, but
that's what needs to happen.
I need more money devidoff so I
can play more well so I can take
more time off.
Well, you need more viewers.
Like that's how you gain more
viewers.
That's true.
That's how I gain more viewers.
Not Devidoff.
That's how I gain more viewers.
Well, you're Devidoff at this
point.
Well, that's the value.
And you know, like, yeah, yeah,
that's, you know, I get that
they don't own you.
That's right.
You don't.
You don't owe me Tavidol.
Except for that paycheck you
give me every.
Month it's not like you got a
huge tattoo on your back or.
On the van, yeah.
It's not like you have like a
tramp stamp of a Camacho or
anything like.
That I mean, there's still time
there's.
Still time Gino summer.
All right, go ahead.
Tell us the attraction, The
attractions.
Number one, that we're.
All missing out on apparently.
Number one is embarrassing for
me.
Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX,
which I did actually spend the
night in Amarillo, TX.
Oh, you missed the first one.
A row of half buried Cadillacs
sticking out of the ground,
spray painted daily by visitors.
Bring a can and leave your mark.
You could write Zeno on all this
stuff.
Wow.
You were there.
I was there.
I was like 20 minutes away.
Opportunity finished.
But that was just like I drove
for 10 hours.
I was driving from Phoenix to
Arkansas and I just drove for 10
hours and I pulled over, slept
and then got right back on the
road.
So not even a hotel stay, just
van.
I mean a hotel stay.
Yeah.
Oh, OK.
But like 8 hours.
I was there for 8 hours.
Is there a mattress in the van?
Sometimes I have these like
ottomans that I put in a line
and I can sleep on those.
If you have to, yeah.
Do you wake up that they have
separated and?
Always.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why has my back hurt so much?
Oh my God.
How old are you?
I'm laying on the floor.
OK, I mean, yeah, dude, I have
40.
Dude, this is not fun.
Yeah, I mean, you could sit in a
chair wrong for a couple hours
and you're like, oh God.
Yeah, like maybe driving a
delivery van all the way around
the country.
Yeah, no, I was.
Yeah, you're right.
I was in.
I was driving for 30 minutes in
my wife's car and I was like,
man, my leg is bothering me.
What's going on here?
Yeah.
I don't know how you do what you
do bro.
I don't, I don't know either.
A lot of, well, I have a
membership to Planet Fitness and
they have that black card spa,
which has like the hydro massage
machine and the massage chairs.
Yeah, I do it just for that.
Do you really?
Yeah, that's.
Brilliant.
So I'm throwing some like some
Icy Hot on the back and I sit in
one of those massage chairs for
like an hour and get back on the
road.
You got to talk to Sean Wilson.
Like Sean Wilson is a pro on the
road.
Yeah.
I need to get you to talk.
I need to link you up with him.
The guy is.
He knows how to handle the.
Reps a lot of a lot of these
reps are they're like how many
miles you got this year?
I'm like 40,000 and they're
like, oh, I thought you drove a
lot.
Like.
Like, that's not a lot, right?
That's four times the average
year of driving, right?
No.
But you but you're efficient
with with your travel.
Yes, yeah, You got to be
efficient.
You got to keep the budget down.
That's it.
Turn on investment, you know.
Right.
It's all about the ROI, all
about it.
Yeah, OK.
All right, go ahead. #2 the
world's largest ball of twine in
Cocker City, Kansas, one of the
most famous bizarre roadside
stops in America, still growing
thanks to locals adding twine
every year.
I hate Kansas, I hate driving
through there, so I never
stopped.
Never seen it.
No, that's the worst state to
drive through.
People can add twine to it.
Apparently so why is it the
worst state to drive through?
It's just when you have a wind
sail on, you're towing a wind
sail, a box behind you, right?
It's very windy there.
There's a lot of windmills and
stuff, right?
So it just blows me all over the
road.
It's flat, there's nothing to
see.
There's no sights.
Like you drive through the
north, you're going through
beautiful mountains.
You know, there's different
colored trees and rocks
everywhere.
It's beautiful.
You drive through Kansas, it's
just farmland the whole way.
And a giant ball of twine.
Hey, you're missing out on the
twine, buddy.
I mean.
It would block the wind.
There is that #3 Carhedge
Carhenge.
Is that like Stonehenge?
I imagine.
In Alliance, NE, that's that's
like Kansas 2 point O not
stopping there because
Stonehenge, but with cars, a
full scale replica made from old
vehicles artfully spray painted
Gray kind of sounds cool.
Yeah, it does actually.
Still haven't.
So you haven't seen that yet?
I haven't seen.
That either.
Nope.
I've driven through Nebraska
like 4 times and Nope.
Not doing it.
Maybe we just cut the list down
to things he has seen.
Yeah, it's, it's going to be
like one of these.
I did stop at like one of these
places probably #4 the Corn
Palace in Mitchell, SD, a
massive building covered in
murals made of corn.
Yes, corn rotating designs every
year.
Never made it.
It's one of the 12 states I
didn't make it to this year.
Intercontinental. 12 Yeah, you
didn't make it to 12.
Have you been to all of them
over the course of the years
you've been doing this?
Yeah, over the last 13 months
I've been on tour, 13 total
months.
Yeah, I've hit 33 states, I
think.
OK, Yeah.
That's not math, and it's 17
states.
I haven't been to 15 of
intercontinental.
OK, all right.
Yeah, all right #5 Paul Bunyan
and Babe the blue Ox.
Bemidji, MN.
Bemidji, MN.
Larger than life statues
honoring the lumberjack legend.
Classic Northwoods.
Quiche Kish.
Kish.
Kish, it's not a cheese
breakfast.
Thing from No Paul Bunyan.
No.
Paul Bunyan OK Number six The
Mystery Spot Santa Cruz, CA
Gravity defying shack where
balls roll uphill and people
lean at impossible angles might
break your brain.
No.
Nope.
OK, Nope. 7.
The Fremont Troll in Seattle, WA
didn't make it there.
A giant troll statue clutching a
Volkswagen Beetle under a
bridge.
Surreal and selfie ready.
OK #8 I've seen that one, Yeah.
Wow.
This is not going the way that
we thought it would.
This guy's seen everything, man.
Started good with number one.
Yeah, could have seen that,
yeah.
Off the.
Jump Muffler men various
locations.
These towering fiberglass giants
appear all over America, often
holding giant tools, hot dogs,
and other props.
I think I've seen one or two of
these.
Yeah, yeah.
Now you're going to be on the
lookout.
I think there's like a couple
between like Nevada and
California and California and
Arizona.
Let's see.
I love the guy on the road
hasn't seen shit.
Apparently not.
No, this is not going well.
A lot of the time I'm driving at
night too, or just pitch black,
so you can't see half of these
things anyways #9 foam henge.
We have more than one fake
Stonehenge Natural Bridge,
Virginia, a full size replica of
Stonehenge made entirely of
Styrofoam.
Weirdly impressive.
OK, doesn't sound
environmentally friendly.
Yeah.
Could hit that with a van and
break the whole.
Thing doesn't sound impressive
and coming at #10 Final, one
more thing you haven't seen. #10
enchanted Hwy.
Regent, ND didn't make it to
that state either. 30 miles of
massive metal sculptures, giant
grasshoppers, fish, birds and
more along country roads.
A lot of North Dakota's flat,
too.
Yeah.
He's we avoid all the way to
flat states.
Flat states no good.
I've been there once.
Not a lot to see there, no.
Is that where Mount Rushmore is?
No.
No.
South Dakota.
Yeah, Yeah.
It was close.
It's a Dakota.
It's.
A totally different Dakota.
It's totally different.
It's a completely different
Dakota.
OK, there's five more.
Yeah.
There's 15, I think, and we're
gonna we're gonna make time so.
We're gonna just cut it and we
just move.
Yeah, let me just skip through
here and see if I saw any of
these.
And we're gonna go to What's the
score?
Lucy the elephant?
No.
The big duck.
Flanders.
No.
Let's see South of the border.
I did see South of the border.
Nope.
Nope.
That's in South Carolina.
That's a different one.
That's a different South of the
border. 14 The thing in Dragoon,
AZ?
No, didn't say that.
And #15 the world's largest
pistachio in New Mexico?
Nope.
All right.
And now Palmer has the
industry's favorite game.
What's that score?
What's the score?
What's the score?
All right, we got time to
squeeze one in here.
We got the Cao Arcana Stoke.
It's one of Palmer's favorites.
One of my favorite cigars that
everybody.
Else has and we we haven't done
this yet.
No, I haven't done this one.
OK, All right, let's see.
It was reviewed in September
14th, 2025 by Brooks.
OK, you going to give a score?
Do you want to go, you want to
get your first score, or you
want me to guess you're the
guest.
Start with 86.
OK, I'm going to go 88.
All right, it was Origin is
Nicaragua factories SCGS delee.
It's AUSA broadleaf over a / a
Nicaraguan binder fillers
Dominican Republic and Dulo
Honduras and undisclosed length
of 6 inches, 52 inch ring gauge.
It's round and they smoked 3.
I also have a undisclosed length
of 6 inches.
And undisclosed. 6 inches solid,
36 gauge.
What do you got?
I mean, those sound like pretty
tasty tobaccos, Pretty diverse.
I'll I'll bring it up to 87.
OK.
All right.
I'm going to stick 88 for right
now all.
Right, the first thing I notice
about the Cao Stoke cigars is
the massive gold foil band which
takes up much of the cigars
exterior real estate that it is
hard to even see the wrapper.
OK.
We'll bring it back down to 86.
OK.
I'm going to start to follow you
a little bit here.
I'll, I'll slide down to 87.
All right, starting out, the Cao
Stoked Cigars features a
combination of black pepper and
gritty earth along with a small
amount of spice on my tongue.
After the assault of scents from
the wrappers and feet, it is
almost a let down when the main
flavors of the first third
consists of more traditional
combinations of gritty earth and
oak.
I'm going to drop down to 84
here.
Disappointing let down.
It's OK.
I'm going to slide with you to
85, Mr. Palmer.
I have to find the next clue.
I didn't have this already
pulled, however, just before the
burn line hits the halfway point
on two of the cigars, right
after the halfway point on my
final cigar, the profile makes
an abrupt shift by introducing
the entirely different set of
flavors.
Campfire and gritty Earth notes
quickly take over the profile,
followed by secondary notes of
smoked meat, leather meat, oak
and beef jerky, all clamoring
for space.
And it's the greatest cigar
ever.
Just like that one third in shit
2/3 Amazing.
That sounds pretty good.
I'm going to jump back to 86.
OK, 86.
That's a good number.
I'm going to slide to 85.
Am I at 85?
I'm going to stick 85.
All right, stick 85.
Final thought.
Final thoughts.
At its core, The CEO Stoke is a
tale of two very different cigar
profiles.
The first half is a full of more
traditional, dare I say, tame
flavors of oak and gritty earth,
along with some enjoyable Maple
syrup sweetness on the retro
whale.
That all changes around the
halfway point, as much more
aggressive flavors take over,
including main notes of campfire
and smoked meat, along with
significantly more black pepper
and a new BlackBerry sweetness
on the retro hill.
Oh, it's sounding like a pretty
complex cigar.
Yeah.
And they like that over there.
They do?
Yeah.
Of course, such a major change
in the second-half also affects
the overall balance, although it
was less of an issue than I
would have expected.
This is easily the most
enjoyable member of the Arcana
series that I've smoked so far,
and a great choice if you're
looking for a cigar with an
interesting twist to change up
your regular lineup.
See.
It's an excellent cigar.
Just like that.
Disappointing.
Most amazing and.
When I say it sucks, what I'm
trying to tell you is I fucking
loved it.
Well, maybe he doesn't like that
whole series.
It's the best of the ones I
don't like.
OK, what are you going to do
now?
I think.
I'm going to go to my original
86.
OK.
Do I think it's better or worse
than 86?
I'm going to go 85 and say it's
less than 8685.
Mr. Dream wins 88.
That's where I was originally.
Damn it.
See, when you knew nothing about
the cigar, you nailed it.
Yeah, I was like, perfect.
Yeah.
And then they started talking
and then I screwed it all up.
That's why this game is so
great, nobody knows where it's.
Going yeah, no direction.
Nobody knows.
No direction.
I could fake the answers and
still wouldn't make a
difference.
Right.
Yeah, you could write a whole
different description.
The entire time I'm like, yeah,
actually that's not anything
what they said.
I'm like, OK, perfect.
OK.
Where are you going to?
Because we're going to, we're
going to post this up tomorrow.
So where are you going to be in
the upcoming couple days that we
could plug you?
So tomorrow we have Cigar Cave
in Palm Harbor, FL OK and then
Friday we have.
Uh oh.
They just had a brain fart.
We broke him down.
It's we broke him.
Oh man, they're going to be so
mad.
They text me like 10 times a
day.
Do you?
Want to look at your phone and
see?
It's in the villages.
It's.
A Oh holy.
Smoke thank.
You.
I just had a total brain.
Fart.
There you go, they've.
Actually painted their walls
Zeno yellow, didn't they?
It's the most dedicated Zeno
cigar lounge and I kind of brain
fart.
So it's a very interesting
event.
Yeah, they do a really good job.
You know, you get hit on by all
kinds of people are.
You bringing your different
color bandanas?
Loofas.
Loofas.
Is that what it is?
Yeah.
It's called loofas.
To let them know what you're.
Yeah, What you're available for.
Yes.
Excellent.
So just avoid the black loofah
because that means I'm available
for anything.
Oh, you're down because you're
down.
Down.
The black loofah means whatever
comes this way.
Let's go.
OK.
All right, so you got 3 events
coming up.
How do people find you Tobacco
cupcake on Instagram?
Yes, Don't follow me on
Facebook.
I don't accept any new friend
requests.
Tobacco cupcake on Instagram is
definitely worth following.
So you should definitely follow
it.
You do a great job with all your
all your shorts, dude.
Thank you.
Yeah, absolutely.
Area 54's Jackass.
Joe's beef jerky Emporium.
More poop, but you did.
I like the snap thing that you
did, too.
You're like, bam, you just did.
That was today, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, That was a great one.
I mean, you do a lot.
You take a lot of time on those.
Bringing those like 2019 trends
back to life.
Yeah, you think so?
I feel like you're more up to
date.
Sometimes.
Sometimes it's.
It depends on where my brain's
at each day.
Yeah, like recently I was
drinking just to be healthy.
I drink water all day.
It's getting boring.
So I started, I was like, yeah,
what's something else healthy I
could drink besides water?
It's like, oh, just unsweet tea.
It's it's full of antioxidants.
There you go.
So I was just blasting through
those and all of a sudden I
couldn't sleep at all.
Like I had the worst insomnia
ever.
So weird.
Yeah, so weird.
And I just didn't even think
about it.
Unsweet tea is made with black
tea, which is like super high in
or caffeine.
So yeah, I couldn't sleep for
like a whole week.
I was like, what's going on?
That's.
So weird.
I'm driving so much.
Yeah, in hindsight, it's very
obvious.
Yeah, I've learned to cut off
the energy drinks now.
Like you gotta.
There's a time it's like 3-4
o'clock anything past that.
I can't, yeah.
I can't touch caffeine after
2:00 PM or else I won't sleep.
Yeah.
It's, I think it's also because
we're getting older, dude, that
dude, yeah.
Bodies are sensitive to
everything.
It's inevitable.
Yep.
OK.
Anything else, Mr. Palmer?
Nope, that's it.
Thank you very much for taking
the time to be.
On yes, this was fantastic.
Where does he rate?
Where does he rate?
We now we got we got a couple
under our belts here.
Is he better or worse than Jack
Teranio?
I like this game.
I think he's better than Carney.
I think he's better than Carney,
I think.
He did a better job than Carney,
OK, especially for his first
time.
I mean, Carney's got 2 under his
belt now.
OK, and what about?
Second time, yeah, but this is
the first time hosting.
First time hosting?
That's what it would be.
First time hosting.
On the new format.
And like the last time we did
it, I wasn't as good at what I
what I, what we're doing now
'cause as far as like reels and
all the other shorts and all the
other stuff, like you kind of
just came out of the tail end of
me.
Like, man, I really need to do
more clips of those things.
Yeah, you know, so I've gotten
better at that.
But like this, we're going to
I'll RIP to shreds with all
kinds of stuff.
Oh, there's a lot of good clips
in this one.
Yeah, we did the the singer that
felt out like committed suicide,
whatever.
And a girl at my office is like,
have dude, I can't believe you
guys did that.
OnStar Hustler.
That was so insensitive.
I was like, yeah, that was that
was all them I had nothing to do
with.
That those guys are terrible.
It was a suicide in the news
today, but we're staying away
from the dead people story
stuff.
Well, at least you know he's.
Going to the African mannequin
smugglers.
That's it.
Well, at least at least people
are watching.
You know, I'm sorry to.
There you go.
Yeah.
Yeah.
OK.
Perfect.
Well, he didn't answer.
If you're better than Jack
Toronto, he knows better.
Oh.
Yeah, I'm just going to stay
away from that.
I get enough angry phone calls.
Actually like once a week at
least.
It's like you rat bastards.
Well, we haven't heard from him
yet because he's still
recovering from the Zone of
Palooza, so.
Right, he took off for Alabama
or something today.
Did he?
Georgia.
Atlanta.
Something.
Maybe there's only two, I don't
know.
He's one of the villages.
He's got an event in Holy
Schmost.
Yeah, yeah.
He'd probably he could do some
damage there.
He's a black loofah guy for
sure.
For.
Sure, he's a 100% black loofah
guy.
Coming off the TAA, eyes wide.
Jet party.
So he's ready to go.
We're actually, I know we're
trying to wrap things up.
Here, you're good.
Like my 4th or 5th date ever
with my now wife.
We went to this Peruvian
restaurant in downtown Miami and
Jack Terano and his wife just
happened to be there.
No shit.
Yeah, it was totally random,
Yeah.
Didn't you make him pay?
Was he?
Yeah, General at that point?
Do you have the General card?
I don't know, that's a good.
Question.
Yeah.
How long ago?
I should have just been like,
hey, put this on this guy's tab,
yeah.
That's what he should have.
Did you?
See the big guy over there?
Yeah, he said he'd.
That's my dad, he said.
He'd pay.
That's.
My dad.
It's our anniversary, he's going
to pay for it.
All right, perfect.
Well, dude, thanks for coming
in.
I know it's a pleasure.
This is kind of last minute, so
we slid you in and I'm glad you
did it.
We we set this up 12 hours ago.
Yep.
Yeah, we got word that you were
in town.
We're like, well, leave.
Your Johnny on the spot, I knew
you were going to deliver, Alex
told us from Alex a drink from
La Basa.
You know what, if I'm going to
spend my one year in wedding
anniversary with anyone, See you
guys.
Yeah, exactly, exactly all.
Right, we are available for
other anniversaries of anyone
else in the industries.
Well, thanks again for coming on
dude.
I appreciate you.
My pleasure.
Hey, I'm on the way back.
There is the that are stuck in
the ground right past Haines
City.
Oh, yeah, there you go.
OK, I.
Can catch some of those.
You cannot see that one as well
not see that.
Not see that one.
Alright, guys, bye, bye.
Show Notes
On Today’s show we break down why people are suddenly jumping into gritty, hard-labor jobs as the cushy office gigs dry up. Then we dig into the wild toll-text scams stealing over a billion dollars, Epstein Files in their on again off again trend is back on and the latest cigar drops from Black Label and La Palina. We wrap up with a quick tour of America’s strangest roadside attractions. Light up and enjoy.