Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 335: Exclusive Interviews and Industry News
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Everybody stand by.
Industry is in the house.
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the legendary.
It's My Destiny, Make Way for
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don't have at the moment.
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didn't put the music behind it.
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same time.
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Start with the intro and then
and then go into him.
The cigar hustlers podcast
episode 335 recorded live at the
Mike and Mike production studios
in Deltona, FL.
This is the Cigar Hustlers
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Oh, thank you AI.
Fell, you know, part of me when
it started, I was like, hmm, I
don't want, I want you to do the
Patreon and that's you.
That is the.
That's that's that.
It doesn't sound like you
though.
No, they think it does, but it
doesn't not I don't think it
does either.
You.
It sounds some somewhat like me,
but not the same.
Right.
Yeah.
So I'm like, but the way that it
delivered it, it sounded more on
point than you.
It's perfect.
There's no mistakes.
Yeah, right.
It says whatever I wanted to say
in a similar voice.
It's like mine.
So what are we doing for the
Patreon?
We are doing, I don't know which
one you grabbed.
A mirror fell.
The mirror fell.
The mirror is this the this is
not the red.
One, this is the red one, this
is the red one.
Yeah, this was the cigar that
half wheel ranked as the number
one cigar that you had the
number.
One cigar of the year?
According to which one of them?
And it weighs in at 15.7g. 50 is
that a 6 by 52?
Yeah.
And then then I can already tell
you the way.
It's OK 'cause we did 65 to two
last.
So Phil's out.
Phil is out.
He's been replaced by AI Phil.
Well, he's so he's he's not out
indefinitely.
He's just out this week.
We'll find out.
We'll find out.
Can you put a mask on AI Phil?
I have a photo of AI Phil that
we're gonna use when when he
talks and does his thing, there
will be a photo come up on the
screen.
Wow of AI Phil and a control.
Row here out.
Well, you know.
Don't get sick 'cause we'll
replace you.
But if with the new camera, it
sort of eliminates, well, Phil,
to a point, I mean, we could
train a dog to hit play and
record on the audio.
Well, this is step one for the
camera.
Sure.
So, so we start.
What does she she must know?
She knows she wants to be Phil.
Maybe she wants to be AI AI
Brittany.
Hello podcasting.
What's going on?
So there's no angles.
What's going on over here?
What's what's the problem?
Bubbles.
Chewed through the entire cord
of the dehumidifier in the.
Kitchen which cord the.
Black the power cord.
The power cord, yes, he must
have got jolted.
They like that dogs bedroom
door.
He's way over there and I think.
It was unplugged and it's
literally hanging by 1 copper
wire.
All right, well, unplug it.
It's unplugged.
We'll see how that.
Just grab that cord, honey and
Paul.
We'll see how that goes.
Jeez.
Well.
There's that, and the majority
of the garage is gone.
Yeah, they cut it.
They cut the the rest of it out.
Yeah, OK.
I was.
Like, oh boy.
He's like, yeah, but much more
than we saw it.
Huh?
He's like, yeah, pretty much the
whole thing.
Cool, cool today.
Nice.
Brand new, brand new ceiling.
Thanks.
I love this.
I love this dress.
And then I'm like, can we come
through the garage?
She's like, do you have to?
Yeah, buddy.
Like, Oh no.
Right, like.
So I don't know how much this is
going to cost us with these.
Dehumidifiers go for they're
they're very expensive.
Oh, commercial one, all right.
We'll deal with it later, OK?
Alright, podcasting.
Love you.
Oh, you're saying bye alright.
Bye.
Always something exciting going
on in your house, Michael.
Well.
That's not good.
So that's one bathroom and an
industrial dehumidifier now on
Bubbles Kill List.
Yeah, he's on.
He's on quite the tear as of
late.
Apparently.
Let's see what is he industrial?
What is he not not getting
enough love or attention or?
Something well, he probably
heard people outside.
And he thought this belongs to
them.
I will kill them.
By them I mean the.
I will kill them.
Let's see.
That one looks like mine.
It's about 1400 bucks.
Or we can replace the plug.
Oh, just rewire it.
Without them knowing.
Yeah, is the way it looked any
broader here?
Guy, what happened?
I don't know what happened.
That tape was on it before.
My dog, he fixed your.
He favored he did it for you.
Just people that thing and take
pictures with it.
Yeah, I think.
Well, you can put a cage on it
and stuff.
There's all sorts of things.
And so we got a new camera.
Wheels on the As we were
talking, Wheels on the.
Yeah, we got a new camera and
we're looking on.
We're trying to upgrade our
picture 'cause it bothers me.
It does it bothers you, it's
bothered you since the first day
we did it.
Yeah.
So, and this will only be good
for so long.
And then you go, this is not
work.
And then next we'll see 'cause
then we have ATV camera in here
like that they use on The
Tonight Show.
That would be fantastic.
And we need a real fill at that
point.
Authentic fill.
Authentic fill, yes.
And another room 'cause that
camera will be bigger than this.
Room at that point, we're no
longer a podcast.
We are a TV show.
We're actually a TV show.
Oh nice.
Yeah.
So I'm excited.
Yeah, we'll fix all that later.
Whatever.
Well.
You're going to dumb.
All the stuff the new camera
eliminates.
A ton of.
Seven chords.
The one camera.
The one camera, well, the one
camera is going to replace 3.
As of right now.
Right, it'll just be a single
shot for now.
Yeah, or, or maybe I crop it for
you.
We'll see.
Oh, well, we could do that.
Yeah, sure.
I just don't want to make it too
much work for you, you know?
So anyways, alright, I'm really
excited about the cigar.
Should we get Joshua on the
phone?
Let's go ahead and talk to him.
It's a holiday weekend.
We all did stuff, blah, blah,
blah.
Cut the grass.
Oh, I got more to talk about
with that, but we can talk about
that after the interview if you
want 'cause we run a little
late.
Yes, it's already 3:30.
So let's give the new interim
PCA.
Interim.
That's what I said.
Oh, you said intern.
Interim.
Oh, broadcaster Pro.
Hello, this is Josh.
Hello, Joshua Bersky, this is
Cigar Hustler Podcast.
It's Mike Ballmer.
And Mike, step on Kevin, Sir,
how are you today?
Doing well.
Thanks for having me guys.
Certainly so, since yesterday
was the holidays, today the
official official first day.
No, a couple days back, you
know, we, we had a month long
transition and you know, we've
been moving and shaking ever
since the trade show, you know.
Yeah, I've been getting ready,
right, I would imagine.
Yep, absolutely.
So did you take over Scott's
desk?
I have not I, I'm, I figured
that would be a little too soon.
So I'm still in my, my
government affairs office and I,
I, our office, if you've ever
been there or you got to come
and visit sometime, but our
first floor is a cigar lounge.
So I spend most of my time
downstairs working and smoking.
Gotcha.
Just make sense.
I would have put his shit in a
box and just got him the hell
out instantly.
Like you're done, buddy.
Put your feet up on the desk, go
through and look.
See what good cigars you might
have left in one of the Yeah.
Rifle through everything you
know but.
He he did give me a few cigars
as a parting gift, so.
Careful, they might explode.
Yeah.
I don't think so.
I think that Scott's happy to
move on.
Well, I'm sure he is.
I don't think there's bitter
resentment.
Yeah, but you always leave
something for the next guy
coming in.
Yeah.
So when you guys, I mean you
guys left on good terms, I would
assume, right?
Absolutely, no.
Scott and I worked for five
years and you know, he, he was
there for six years.
I was one of his first hires and
we have a great relationship and
you know, we'll we'll be working
together in a different capacity
now.
So how long do you think you're
going to be the interim?
Yeah, how long does that last?
Yadda yadda.
Whatever the board board
decides, you know, it's one of
those things where we're you
can't slow down at all.
We got to make sure things the
trains are on the tracks and we
have a lot of good people in
addition to myself elevating
everybody's taking on some
additional responsibilities.
We're moving stuff even ahead of
schedule.
You know, June 3rd we're going
to be launching our trade show
Shell website save the date for
New Orleans.
So Lisa Cox, so you know, when
the trade show ended in Vegas,
we started, it's kind of like,
you know, Santa's working in his
workshop and then all of a
sudden he, you know, on the
25th, goes out, delivers
presents, and then the next day
you start building toys again,
right?
Wow, no, no rest at all.
There was a short time during
COVID it was just you and and
Scott there, right?
Just the two of.
You yeah, Yep, Yep.
And then, I mean, look, that was
biggest challenge of my career,
of the association's, you know,
history.
And Scott and I were able to
kind of dig things out of the
trenches, obviously working with
a a good and experienced board
of directors.
And he left the place in a much
better place than he found it.
And we've been able to work
together on the government
affairs side.
You know, that's been my bread
and butter for the past five
years.
And he really let me, you know,
just kind of run that division
in that department.
And I'm looking forward to the
opportunity to hopefully, you
know, run the organization.
I'll still be involved in, in
actively involved in government
affairs as our chief lobbyist,
even if I take over the
executive director role or CEO
role.
But it's a, a phenomenal
organization built, you know, by
great people, including Scott.
We're all, we're all set to see
him go.
But, you know, we'll work with
them in a different capacity.
So you're looking forward to
being yelled at by retailers,
brand owners and manufacturers.
Is that, is that what you're
pretty much saying?
Correct.
Bring it on and you know, it's
one of those things where it's a
tough job, but you know, it is
somebody has to do it and you
know, I I love the cigar
industry.
I tell people I'm a consumer
first.
I'm fighting for my ability to
enjoy premium cigars.
And you know, I, I brought the
trends of, you know, usage.
I, you know, I have a couple
cigars every day and I'm proud
of what we do.
I'm proud of retailers, I'm
proud of manufacturers and I
think it's a good small business
industry.
And I, you know, I have my dream
job.
I had my dream job as a lobbyist
and you know, this could be a
continuation and a new
opportunity for me.
And, you know, like I said,
there's challenges and
opportunities with any job.
And I think, you know, there's a
lot of things that have occurred
over the past five years that
have positioned the organization
to continually improve and I'm
excited for.
It a lobbyist sounds way more
lucrative, brother.
I don't know, man.
I don't, you know, it's like.
Maybe in another industry.
I came from banking before that,
so I I left the money.
OK, right.
And he said hey, so like
downstairs in the private lounge
or or the lounge that you have
with the PCA, do you guys have,
do you guys like play video
games or what do you do down
there?
Is there is there anything fun
going on or?
Twisted or did you understand
it's all work?
I mean, we, we're busy next
week, next week we have 150
people coming in, 50 retailers,
100 congressional staff.
We host a lot of events to kind
of educate people about the
industry.
You know, five years ago when I
came to and, and was lobbying
Congress, you wouldn't believe
how many people believe that a
premium cigar was the equivalent
of a big cigarette.
So educating people, kind of
talking about the differences
and, and, and getting them to
understand the policy struggles
and the things that you know are
the pain points for retailers
and manufacturers.
Wow.
So we had no like as a retailer,
I had no idea that something
like that went on.
No.
How do we get on the guest list?
Yeah, How do we get, how do we
show up to that thing?
You guys are welcome.
June 5th, 6th to 8, we got a you
know, this one is a new
networking group women of PCA,
so predominantly female.
That's what I would understand
why we didn't get the invite.
That makes sense, we didn't get
invited to that one.
Yeah, hey, we're just here for
the women of PCA, women you know
well.
We do about, you know, 10 events
a year.
I mean, our holiday party, our
office fits about 18 or 80
people.
And, you know, our holiday
party, we get about 400 people,
you know, dozens of members of
Congress.
And it's we put the space to
use.
We're only three blocks from the
US Capitol, so it's a a really
good space to, you know, kind of
continue that education and
advocacy.
Nice.
So are you gunning for the job
full time?
Do you want, are you, you know,
are you just happy being the
interim guy or you want it And
you would like, hey, listen,
here's what.
I'm going to do a really good
job.
Let me.
Put in the work and I'll show
you that I'm the guy.
Or do you just want to kind of
fill the void?
You know, it's one of those
things I will do what's asked of
me with the board, you know,
whatever they think is best.
I mean, we're working through
some stuff.
I'm focused on the transition,
the interim now.
But, you know, it's one of those
things where you've got to rise
to the occasion.
And if I'm given that
opportunity, I will gladly
accept it.
If not, you know, I have had a
record of success with lobbying
and I'll continue to do that.
So I'm in it for the long haul
with the organization.
Hopefully, you know, I'll be
given the opportunity.
But like I said, if not, you
know, we'll continue to do good
work in any.
Maybe a little bit of resentment
if they pick someone else like
that guy.
Fuck that guy, he's not
qualified.
No, nothing.
It's one of those one of those
things where, you know, the
organization is solid, you know,
on the right footing.
And I think anybody would be
wanting this opportunity
because, you know, the trials
and tribulations of the past are
are gone.
I think the policy perspective
we're in alignment with a lot of
the other organizations and you
know it, like I said, it's a
it's a good role.
So I'm sure that there's other
folks that are interested in it.
Like I said, I'm, I'm focused
right now and working with the
board to get through this
transition and you know, we'll
see.
Very cool.
So if the PCA hold on, I know,
Mike, sorry, but if the PCA
passes on you and the office
catches fire, you had nothing to
do with it.
It's pretty much what you're
telling me.
Nothing.
Nothing to do with.
It OK, It wasn't you.
You took your stapler.
You were upset about that whole
thing, like office space or
whatever.
No.
There is a beautiful humidor
that's of the US Capitol that
might not be there.
If I'm passed up for it, I will.
Those were made back in the day
with the.
We'll cut that out on the
podcast.
We'll just.
That's like the Jerry Maguire
thing, right?
Like I'm taking my goldfish.
You know, yeah, I'm just joking.
That's old school that was made
back back in the day with like
Cao or something I think.
Yep.
Yeah, you're right.
I've seen pictures of that.
Yeah.
So was Scott grooming you for
this?
Torch is ending?
Was he like, OK, you're my guy,
Josh.
Well, we're going to have you do
this and I'm just going to set
you up and then.
Fuck this place.
Yeah, I'm going to go leave to
make more money over the other
place and then.
President.
President of the CRA You.
Know, I, I was named deputy
executive director 2 1/2 years
ago and I, that was, you know, I
got some added responsibility,
kind of a chief of staff level
role.
So I got to work with other
departments.
And, you know, I, like I said,
I'm, I'm prepared.
We were prepared for it.
It wasn't one of those, Oh my
gosh, what do we do situation,
You know, we have plans in
place.
And as as you guys have probably
seen working in the cigar media
and in, in in the industry, our
communications didn't stop, you
know, our magazines going out on
time, things are, you know,
progressing as if you know,
there was somebody in that role.
Got it.
Hey, I have a quick question
about an article that came out
in the the last magazine or that
you go was that sort of tongue
in cheek the guy that was saying
don't pay your taxes, don't
sweep your floor, don't talk to
the customers?
Yeah, Josh Everett, one of our
board members, did a little bit
of a satirical article for the
last magazine.
I got AI, got some feedback on
it.
I would imagine because you you
couldn't tell if he was trying
to be serious or not.
Yeah.
I mean, some of the some of the
stuff was outrageous.
So I mean you, you know, don't
pay your taxes and stuff, but.
Yeah, it's one of those things
where like the, you know, The
Onion kind of a, a satire.
Nice, trying to get a little
more attention.
Little market exposure.
I like it.
So what is the one thing that
Scott wouldn't let you do that
you did the minute he was gone?
Yeah.
There's got to be a policy or.
Took his shoes.
Off you wanted to do and he's
like no, no, we don't do that
here from now.
On shorts every day.
That's it.
And.
Then Josh, as soon as he left,
Josh was taking off his shoes,
taking his shirt off.
Just something.
I'll tell you it's more mundane
than that.
We had these payment processing
for reimbursement and there was
a two track system and one one
of its divvy.
It was aligned with bill.com and
instead of doing it twice I cut
it down to 1 so.
Kind of streamline the
operations and process, got that
out of the way.
So nothing, you know, out there,
but one of those things where I
think the staff appreciated.
Sure, something expenses be
faster.
He probably sent out like a mass
e-mail and included Scott.
All right, so it's just the one
now.
Just everybody knows.
Oops, actually sees.
My bad.
Shit.
All right, well, I think that
kind of wraps things up.
Yeah, We.
Appreciate you taking time to
talk to us, yes.
And which one and we thank you
for, you know, picking up the
ball on PCA.
We look forward to seeing how
you do and how you operate.
And I look forward to seeing
your stress levels at this
upcoming PCA and seeing how you
how you wear with that.
So.
Since I've got this job, I've
already been losing my hair and
I got to keep the trend of Glenn
Loop and Scott Pierce.
By the end of my tenure at PCA,
I'll be surely bald.
I love it.
Fantastic.
We'll look forward to our
invitation to your holiday
party.
We'll have to start.
We'll have to start regulating
pictures of his hair.
You guys are more than welcome.
Thank you for all you do.
I'm an open book so anytime you
have a question or concern, feel
free to reach out.
Alright, thank you.
We appreciate that.
We've always had had that kind
of luck with you guys there.
Everybody's always been nice and
answered.
With the new PC With the new PC,
the new.
PCA, yes, the the Joshua Bersky
PCA yes, yes. 50.
Yep.
Or the Scott, I mean the Scott
Pierce PCA.
Certainly.
Yeah, all.
Right.
Thank you, Josh.
Well, you enjoy the rest of your
day, Sir.
Thanks bud.
You too, guys.
Thanks.
All right.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
All right.
So it's Joshua Bersky on the
third day.
It was, I don't I didn't
understand what it was.
Yeah, I think it's kind of the
3rd, 4th day or something like
that.
Right.
I think he was talking more.
He was.
He was in charge when Scott was
still there, I think.
He's like, you know, he was
here.
He was here, he was on his way
out, but you know, I sort of had
to take the reins.
I was looking for this one time
payment system thing and then he
stopped me.
He stopped me and then took
forever to get their expenses
paid.
It was just ridiculous.
So now it's just the one time.
Now it's so streamlined, it's so
fast.
We get to matter of fact, I just
got expenses for something I'm
doing tomorrow.
Yeah, it's fine.
It's perfect in advance.
In advance of me spending that
could tell.
OK, so I.
Don't like the camera.
It's it's intimidating.
The giant edge.
I think it's fantastic.
It looks like a a laser from a
James Bond movie.
Stop it right now dude, it's
amazing.
I'll take a picture of it, go
ahead, but.
So you are the head of social
media marketing when it comes to
cigar hustler?
Cigar Hustler Post Shake post.
All of it, all of these things.
The entire the entire Polish
Empire.
You are the megalodon.
Yes.
And you did a post this week.
Oh, we're talking about that,
yes.
You did a post this week and it
was like a clip from Office
Space.
Yes, which is a cult classic.
Certainly, I mean.
An iconic.
I knew the movie when I did it,
but this is but I didn't grab it
because of what the clip was
because of what movie it was
from.
Right.
You just thought it was funny.
It was funny.
The guy was talking to the
They're not at cult advisors.
What are the people you bring in
when you want to somebody help
you run your business?
Like a PR department or
something like.
Something.
Yeah.
And they were interviewing that.
Well, I'm sure they must have
seen it, because everybody's
not.
Yeah, it got like 700,000 hits.
And 4 / 4 million comments,
right?
But I grabbed it and then when I
commented on it, it was as if I
was the guy at the table, right?
And they offered him stock
options, right?
So then I cut.
That was your joke, right?
Well, and then I followed up
with you where Cigar Hustler
commented on it.
Look, Palmer, that's not what we
do here.
We're not that kind of company.
We don't give.
So I was sort of slamming myself
through the through the post.
That was the idea.
That was the joke.
Haha you know, maybe get a
couple of thousand.
Yeah never unders.
Did not know it would go 7.
So this thing turns around, it
blows up, it blows, it goes
absolutely crazy, it actually
goes viral.
And then some people reach out
to you and very aggressive.
One gentleman was very upset,
yeah, very upset.
It has to be a fake account,
maybe the the name, who knows?
So 'cause there's nothing else
on his account but.
Just so that's where he just
sends his hate mail.
Right, right, right.
Right.
So he was very apparently yes.
You are supposed to indicate
exactly what the movie is when
you do a clip.
With the 4 million comments,
half of them were people telling
me what movie it was.
Yeah, so that's apparently
that's a thing, right.
So, and I saw, I always started
reading through some of the
comments people like that's what
people do that to trick you.
To make you say the same so that
people I didn't know that word
got.
Comment blah blah blah blah
blah.
I'm like, I'm like, no asshole,
That's actually not the case.
Palmer's just putting up a video
to try and be funny.
We had no idea that it would hit
700,000 of you fuckers.
People are sharing it to their
friends.
Yeah, because it's a funny, it's
a great movie, right?
Yeah.
So.
And the reality is that if you
don't know what that movie is,
you were probably born 2000.
Right, you're a little younger.
2001 in the early 2000s, late
90s, you know, like you didn't
get to experience that movie.
And it wasn't even a funny part
of the movie.
Really, it was a But the clip is
hilarious, right?
Because that's especially at the
end when he walks around the
boss, you know, It took me back
and made me laugh.
I thought it was hilarious.
Well.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
So it's just funny to me that
people get so fucking in an
uproar when they don't.
What is it?
What's the You didn't tell me
what the movie is.
What are you?
You're such a Dick.
So I mean, it's happening
somewhere else too.
Somebody put up a picture is one
of those pictures.
Well, this picture of a batch of
a bag of a prison bus.
And it was like, when you see
what's wrong with it, just say I
got it.
In the.
Movie.
Well, I obviously saw it.
What was it?
Well, the door's not locked on
the outside.
It's got a HASP on it with a
dead with a padlock on it, but
it was open.
So I just commented on it that
well, that they can't, for
safety reasons, they can't lock
the prisoners in the bus or
something, something, something
like that.
But now everybody's like, well,
it's the, I mean, everybody's
telling me what's wrong with the
picture.
Right.
Well, you're an idiot.
You're an idiot.
The lock's unlocked.
I'm like, that's what the last
17,000 people have told me.
I understand there's the lock,
not locked.
People are telling me they're
prisoners, the the government
doesn't care what happens to
them and.
How did you comment?
Did you comment under Cigar
Hustler for that or?
No, no, that was, that was me.
Next time if you could just
swoop in under, swoop in under
cigar hustler and say.
Well, why don't I just move it
over?
Yeah, just say I don't know.
I'll just pull it and move it
over.
When you see it.
When you see it, say what's
wrong.
Yeah, just say got it.
I thought the one of Hoss from
Bonanza was funnier.
I thought that would have got
some trash.
No, no, see, now you're dating
yourself.
Well it was supposed to be you
in your RIP outfit, but I don't
think enough people saw you
Halloween in your RIP outfit.
They got the joke.
I thought it was hilarious.
They can't follow along with
that.
I mean, that was Halloween
probably two or three years ago.
This.
Yeah, I know.
But no, that's OK.
You went to.
So we had football.
Wait, I thought was over again.
This is the last time.
Ohh you had the the two one
thing or something?
Yeah, we we would have had to
play three games.
We lost in the second game from
the last.
They scored like.
On Oh, so you won the first
game?
Yeah.
And then the second game.
Destroyed.
We destroyed this team the first
game.
I mean the fucking kids were
bitching.
They were calling our kids
bitches and saying.
Oh was it the same guy there was
been texting and emailing?
Me.
Yeah, probably very yeah,
they're very explicit.
They're very explicit on the
field.
The coach whined like a fucking
five year old.
I mean, it was, I'm like, oh, I
can see the problem here on this
team.
It's you.
It's.
You.
Yeah, you, you bitch and moan
like a fucking five year old.
So we just, we crushed them and
we moved into the second game
and we were doing well.
And they would, we would score,
they would score, we would
score, they would score.
And then, you know, we had a
couple of balls that could have
been intercepted that weren't.
We had a couple bad, really bad
calls on the refs that there's
nothing we could do about.
And then I missed a call that
where they gave them, yeah, they
gave them an automatic first
down on API.
You know how to do that?
On API.
Yeah, pass interference.
It was just really like, it was
really unfortunate because we
could have won the whole thing,
but I was very upset.
I was very upset this this one
was.
This is the game that really
pissed me off the most.
'Cause you wanted to be the the
champion.
Well, we could have.
We should have.
You can't I get upset when you
lose to a team that's not as
good as you?
Oh, you know, so.
You just lost cause of mistakes.
Mistakes were made, mistakes
were made.
So.
So we did that and then we we
hid for the weekend.
We tried to hide at a a local
hotel because.
Their house is.
Because of the disaster that's
apparently going on in my house.
Why were you hiding?
Because I got AAC guy rerunning
Ducks and stuff.
Oh, you weren't actually hiding
from somebody?
No, I just didn't want to be in
the house with the kids and
everything.
That makes sense.
Yeah, Yeah.
So how's the grass?
Took two days.
That's a 2 day process now.
Or are.
You just getting old?
No, no, it didn't take two days,
it took four hours.
Well, it was very hot.
I did it Saturday, it was very
hot.
So my my prescription ran out
for my blood pressure medicine
on Thursday, so it took me a day
to get it, so I couldn't pick it
up till Saturday.
So I'm obviously not going to
cut the grass and the heat
without the blood pressure
medicine, right, I'd be dead, so
it'd be dead.
So I started later, later in the
day and I had to wait one cycle
on the battery.
So there was a lot of downtime.
But but but the wife had
graduation so she went home
anyway.
So I had nothing else.
Did you go to Greg's dinner at
Greg's house?
No, no, no, no, I didn't go.
You didn't go.
No, I.
Said you were going to Greg's
dinner.
With your mother?
Yeah.
No, no, no.
He he was nice.
He did invite me.
And I go, Greg, you're married
now.
And he goes.
Yes, so and I go.
Well, then we should do things
with the wives.
You know, I shouldn't come to
your house for dinner on a night
because my wife can't go 'cause
then I get in trouble.
I have to go on a night where,
you know, we can come as a
couple.
I don't want to be tater's date.
So he turned around and said,
all right, we're going to get
together.
He goes, oh, he goes, that's
right.
That makes perfect sense.
I go, OK, thank you.
And that was it.
Yeah, so now we're going to put
something, he said.
Well, we'll put something on the
books and we'll do something as
never happens.
Nah, it's fine.
He's been watching the podcast
lately.
No, he watches the clips we put
up on is.
That what it is?
Yeah.
He's.
Well, then I'll make sure that
this is a clip.
Never.
It's never gonna happen.
You.
Gonna make this a clip.
Yeah, it's never gonna happen,
Greg.
So.
Appearance, construction, price,
weight.
What am I missing?
What's the Patreon?
I know I got him setting up a
score sheet.
Appearance.
Yes, construction construction,
right taste, taste.
That's one I'm missing taste
price.
I have everything else.
I have everything else.
I didn't print out the long.
You know how many patrons we've
done, bro?
I just don't understand how you
can't get that around.
Is it hot in here to you?
No, it's not.
It's hot in here.
It's.
Probably, yeah.
Well, I.
Don't know the stroke probably.
Yeah, maybe I might be smoking
those cigars today, huh?
Sure.
I thought there was something
else we did to looking for.
Oh no, we were gonna go to the
beach Sunday, but we just.
We went to Disney Springs,
buddy.
Oh, that's what.
Yeah.
Yeah, that was.
With Alex.
No, I know.
I'm trying to think what day
that was.
That must have been, oh, Monday
was the day we were gonna go to
the beach.
We didn't go to the beach
Sunday.
So Sunday we went Disney
Springs.
That was the other thing.
It was hot as hell there too,
but it was nice to see the kids
again so and didn't have to
drive all the way to Tampa,
which is where the day was
starting.
Apparently.
Well, that that worked out well,
Yeah, apparently they launched
some kind of drone show.
They have a new drone show at
Disney Springs.
Disney Springs.
Yes, we did.
We went earlier in the day and
it wasn't that busy really.
It was.
Packed Friday.
Yeah, that was the first day,
yeah.
And then I saw footage from
Saturday, the day we were there.
It started late or something,
for like 30 minutes late.
People are just packed in there
standing.
Wait not to start.
And then it was Sunday.
It was there Sunday, too.
Yeah, I think it's gonna be
there every night now.
They run every night, Yeah.
So why the hell would you run
out there Friday?
That was what kind of local?
Yeah, but fuck, man.
Dude.
Drone shows a new That's a new
thing.
Yeah, but I'm saying if I'm a
local guy, yeah, I I'm not
fucking could be tourist.
I'm not adamant about hitting
that Friday.
Like fuck that.
It could be tourist.
Some of them were tourists, I'm
sure, but a lot of them, Those
Mickey Mouse fucking.
Yeah, yeah, we're Alex and I
were talking, watching people
walk around, some of them
wearing the ears, some of them
aren't wearing the ears.
You know, like, what are those
things?
20-30 bucks for the ears and
then you wear them there and
yeah man think you never wear
them again.
Just calm down, just chill out.
Hey, what are you gonna we're
gonna do with those when you get
home?
You gonna wear them to work?
Can't wear them.
It's it's a memory for me.
You know, you could put it on in
the guest shop and I could take
your picture and then you could
put them back in a.
Can.
That's how you get what's called
lice.
Yeah, it's too hot to lice
around there, No.
They're not.
They hate.
It's cool in, it's cool in the
shops.
I know I went in there, the air
conditioning.
You in there buying?
Stuff.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
They look at you funny when you
step in the door.
Can I help you, Sir?
Yeah.
It's cool in here, we have stuff
if you want to hang on, enjoy
this cool air.
No, I just want the air.
It's my wife over there buying
something over there.
All right, Well, hey, how are
you still with people?
Go Look.
You did a good job.
She bought something.
Do you have?
AI for Phil's fun facts.
I had no, I thought about doing
that, but I made-up Phil's Fun
Facts, so I didn't feel the
need, but I do have for the
promotion after we do feel fun
facts.
I have I have AI for that.
OK, well let's get let's get to
BD PS fun facts.
Phil's Fun Facts brought to you
by a Cigar Hustlers Podcast
Patreon and brought to you by
Bray's Ranch.
I said I didn't do the Phil's
fun facts.
Oh, so we don't have one at all?
No, it's over there if you want
to get it done, a piece of paper
over there.
I said I had the promotion for
after 'cause that that now
eliminates the cue card.
I'm gonna miss that cue card.
It's right there.
He was a good run for one day.
For one episode, this is so much
easier.
He's so lazy.
I'm not lazy, I'm progressing
the show like you are with the
camera.
I don't know this is good
quality.
My, you wanna hear something
weird?
As long as we're talking about
AI and then we'll get into the
news.
Well, I have ChatGPT on my
phone.
Yeah, been using it for years.
It started talking today.
Oh yeah, yeah.
I was sitting there, this thing
pops up on the screen and goes,
you now have audio ChatGPT.
Would you like to engage?
I'm like.
Yes, yes I do.
So I got to pick a voice, give
it a name, and now I don't even
have to type, you know, I need
10 questions for Joshua
Heberski.
I just go Smith.
I call him Smith.
I need 10 questions for Joshua
Heberski.
And he goes, certainly, Mike,
just a moment, There they are.
So did you have 10 questions for
Joshua Heberski?
Actually, I only asked for four.
Did you ask them all?
No, because the things he said
sort of answered some of the
questions and we we were keeping
it a little more light hearted
than I think Smith understood
what we were doing.
Like one of the questions was
what strategies are you
implementing to increase
engagement and supporting and
and support among PCA members,
particularly in light of the
involving landscape of trade
shows and events?
Yeah, that's not that.
We're not that podcast.
Yeah, we're not that.
Podcast no I want to know but I
saw is there a PlayStation three
or an Xbox in the lounge but.
That was sort of the question,
what is the one thing that Scott
wouldn't let you do that you
wanted to change?
Well, I really wanted to play
checkers and now there's a nice
checkerboard downstairs because
fuck you, you know, Scott.
He totally sent him that e-mail,
by the way.
Got right got got you, bitch.
Hey, look, I'm the boss now,
yeah?
Fuck you.
I'm gonna miss Scott.
We can still call him.
I have his number now too.
I have all these guys numbers
apparently no one else has.
Hey Scott, so we just had Josh
on and he said fuck you.
Fuck you and that you're bald.
Yeah, he said.
He said that he has hair even
though he's losing some and but
he doesn't really give a shit.
Because the cigars you gave me
said we're shit.
So he's.
The king of the PCA I King of
the castle, King of the castle,
he's.
Not changed Title the.
King.
Yeah, he's now removed himself
and now added himself back as
king of PCA.
King of PCA.
King of the Castle.
All right, Well, hey, let's hit
some news, baby.
From the four quarters of the
world, all the cigar industry
news you could possibly need.
The Cigar Hustler podcast report
with Mike, too.
BCA announces events during the
DNC and the RNC.
Do you know what those are?
Yeah, Democrat National
Convention and the Republican.
Sliding.
You got to get both, you know.
What I mean, I had to look at
it.
I don't know what it was,
Premium Cigar Association,
Retail Focus straight.
I didn't know what it was in
reference to the story till I
read the story.
Really, it could be anything,
who knows?
I hit the microphone.
I hit the microphone.
The Premium Cigar Association, a
retailer focused trader relation
best known for its annual trade
show, has announced it will be
hosting events during the
summer's Democratic National
Convention and the Republican
National Convention.
Each event will be hosted at a
specific cigar shop, one that is
a member of the organization.
The first of these events takes
place in Metro Cigars in
Germantown from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Pennsylvania.
Yes.
OK.
This will coincide with the
Republican National Budget,
which is taking place in
Milwaukee, WI.
Nope, apparently not in
Pennsylvania.
Interesting, interesting stuff
RN CS in Milwaukee and the DNC
is in Chicago PA no?
No, the other one's in Chicago.
You said Milwaukee, WI.
Each event will be OK Metro
Cigars in Germantown is in
Milwaukee WI OK not Germantown
PA.
Oh, you yelled out,
Pennsylvania.
Right.
And you said yeah.
I mean, yeah, be quiet.
Oh yeah, be quiet.
And then the other one's, August
20th for the Democrats is in
Uptown Cigars in downtown
Chicago.
Uptown and downtown?
Uptown the Democratic one or
Republican one?
The Democrats are in Uptown.
'Cause it's a blue dot, right?
Chicago's very blue.
Well, that's why we have it
there, right?
Right, we like to announce cigar
hustlers having a convention for
the Libertarian Party.
We're gonna have the we're gonna
do both.
We're gonna have the DNC, RNC,
Yeah, yeah.
And then we're gonna have some,
some type of boxing match.
Ohhh.
Yeah.
Top DNC guy versus RNC.
According to a press release,
the events are being held in
cooperation with the Aware
Association of America, the CAA,
and the Druid State Cigars.
Oh, and Druid State, the PCA
says it.
Oh, because it's going to be.
Bananas.
Oh, this show is going to be.
Bananas right here.
Well, they got it back.
They got to give you some
serious coverage because they're
trying to protect infused
cigars.
Right.
Oh, it's true.
It's true.
Hey, infused cigars, You're just
misunderstood.
Misunderstood.
We're just the misunderstood
people.
Nobody likes it, you see.
This time over there.
Yeah, 38 minutes.
Oh, I thought that we'd talk
longer to Joshua.
Yeah, we talked to him for
probably 15 minutes.
Room One O 1 Cigars collaborates
with Sir Lewis Cigars for the
Red Rocket cigar.
Yeah.
Sir Lewis.
There's a picture of a dog on a
red Rocket.
Do you get the reference?
I get it.
OK.
I got it's.
It's our friend Matthew.
Room One O One has teamed up
with the retailer St.
Louis Cigars in his newest
project called Red.
Rock, Sir Lewis.
Sir Lewis.
Oh, I like Saint Louis.
That's where the arch is.
Do you need me to disconnect
from the Yes.
Excuse us one minute here,
folks.
Look at Michael when I
disconnect my phone.
I think he's somewhere again.
Right, he's somewhere again.
I think he's traveling again.
So you're saying he's not gonna
answer?
I don't know.
We'll find out.
Road caster connect Keep talking
about the.
There's a decent nicotine kick
without being harsh or frontally
aggressive, and it's clean on
the finish.
The cigars are produced by
Debacle Air William Ventura in
the Dominican Republic and
distributed by Ford Cigar
Company, the retailers
nationwide, including the Sir
Louis Cigars in Wilbraham, MA,
which will carry them both in
store and be its online store.
Production numbers are not being
disclosed, but referred to as a
intimate quantities.
Hello, hello to you, hello to
you.
Oh my God, you know look,
multiple men breathing heavily
into my headset on a Tuesday mid
morning is all I could ever
dream of.
And then only to and then only
to double down or to multiply
the joy by knowing that is the
breath of men that I know I can.
I can see you in my mind's eye
sitting there.
You know you're oddly dynamic
satin black pyramid type sound
thing.
And behind you your microphones
giant fuzzy rod like things
shoved very closely to your
supple yet trembling lips as you
communicate your message to me.
How may I, how may I participate
in the art of conversation with
you today?
We were talking about your new
one.
When you call me by the way.
I like when we call you and you
answer.
I like when you I like when you
call and, and I hope that that
because you're obviously
recording me without my
knowledge or consent.
But now we're establishing, you
know, Washington being a two
party state, I just want to, you
know, confirm that I'm, I'm
aware that you are recording me
and but, but I like when you do
this because your your listeners
and this is for the ones that
pay for this, right?
Like they.
Actually pay to hear this.
Oh, this isn't the pay.
This is just free bullshit.
Right, right, right.
This is free.
So don't say anything good.
Oh my God.
Well, let me temper.
Let me temper the rod here for a
second.
But still, I like people to know
that this is, you know, hey,
let's just call this fucker and
he just got off some other call
and and you know, he's going to
shift gears instantaneously and
and participate in this hyper
erotic quality of conversation
with us.
Yes, Sir, you are hustlers.
Yes, we can count on you.
In hand.
Let's go.
You know, 80% of the time we can
count on you 100% of the time
and we appreciate that. 80% of
the time, most of the time, most
of the time, 80% of the time.
So you got this dog rocket
coming out?
What?
Red Rocket.
Red Rocket.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, No, it's not.
Yeah, yeah.
The dog on the rocket, you know,
and, and just to be very clear,
just to be very clear, we are,
you know, tipping the, the hat
or, or headgear, whatever you,
you wear these days to the wing.
You know, I don't, I don't want
to, I don't want there to be
any, you know, misunderstanding.
No, no, we, we, we got that.
This is all wing based market.
Oh, did you get that?
Do you think?
Do you think other people got
that, 'cause I want to make
really sure that we're talking
about the objects I don't want.
I don't want anybody.
Who is confused?
One of the best things about
you, Matthew, is that you're not
discreet.
You know, you know, it's, it's
not, I just like to have direct
and honest communication, you
know, I don't, I don't, you
know, I don't want people to,
you know, they're, you know,
'cause if you're not clear with
people, you're not transparent,
you know, confusion can, can
blossom from this type of, of,
you know, shortfall in, in
communication.
And I don't want that.
I want our people to know what
they're paying for, what they're
getting and and so on, you know?
So are there any Easter eggs in
the bands or anything like that
'cause you like to do that shit
too sometimes?
I mean, maybe, I don't know.
Why don't you want find out?
How about that?
I mean, you know, they're
exclusively to Sir Louis.
Well, they're you know, but they
are exclusively to Sir Louis.
However, this is part of, you
know, like the hot sex that we
engaged in Once Upon a time and
will again with our you know,
it's a a a custom built love
child with a a responsible
retail partner.
But the option to to wholesale
nationwide is there through
them.
Yeah.
It's like, you know, a small
limited drip of succulent cigar
lactation straight funnel
through exclusively through
retail.
Yeah.
Interesting.
But then you're piping.
Did not know that I will reach
out.
You smoke.
It to acquire some from Sir
Louis Fantastic.
So I mean, how many of them did
you make?
Yes.
How many are in production?
Cup more, more than I could
smoke myself, but not too many.
OK, so you don't know perfect.
No, no, it's no, I do.
And it's it's hyper limited and
but I, I don't, I don't want to,
I don't want to focus on on, you
know, raw digits.
You know what I mean?
I don't, right?
OK.
I want to focus on raw dogging.
And there's some other one that
that came out, but your sales
rep's terrible.
I don't, I don't remember what
it was.
And I asked you about it and you
never called me back.
What the fuck is this?
I know.
But I've been, I've been busy,
I've been slaying Dragons as
you, as you know.
Super busy, Super busy.
It's true.
Been running around trying to
escape, you know, diarrhea from
mauve toned water and and nice
hotels in the Dominican Republic
you know?
That's where he was, yeah.
So that was last week here in
the Dominican Republic.
I was and I was frolicking.
I was, I was in the nucleus,
man.
It was really good medicine to
get back with those guys and and
to get down with them again.
It was, yeah, it was fulfilling.
With Henderson or just people in
general down the.
Deal.
Henderson Weaver and his father,
William.
Gotcha.
The whole the whole clip.
Everybody.
The whole thing just full man
trifecta manfecta.
A manfecta.
Manfecta.
Manfecta.
I love it.
All right.
Well, now that I know that if
you're a retailer and you want
to acquire these red rockets,
you've got to reach out to Sir
Louis.
Or.
You know, he could reach out to
you.
I mean, you know, the phone
works two ways.
Yeah.
You would hope.
That got to tap tap the man in
his little, you know, DMS there
hippy tap hunter hippy toe hip
toe in creep in through the
back.
You know I will have to.
Hit that kind of thing.
I will hit.
Have to hit up Sir Louis.
OK.
All right.
Anything else fun and exciting
going on?
Are you, is that it or what?
What else you got?
That's it.
Man, I'm, you know, you know,
I'm just a, you know.
You're at, are you?
A made man, an entrepreneur
fighting to keep his penis hard
in the cruel and harsh world.
Hey, that you know there,
there's medication for that now,
is this for the record?
I know, I know.
And I, I like to be on natural
one, you know.
Well, I mean, I'll, I'll take
the pills.
I don't know.
I mean, he likes the.
Pills, razor.
Razor's a rager.
I mean, I do, but I don't, you
know, I don't make it a habit.
I make Metamucil a habit.
There you go.
Attaboy, attaboy.
Good for you, good for you.
My man.
Yeah, well, Mr. Booth.
I miss you.
I miss you too.
Well, this is it.
Am I being dismissed against
this is this is the second why?
What?
What is this?
I haven't even, you know, gotten
past full chub here in the
conversation.
You're just like be gone, you
know, like a discarded comrade.
We like to leave you with a
semi.
Just a semi.
Not a full, just a semi.
I get it.
We want, I get it.
So you'll want more.
So you'll answer next time we
call too.
Yeah, yeah.
We I always will if I can. 80%
of the time all.
The time, yeah, 80% of the time,
100% we can.
Yeah, All right, brother.
Well, well, thank you so much.
I'll let you get back to brewing
coffee or whatever the fuck
you're doing on the other side
of the world and look forward to
seeing you soon.
Maybe you should come to town.
We maybe we do something.
Maybe we do event or something,
I don't know.
Sounds good.
I would love that, I would love
that.
I would love to activate it's.
Got to work out though, it's got
to be, you know, strategic for
you.
It's got to make sense.
We'll make it make sense.
Just make it make sense.
We'll make it make sense.
Make it make sense, all right,
brother.
Well, thank you very much, dude.
I appreciate you bro.
And I same to you.
I love you, I miss you and I
think of you often.
Excellent.
And we'll talk soon.
All right, brother.
Thanks.
OK, bye.
Bye bye, bye, bye, bye bye.
In the standard map booth
fashion.
OK, bye bye.
Yes, there you go.
Map booth that.
Was just pointless phone call.
Well, you know.
It was nice to have on the
phone, I understood.
A little bit more about the Red
Rocket.
No, well, you still don't know
how many they made and but
apparently you can buy them
wholesale.
Yeah, that's good to know.
So because last time I asked him
about it, he said yes.
I said Red Rocket.
Oh, fuck, you get them.
Oh, but then you can't get them.
But now you can get them.
Now I know.
All right.
Luciano's new Fiat Lux Tenembrus
Tenembrus, Bruce Tenen,
something limited edition should
be next week.
Tenembrus, the new limited cigar
by Luciano Cigars Fiat Lux line,
is set to head to stores on
Monday, Luciano Morales told
everyone.
Told everyone.
Told everyone the cigar is a 6
1/2 by 52 Toro that uses 2
wrappers, the first of which is
a Hondura and Albano Azuka Para.
Azuka para araparaka.
Araparaka.
Yeah, let's go with Adaparaka.
OK, should you be on your
camera?
Camera 3.
There's not AD on an I don't.
We're on the two camera.
We're just doing two.
OK, All right, 'cause then they
got to look this way.
What did you say?
The word was Adaparaka.
Is it Adaparaka?
Adaparaka from Placencia San
Orcheston farm in the Orlancho
region, where the other is an
Ecuadorian Sumatra leaf that is
the same leaf found on the
original Fiat Lux land.
According to the company, both
wrappers are fermented for more
than five years and sit atop a
binder and filler.
Wow, that's a lot of
fermentation.
That's a lot of fermentation.
That's what he said from
Nicaragua.
The company calls the profile
Meaningful Blend with an
intricate balance of sweetness
and depth.
The cigars is produced by
Luciano's Placencia.
It is a Tabagos de Oriente
factory in Donnelly, Honduras.
Do you think Placencia offers
terms?
I don't.
I don't think he pays.
Doesn't matter.
Allegedly, Luciano Cigars
announced it was moving
production from the Fiat Lux
line to his new factory.
It was previously made at
Luciano Cigars factory in SLA,
Nicaragua.
Discovering that wrapper from
the Sun Augustine farm was a
moment of serendipity and
tradition, entwined Luciano
Morales.
Oh my fucking.
President of Luciano, the guys
when I was invited into their
pre industry revealing those
precious aged leaves a mere
small pillon left in existence
called my attention.
It felt like uncovering a
treasure.
It was a small pillon.
They're like, no, don't look.
At.
This no, this is fine.
No, those are mine now.
I will take this pill I.
Should take this pillon.
We know how big balloons are now
because you made several
mistakes.
In the past, mistakes were made.
Yeah, now we know how big they
are.
This is a small one.
This is a small.
So probably about 1300 lbs.
Maybe we don't know really.
Small is kind of relative term.
How many cigars you can make out
of 1300 lbs.
Oh hold on, I'll tell you. 1500
boxes apparently. 1500 boxes.
1500 boxes?
What's the count on the box?
1010 count box 10 boxes so
15,000 sticks. 15,000 sticks a
box.
So so 10X. 15,000 boxes of 10
cigars is set at $22.00 per
cigar and 220 to 22120 per box.
Marilla said that a portion of
the proceed to Placencia Souls
from the Earth Foundation in
honor of Conrado Placencia.
For Sumacha my God.
The cigar gets.
Is it wrapped in fucking gold
$22.00?
From the The Magic Polone event.
From the mysterious Polone that
I found in the corner of the
room.
Of the yes.
Do not look at this Pillone.
Do not look at the Pillone you
know he got by.
Fucking draped in the red velvet
crushed red velvet cloth he had.
To run and then pick up the
Pallone sitting on top of the
little pedestal and he's
measuring the sand in his hand
and put the bag on it and then
he got chased by the big rod.
There's a there's a big boulder,
there's a big Did he almost lose
his hat?
I think so.
I think he lost his hat.
Yeah, he lost his.
Hat were there spikes?
And then he jumped in the car
with Reggie the snake or the car
the airplane with Reggie the
snake.
Reggie the Snake.
That's my snake, Reggie.
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah, Does he like snakes?
No, he doesn't.
He doesn't hate snakes.
He hates snakes.
I hate snakes.
I hate snakes.
I hate snakes.
Yeah, unless I made the snakes
myself, he says.
So.
Unless they're Luciano snakes.
Luciano.
Snakes.
That makes sense.
It's.
Big in the reptile, reptile
industry and yes, yes, very,
very well known.
Very well known.
OK, Do you have Shop of the
Week?
Mike, I don't have a shop of the
week.
Actually, I do have a shop of
the week.
Well, no.
Say again that you don't have
it.
I have a shop of the week.
No, I need time to switch the
buttons.
OK, well now I have a shop of
the week.
Oh, what is it?
It is Holy Schmokes.
What?
Holy Schmokes.
Yeah, in the villages.
Are we going there?
We can Villages isn't far,
they're a new account.
How would we know what color
thing to put on top of the car?
The puff puff thinking about.
I'll do some research.
I mean, you're a swinger.
You should know all those.
Things.
Yes, you are.
I'm not.
I never swung.
You put that to bed you've moved
on from.
That I moved on from that, yes.
You bring it up again, now
Skip's gonna call me.
It's gonna be thermal.
Say, yeah, he's a swinger.
No, not you used to hang out
with all those swingers.
One, one couple and we didn't
know it first.
And then you found yourself
naked, hog tied I.
Was never naked and hog tied
Michael no no.
No one time.
Not one time.
Are you sure?
I'm positive.
OK, OK.
You got to listen to the week
whoever is in charge of the Holy
Schmokies is that Wait, is that
one that Greg got?
No.
Oh, sorry.
Listener of the Week Greg Shepon
Kevich he.
Doesn't listen, he only watches
the clips.
He's a listener.
He only watches the clips.
He's a listener.
I don't think so.
I think he listens.
I think his wife listens.
Yeah.
Yes.
OK.
He's afraid he's going to miss
out on some type of information.
Well, say something that only he
would know if he watched the
show.
I can't do that.
All right, you got anything
else?
We're wrapping this up.
You know, after we do this show,
then we do the next show, then I
have another show to do you.
Have a lot of you're you're.
The Palmer Show's taping today,
too.
Oh.
Look at you, just just crushing
it all on a Tuesday.
Yeah, not making any money at
all.
You're making some money.
I'm podcasting.
Yeah, No.
I mean, the company is to some
degree.
Oh, the company does, and that
pays for, you know, like these
17,000 cords all over the well.
Didn't pay for the fucking
camera that I paid for.
Well, because you bought that
too soon, Michael.
Too soon.
Oh, by five years later, we
have.
Two more of these coming.
Oh fantastic.
Well, somebody else is using the
the room in.
Two weeks we can expand.
Yes, they asked on their show
Friday.
Could we still use it with a
four?
People, are you gonna use that
camera?
No, Hell no.
They don't get that one.
No.
Plus, I mean for four people,
that thing would have to be in
the other room.
True I.
Don't know how that's gonna work
when we have guests.
Just gotta push it back.
In the other room.
I can get a different lens.
No, there's more money against
now.
Don't spend any more money till
we get another camera.
Come on, come on, let's do it.
All right, this has been episode
335.
The cigars are probably, I'm not
sure which camera to even look
at it.
Scared money don't make no
money, baby.
Let's go.
All right, guys, we gotta go.
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Show Notes
### Episode 335: Exclusive Interviews and Industry News
In this episode of **A Cigar Hustlers Podcast**, we bring you an exclusive phone interview with **Joshua Habursky**, the interim boss at the PCA, discussing the organization's upcoming events during the DNC and RNC. We'll also chat with **Matt Booth** about the exciting collaboration between **Room101** and **Sir Louis Cigars** for the new **Red Rocket** cigar. Plus, get the latest scoop on **Luciano’s** new **Fiat Lux Tenebrus Limited Edition** shipping next week.
Tune in for these insights and more in the Cigar Hustlers Podcast