Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 361 Don't Eat The Baby Carrots
Episode Summary
Episode 361 of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast finds Mike "The King" Szczepankiewicz and Mike "BDP" Palmer, with engineer Phil, in their usual free-wheeling form before getting into a heavy week of cigar industry news. The show opens with shop talk and ribbing about Pete Hernandez trading his beachside condo for a camper (and his unfamiliarity with RV plumbing), followed by trending headlines: the 49ers' 20-17 loss to the Seahawks and the mounting injury list, Josh Allen's game-sealing run as the Bills handed Kansas City its first loss, the nationwide organic carrot E. coli recall tied to Grimmway Farms, and Spirit Airlines' Chapter 11 filing.
The industry news block is the meat of the episode. Crowned Heads and Canadian distributor Brigham Enterprises announced Moose Kick, a Canada-exclusive 5x50 robusto with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, made at Tabacalera Pichardo and limited to 300 bundles — with no MSRP disclosed. E.P. Carrillo's 2024 TAA exclusive, a 6x54 toro gordo rolled at the La Alianza/EPC factory in the Dominican Republic, ships at $13 with production capped at 750 boxes of 10, and the hosts dig into how the TAA's Exclusive Series Program and its per-cigar rebate actually work.
The biggest story is Scandinavian Tobacco Group winding down Sutliff's cigar distribution and fulfillment business out of Richmond, Virginia, following the Mac Baren acquisition — a move that pushes third-party brands like Patina and Escobar Cigars toward City of Palms and other fulfillment partners. STG also discontinued CAO OSA Sol, CAO Sessions, Diesel Grind, the CAO Cameroon Churchill and several Hoyo La Amistad lines, all while reporting higher revenue and slightly lower organic sales in Q3 2024.
Rounding out the show: Casa Turrent names Ricardo Carrión head of business development (former Nicaraguan deputy ambassador to the UK and co-founder of the Cigar Academy), Tabanero Cigars teases its Momentum line for PCA 2025, a Room 101 Red Rocket toro is teed up for the Patreon segment, and the hosts preview upcoming interviews with Martin Schuster of Bentley Cigars and Erik Espinosa. Doug Palmer of Major Stash Cigars in Batavia, New York, takes listener/shop of the week honors.
In This Episode
- 01Homeless Pete and the Camper LifeThe hosts rib Pete Hernandez for giving up his condo for a camper he's towing behind a VW SUV — and his total lack of RV toilet knowledge.
- 02Trending News: NFL, Carrots and Spirit AirlinesThe 49ers' loss to Seattle and injury report, Josh Allen's run to beat the Chiefs, the Grimmway Farms organic carrot E. coli recall, and Spirit Airlines' Chapter 11 filing.
- 03Crowned Heads Moose Kick, a Canadian ExclusiveA 5x50 San Andrés-wrapped robusto made at Tabacalera Pichardo for Brigham Enterprises, limited to 300 bundles with an undisclosed price.
- 04E.P. Carrillo's 2024 TAA Aruba ExclusiveA $13 6x54 toro gordo limited to 750 boxes of 10, plus an explanation of how the TAA's Exclusive Series Program and rebates work.
- 05STG Shuts Down Sutliff Cigar DistributionScandinavian Tobacco Group is closing Sutliff's third-party cigar fulfillment business post-Mac Baren acquisition, sending brands to City of Palms and Luciano.
- 06STG Discontinues CAO, Diesel and Hoyo LinesCAO OSA Sol, CAO Sessions, Diesel Grind, the CAO Cameroon Churchill and several Hoyo La Amistad vitolas get axed as STG trims its portfolio.
- 07Casa Turrent Hires Ricardo CarriónThe former Tor Imports COO and Nicaraguan deputy ambassador joins Casa Turrent as head of business development.
- 08Escobar Cigars and Tabanero's PCA 2025 MomentumNas's Escobar Cigars moves distribution to JIT International and City of Palms, while Tabanero teases the Momentum line at $9–$11.
Brands & Cigars Discussed
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Transcript
P. Make way for the king. Another Mike and Mike production in three, three, two, one, zero. Hit the music.
Welcome to Cigar Hustlers podcast episode 361. Record live at the Mike and Mike Production Studio in Deltono, Florida. This is the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, the show where two guys share their passion for cigars, business, and life. Join Mike the King Stepankewicz, Master Blender of Pustania Cigars, and his co-host Mike BDP Palmer, Semi-Master Blender of the BDP Cigar, as they talk about the latest cigars, news, reviews, and interview some of the most influential people in the cigar industry.
And me, I'm the engineer in Soundtech, Phil. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or new to cigars, sit back, relax, and light up a cigar with Cigar Hustlers Podcast. Welcome to the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, a show brought to you commercial food. A massive shout out to our amazing patrons on Patreon.
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com. Search a cigar. I had to go stronger with my glasses to read, but now I can't see with them on far away. I can't see.
So it hurt my eyes to look over there. Why don't you get like the. I can't do it. It gives me a headache.
Okay. You're just a sea of issues, man. What are we doing now? It's getting older.
I have to read. I can see you're okay, but if I try to look over there. Don't look over there. Don't look over there.
It's a disaster over there anyways. It's a disaster over there. It's a train wreck. We've redone everything on that side of the road.
I was just saying, the human being that's over there. Oh, well, yeah, that too. I guess so. Yeah.
You know what? Fuck all freebies. That's right. Hey, we saw him on Friday.
Oh, nice. He has a new name. Yeah, Pete Hernandez is now going rogue and he's got a mobile home that he's going to be traveling in instead of having an apartment. A camper.
It's not even a mobile home. It's a camper. It's a camper. Oh, yeah.
Phil, you inspired him by staying here. Yes, by letting him stay at Boots' house. Boots has a mobile home. He is buying a camper.
Yeah, so now we call Peter Nenna's... Homeless Pete. Homeless Pete. Yes.
He is giving up the luxurious condo on the beach. And he's just driving around in a camper. Driving around in a camper. Nice.
In his Volkswagen. Yeah, he's pulling it with his Volkswagen SUV. Perfect. There are some things we have concerns about.
Yes. About the camper? Well, Pete's lack of knowledge of campers. Yeah.
Look, if I'm a single guy. Yes. And I'm in sales. Sure.
I could see that. It makes sense. Well, yeah. Right.
Right. I think that he needs to do a little more research on it. Yeah, I think so. Because he's not experienced on the toilet situation.
No. Like, I asked him what kind of toilet. I mean, there's several different kinds you can have. And he goes, it's just a toilet.
It's just a toilet. It works like in a house. Oh, no, Pete. It does not work like in a house.
Oh. And he goes, I can just push it if I can. I can't where I can dump. They've got this little cartridge that you put on like a little stroller and you just push it over to the side and dump it.
I'm like, that's not funny to paint. So he'll make a lawnmower to the other side of the building. He'll make it work. You're sloshing poop water with you as you.
If he, if he does it for a year and he like saves his panties. Oh, he'll have a lot of money. You know what he will probably do by the end of the year? What's that?
I've got Rocca's face on the side of that thing. Hey, you know what I'm thinking. A DTT. Well, in the name of the company, The Brothers, you've had their faces on the side.
The Hernandez Brothers. The Hernandez Brothers. Yeah, but there's no... No money in that?
Yeah. Oh, it's not going to pay for it. Yeah. Hey, I got this thing.
Hey, I got this thing now. We can take it all events. You can sleep in it with me. Yeah, it's 200 bucks a month.
$200 a month. And that's your ad space, and it's going to be everywhere. That'll be perfect. We'll love it.
Bro, it's got to be everywhere. Bro. bro so nice uh what are we doing for the patreon before we get today for the patreon we are doing the red rocket the hand thing the red red rocket the hand thing only works when you're close to it i do but i zoom in oh okay the red rocket by room 101 okay uh it was an exclusive for someone sir louis yes yes yes it makes complete sense sir louis oh look they did a red and black foil It's a little band, Michael, look at this, it's so unique and original. 2 grams.
2? That sounds like it's gonna be heavy. Feels a little hefty. Feels heavy.
Is that a Toro? It's a Toro, right? Yeah, it looks like a 6x52. Yeah.
Should be interesting. Yes. Yes. You said it was by Louie?
No, he did it exclusively. It was probably from Louie's. Matt Booth. Oh, it makes sense because it's, yeah.
But now it's worldwide. You want to talk about the Red Rockets? Are they available everywhere? Or are we just happening?
No, they're everywhere. Find a few and fell off a truck or something. No, they're everywhere. Fell off the back of Pete's RV.
Yeah, fell out of Pete's RV. No, he doesn't cover room one-on-one. That's ridiculous. That's just ridiculous.
I can see him laying next to some ashtrays and lighters and shit. Like some swag. Because he's packed in there. Nice.
The slide-out doesn't work after a couple months. His feet are next to the kitchen table. They look strung out. His feet?
Just beat up. Yeah, it doesn't make them bad. It smells like cigars and tequila. If he dies in that thing, no one's gonna know for weeks.
Well, it'll smell in an RV park. Where the fuck is Pete? I don't know. Look at his camper.
Maybe I need to put an air tag on his camper. That would be so funny, then we can chart him as he grows, we can show where he goes. We need like one of those health bracelets on him, so that like, checks his, if he falls down? No, no, no, because if he falls down, one that says his heart rate, and if he's breathing.
Yeah, like his heart rate has stopped, and they call the police or whatever, and then they inform us. Oh, oh yeah, because we would like to know. This just in. Pete.
Oh, wait, wait, we just got an app, I just got it up there on my app, apparently Pete is dead. Pete, how long are you down for? And all you did was take it off? Oh, Kanye!
All right, the San Francisco 49ers, 20-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in week 11. Sad. Yeah. In a tight division.
Why is that sad? I don't know. I don't know sports. You got this booty spanked.
I do like when I read these, because when I go back and watch, I'm like, I actually sound like I know what I'm doing. Go ahead, yeah, and we'll talk to Bill afterwards. In a tight division race, the red and gold now have matching five wins and five lost records with the Los Angeles Rams and Seahawks. and Seahawks.
However, they trail both in standings when it comes to the NFC West wins. Purdy connected on a 21 of 28 pass attempts for 159 yards, a touchdown and an interception and a sixth start against the Seahawks. The third year quarterback was the first player to put points on the board for the 49ers, capping off a 12 play, 71 yard drive and a 10 yard rushing touchdown. Purdy ran up the right sidelines and stretched out for the pylon to get the 49ers out in front in the final minutes of the first quarter.
Wide receiver Juan Jennings was pretty soft. Juan. Juan. Juan.
Juan. Hello, I'm Juan. He's in tobacco mode. It's Juan.
It's Juan. Holy moly. Like I'm supposed to know. Perfect.
I understood. You're in tobacco mode. Jennings was pretty soft target for the day, catching 10 passes for 91 yards for a touchdown. He had four catches for 42 yards and a touchdown on the 49ers final.
14 19-play scoring drive, Nick Bosa? Yes. That was correct. That's correct.
Stacks the sacks. Guy's a big deal. The fifth-year defensive lineman now has a four-game sack streak going in his middle stretch for the season. Bosa got home on Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith on third and long in their opening drive for a loss of seven yards.
It's gyno. It is not. No, it's not. The sack backed up Seattle's offensive offense and forced them to settle for the 52-yard field goal and brought Bosa's season sack count to six.
He added another sack in the third quarter. Oh, great. Okay, so Seattle won. Yes.
Okay. It was a big deal. That's a big deal. There were a lot of injuries in the game.
You know, what's funny is I didn't know San Francisco could sustain any more injuries They've had so many injuries this season. It's been crazy. Is it unusual to have a lot of injuries in a single game? I mean, there's five.
I mean, that's a lot. Seems like that would be a lot. Especially if they're, you know, starters and, you know, who are they? Who do you got?
I got Renaldo Green. Okay. Just say last names. Oh, thank you.
Well, that doesn't help on the next one. He hurt his finger. Okay. He can still play, he's got nine more fingers.
With an injury a minute before the end of the first day, but he was replaced by Rock. Rock? I can't say the last name. Yassin, Y-A-S-I-N.
Y-A-S-I-N. Y-A-S-I-N. Yassin. Okay.
However, he returned to action in the third quarter. I'll let you off the hook on that one. I was like, I don't know. Wide receiver Jacob Cowin got a concussion.
Tatum Bethune hurt his knee. Okay. And Kyle, oh, crap. There's not even a vowel in this last name.
Shanahan. Kyle, maybe it's Polish. J-U-S-Z-C-Z. Oh, Jusek.
Jusek, yeah. Jusek. Yeah. He was evacuated for a concussion in the third quarter and was cleared to return for action.
Oh, he was good. Yeah, he was good. All right. You've been around these Polish guys for how long?
Something Polish. It's something Polish. So, yeah, no, there was a lot of… That's a lot of injuries. The Seattle upset was big.
Yeah. And, you know, we're finally at the part of the season… This is the most trending story for the day. I believe that. Out of everything?
Out of everything. Well, because that was a big upset. Right. We're finally at the part of the season where things are starting to kind of heat up and get interesting.
Oh, it really makes a difference now if you win or lose. I mean, what's great about football is every game matters whether you win or lose. Well, yes, but it seems to be more, I mean… But at this point, if you keep losing, there's no coming back. Well, we're starting to paint a playoff picture here.
Got you. We're starting to see things. And it's like, oh, like Cincinnati is sad. It's very, what a powerful offense.
Screwing the pooch. Very sad that they can't win a game here. They have a pretty hard schedule, though. Yeah, but there are, I would say, three or four of those games, they should have won.
Yeah, yeah, just bad calls. They should have won. Yeah. Should have.
Yeah. But anyways. Especially with Yassin Plane. Yeah.
Yeah. What was the first name he said? Yeah. Juan.
Juan. Juan Jennings. No, no, he didn't get hurt. Juan.
He was their roller. But Utergros Mateos returned off the injury. Utergros Mateos? Yes.
Did you say Uterus? Uter. Yeeter. Y-E-T-U-R.
What happened to like Smith and Jones, Bob, Mike, Steve? They're all gone. They're all gone. They're all gone.
Well, thank God the second story is about E. Coli breakout and you can't eat carrots anymore. What? Organic carrots recalled after E.
Coli outbreak. These are the brands in grocery stores impacted. I didn't list the brands, it's too many. You're right, but there's a whole bunch.
37 different brands of carrots. Wow. I was unaware that E. Coli could be in anything other than lettuce.
That was amazing that he just said that. I'm just wondering because they were such like a big thing back in the day. The lettuce is susceptible to E. coli only?
It's only the lettuce. You can get it in milk and canned foods and stuff. It can be in anything. It's a growing bacteria stuff.
I don't know. Well, you just eat those carrots at your house now. I don't eat anything organic. So we're having a carrot outbreak.
If it's in a bag, just throw it away. Throw it away? Throw it away. Grimway Farms, which made and packaged the organic carrots, issued a recall on Saturday after nearly 40 cases were recorded in 18 states.
15 people have been hospitalized and one person has died. Like, how does that happen? How do we, how do they not check it? How do you check for E.
coli in carrots? I don't know, but there's got to be some type of system. Organic, you're not checking because it's from... It's from organs.
Well, organic means it has no pesticides on it. It's probably even more dangerous. Well, yeah, but E. coli, I don't know, E.
coli is not, that's like a, somebody didn't wash it correctly or something. Maybe it was Juan Jennings. It's like foot and mouth disease, you know, somebody's got dirty hands and they touch the carrots. Somebody died.
Somebody washed their hands after they went poo-poo and they got none of the carrots. That's why I don't eat vegetables. Yeah, it's good to eat a can for me. I just do standard beet.
Plus, I don't eat carrots. I just do standard beetroot powder every day. They're orange, they're trying to make you think they're a fruit. A tomato is a fruit.
Yes, I know, but it's not orange, it's red. Yeah. That's fine, that's perfectly legitimate. Apples are red.
Being intelligent is knowing that tomatoes... Oranges are orange. That's why they call them oranges. Here I am talking, just running me over.
Sorry. Being intelligent is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and being knowledgeable... Did it say what Stacey's were in? Oh, fuck me!
Sorry. Fuck me! Does that make ketchup a smoothie? Like, oh, no.
Being intelligent is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and having knowledge is knowing not to put it on a fruit salad. Ah. Yeah. So glad you got that out.
You see, you know, it would have been great if you just let me deliver it the first time and not the fourth fucking time. We're going to work on that. I didn't get the... We're going to work on that as far as cutting everybody off in conversations.
And I'm going to get a cattle prod. Oh, okay. That seems... Well, you do it.
proper in this. Not as much as the two of us, obviously, but you do do it. I don't think I nearly cut you guys off. Well, I didn't say as much.
Not even fucking close. Well, you're not funny. Uh oh. You're the serious informational part of this show.
He's here to say stupid things, and I'm here to say funny things. And yet, I'm always the one under fire on fucking social media. Who is this jackal? Well, apparently you don't like Kevin Costner.
Aggressively attacked on social media. The number of stores that sold to Carrots across the United States, including Puerto Rico and Canada, are impacted, including Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, Food Lion, Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Canadian chains, LaBlao's, where do you get your groceries? LaBlao! LaBlao's?
L-A-B-L-A-W, LaBlao! LaBlao! I'm gonna need John McTavish to confirm that. And compliments.
Sounds par for course for Canada, huh? I think the only way... Messing it up. The problem is that when John McTavish...
John will get back to us, and it's going to be like three weeks later. Yeah, we won't know. And I'm going to be like, what the hell are you talking about? And he's going to say the carrots.
Right. Wow. You go, I don't eat carrots. I have beetroot powder.
Yeah, yeah, I'm not a vegetable guy. State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the food they ate in the weeks before they got sick. S. Food and Drug Administration said Sunday of the 27 people interviewed, 26 reported eating carrots.
Well. So that's how they figured it out. That's weird. I know what you're thinking.
What did you eat? Illegal. Illegal. What have you eaten in the last seven days?
It reminds me of Airplane. You ever seen the movie Airplane? Yes, I have seen the movie. It was the fish.
It was the fish. It was the fish. It was the fish. Dun, dun, dun.
All right. What character do we recall? What brand do we recall? Josh Allen unleashes the play of the year.
Oh, he did, yeah. To seal the Bills win versus the Chiefs. As much as I hate those guys, that was a great run. Ugh.
Chiefs are handed the, boy, the Chiefs, oh, hand Kansas City their first loss. The Kansas City Chiefs entered Buffalo and the Chiefs hand Kansas City their first loss? That's interesting. Say that one more time.
Josh Allen unleashes play of the year to seal Bill's win over Chiefs, comma, hand Kansas City's first loss. Got it. Sorry, I'll say comma next time when there's one. I paused.
Tongue twisters. And by the way, you interrupted me just so you... Uh oh. Yeah, but I waited till you were finished with your silence.
No, no, you interrupted me in the second line. It wasn't in... The Kansas City Chiefs entered Buffalo unsuncie. See, now you're doing it.
And you just jumped right over me. Like, oh, no. Go ahead, Michael. I'm sorry, I got to get on Amazon right now and see how fast, if I can get a cattle prawn overnighted here.
Just have it charging. I wonder if they have them. I'm sure they do. Kansas City Chiefs entered Buffalo on Sunday with a perfect 9-0 record in advance of squaring off against the 8-2 Bills, the current number 2 seed in the AFC.
The Chiefs unblemished 2024 record and their franchise best 15 game winning streak dating back to last season. Last season, that was the best streak as of last year? Yeah. It hasn't stopped.
Oh. Right. Flames, thanks to Bills, quarterback Josh Allen facing fourth and two from the Chiefs 26 and clinging to a two-point lead, 23-21, Buffalo opted it to be aggressive and go for it! Allen didn't see anything downfield, so he tucked the football and rumbled his way through the Chiefs secondary for a 26-yard rushing score that sealed the 30-21 victory for the Bills.
He finished with 262 passing yards, one passing touchdown, and an interception on 27 of 40 passing while rushing for a team high, 55 yards, and a touchdown on 12 carries. Nice. I think Sean Payton has a fucking axe to grind with every single team in the NFC South. Yeah.
Who is he? He's not mentioned here. He used to be the coach for the Saints, but now he's a coach for the Broncos. Yes.
And every single team that he has played against in the NFC South this season, he's just decimating them. He's just making them look dumb. Well, Bo Nix is doing great. Not only that, but defensively, man.
Yeah, they have a good defense, though. Yeah, Bo Nix had a great day, too. Four touchdowns, I think, 300 yards. Ridiculous.
Meanwhile, Caleb Williams, or whatever guy's name is, Chicago. Oh, he's not even on the map anymore. It's just bad coaching. It's not him.
Yeah. Right, Palmer? Exactly. Yes, it's not him.
Yeah. Bo knows. Bo knows. Yes.
Caleb knows, too. Caleb doesn't know as much as Bo. It was a bittersweet Bills moment for me. I'm sure the Hearth guys are very excited.
Oh, of course. Yeah, you know, part of me wanted to see the perfect season go down so the pressure could amount. You mentioned it last week, you wanted to get closer to the end. Yeah, I wanted them to just die in the AFC Conference Finals.
Want them to lose to Detroit. And the Super Bowl, yeah, that would make me happy, that would be, that would be the American, like, yes, that murk, yeah, we are here, I love Justice, my son, my eight-year-old, oh, he loves the cheese, loves the cheese, I always say to him, I go, what state are they in, and he always says to me, I don't know, I'm like, then stop, you need to stop, why can't he love them without knowing what state they're in, because, he likes Mahomes, yeah, I don't care, Mahomey, he does it just to be a dick to the rest of us, Well, then let him be. No. What's Teddy's favorite team?
Football. She doesn't care. Oh, I thought maybe she had one. I like football.
She likes, you know. Maybe she liked Daddy's Buccaneers. She's tough, man. That kid is tough.
My goodness. Can't wait to meet her future husband one day. Oh, it's just that poor man. Doomed.
Yes. Between you and the brothers and the dog. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's gonna be great.
Right? He's either going to be the toughest son of a bitch we've ever come across, or he's going to have no sack at all. I'm going with no sack. Yeah, he's probably going with no sack.
She will take it, if he had one when she met him. Yeah. This is mine, put it in the drawer. I'm not touching it, put it in the drawer.
Yeah. Exactly. Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. I thought that would be like the biggest trending thing.
It was pretty far down the list, actually. Really? Yes. Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following significant financial struggle Due to mounting losses and debt maturities, the airline announced on Monday.
The filing comes after two failed mergers in less than two years. We don't want to, you only want a lot of money. Your fucking chairs are plastic, I mean, for the love of God. Well, they have their place in the industry, but apparently they have loans that have come due.
Where's their place? At the bottom. Apparently not. Somebody's going to be at the bottom.
Apparently they've fallen off the bottom. This does not affect their scheduling or their flights at all. No, it won't. No.
Just means they don't have to pay their bills. I love that. You know what? I don't want to start throwing out Chapter 11.
Nope, not paying you. Right. We're broke. Bail us out.
Bail us out. Bail us out. Write a nice letter to Trump. Get us bailed out.
Hey, you know, we got all these bills. And we really can't pay them. We don't want to pay them anymore. Right.
We want to keep all our assets. Fuck me? No, fuck you. Only one recently with Frontier and another earlier in 2024 with JetBlue.
Why would JetBlue want it? They have the opposite seats. They have the leather cushy seats. Way more comfortable.
Right. And TVs. And it's a value flight still, but still way better. JetBlue is, yeah, a little bit of a value, but not as valued.
I at least feel like a human being when I'm on a JetBlue flight. Oh, I don't mind Spirit. I do. They have the nicest terminal.
JetBlue? Yeah. Really? Yeah, it's Terminal C.
Oh, it's the new one in MCL. That's where Spirit is, too. Is Spirit over? Yeah.
Not anymore. Well, they're still there. They don't have to pay their gate fees either. Well, they've been, but their plane was fired at in Haiti, there were bullets.
Right, they don't fly there anymore. Nobody does. Nobody does. Yeah.
See what happens? Oh, you can even shoot a couple of planes and nobody, no, no, no, come in now, no, come in. Guess what now, everybody's got to come in by boat. There's a yellow eagle in the sky, shoot it.
Shoot it, we need the food. We need to eat it. In October, Spirit announced plans to sell multiple aircraft and layoff workers as it tried to raise cash and revive operations. Spirit Airlines president and CEO Ted Christie said the airline has to reduce the company's total debt and provide increased financial flexibility.
The airline listed an estimated assets and liabilities in the range of, anybody want to guess? Hold on, wait, wait, wait, I'll get there. $10 billion. $80 million.
Ding, ding, ding, he hit it on the top. How much? $10 billion. Wow, I hit it?
They own $10 billion. Buying a lot of tickets. Well, he said in the range of 1 to 10. That's kind of a big range.
Yeah, no shit. You don't exactly know? He's looking for the bailout, baby. Come on!
How much can I get? That's how much I owe. The only quote that should be coming out of the CEO's mouth is, "We fucked up. We fucked up really bad.
" The airline is a part of a pre-arranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection that received a commitment for a $350 million equity investment from existing bondholders. So wait, people that owe money into the failing company and now giving them more money? Yeah, you can just renew your bonds instead of cashing them out. Hmm.
Existing bondholders also provide $300 million in debt-in-possession, DIP financing, which together with available cash is expected to support the airline through the Chapter 11 process. You own row 1 through 10. So they got $650 million, and that's gonna help them with the $10 billion they owe? Yeah, what's 1 to $10?
Who knows? Oh, assets and liabilities, saw me. Yeah, they had all the planes. Gary, the one with the bullet holes was worth a little less than the others, but yeah, plug those, that'll be fine.
No, more, it's rare. Call it 10 billion. Yeah, just call it 10. More or less.
Right, exactly. And that is the Trending News! Ah, very nice. So, uh, what's going on in the, oh!
Oh, we do have one more Trending News guys, uh, Phil's, Phil's Trending Facts. Yes, yes, let's hear the, uh, Phil's, trending fact of the day. Separate text message. Music.
Music. Music. Did he freeze? What happened?
Oh. I can only see the one hand. I was looking for it. I thought he died.
He had a stroke. Welcome to Cigar Hustlers podcast feature. Phil's Fun Facts. Hello, people.
Hello, people. Oh, ho, ho. Ha, ha. Wow.
Board monkey. The board monkey. All right. Vladimir Shakurov.
A world-renowned Russian ballet star. All right, what was the last name? Make fun of me talking over there. Shakarov.
Okay. A world-renowned Russian ballet star has died after falling from a fifth floor of a building on Saturday. Uh-oh. His death was confirmed by the Marlinsky Theater, a venue in the city of St.
Petersburg where Shakarov was the highest-ranking dancer. This is a huge loss for the entire Marlinsky Theater team. It said while Russian authorities have launched an investigation into Shikharov's death, the preliminary cause has been judged an accident. Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported.
Accidentally fell off the fifth floor? Again? Oh, this is happening now. Oh, fifth floor was the same place the other guy fell.
I thought it was the third floor for the other guy. Oh, was it the third? Liam Payne? Yeah.
Don't talk about it. People are very sensitive. That didn't do well either. Hey, is that window open?
Can you check it for us? Let me pirouette over to the window. Is Vladimir also affiliated with Diddy? Was there baby oil found at the scene like that?
Were there white suits and Johnson & Johnson oil? Was Samuel L. Jackson there? Kill this motherfucker.
Tired of these motherfucking ballerinas, and these motherfucking fifth floors. Wow. Alright, news! Oh wait, you were gonna say something.
Oh yeah, we did a special interview with Martin Schuster, Martin Schuster, last Friday, no Monday, we did it last week, and we're going to release it this week, yes, this Friday will be released. It's a fantastic short little interview. 30 minutes seem to be our regular thing, so yeah, you did another good job, another serious interview. Thank you, yeah, we're talking about the Bentley cigar coming out, you know, it is out.
How they get access to the company, where they got the name, a little bit of family history. Yeah, the guy's been in the game for a long time, generations after generations. Another son taking over for the father. It's fascinating stuff.
Seems we happen a lot in Europe. Yeah. I like that. And then this Friday we'll be interviewing Erik Espinosa.
Oh. Erik Espinosa won't be. You know, we didn't get him to read that. Schuster.
We forgot about that. I thought of it, but his accent was a little thick. I didn't know. And then how do we work here?
We already have a good one. I'll clip it in. I'll work it in. Oh, maybe we get Erik to read the opening.
I want him to read that. I want that to be segment of people. Oh. And I'll put it all together.
Well, okay. I'll do it for you. Well, good, because you're better at that kind of clippy stuff. Aw, that's so sweet.
Yes. All right, the news. From the four corners of the world, all the cigar industry news you could possibly need. The Cigar Hustler Podcast Report with Mike Toon.
Crown Heads announces Moose Kick, a Canadian exclusive. Oh, my. Can you spell it? Moose Kick.
Moose Kick. M-O-O-S-E-K-I-C-K. Nothing crazy about that. You just pronounced it a little differently.
I don't know. There's nothing crazy about that. I said Moose Kick. Okay.
Crownheads and Brigham Enterprises, a Canadian distributor, have announced Moose Kick as a new exclusive for the country. The Moose Kick was developed by Miguel Shadel, National Sales Manager for Crownheads. You know, he hasn't come to the last two meetings. I'm a little concerned.
Oh, yeah? National Sales Manager meeting. Yeah, we have those. Oh, really?
Really? Yes. And Richard Joseph, premium cigar... What?
You can hit a button. Who are the people? Who are the main people that you have at the... You know what the first rule is about National Sales Manager Club?
We don't talk about it? We don't talk about National Sales Manager. Really? Yes.
Interesting stuff. Obviously, it's Alfredo. He's not a National Sales Manager. He's a broker.
Completely different club. Oh. Richard Joseph, premium cigar manager for... See, he doesn't go to the mediums.
He is a cigar manager, premium cigar manager. Got it. It's a 5x50 Rebuso that uses a Mexican San Andreas wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. Moose Kick is made at the Taka Taka Niska in Nicaragua.
Production is limited to just 300 bundles of 10 cigars, citing a wide range of prices throughout Canada. Chadell declined to name the MSRP for his release. Because he doesn't know. Because he doesn't.
Give his number, we call and ask him. How much is it? I have no idea. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
A press release says the cigar was inspired by a Canadian's Moose Stamp, the name harkens back to the Four Kicks Mule Kick, a regular limited edition for Crown. I wonder if it's the same cigar, just a different band. Canada. The cigars are expected to be on shelves before the end of the year.
Oh, man. This is our village. This whole place is called Canada. Canada.
It's very cold here. Matt Boot's gonna come out with a Moose Knuckle now, because everybody's doing the Moose. Oh, we're trademarking that, by the way. Moose Knuckle.
Bob Knuckle. Don't. It's probably already possessed. Has a cigar name, though?
Or trademarked it as a cigar? Oh. Oh. I'm sure there's something called...
What? You just go the Schuster route and then argue that, you know... Right. Yeah.
Right. Smart. But is it a cigar? No?
Oh, cool. Well, it's fine. There's no knuckle on it. It's fine.
P. Carrillo... Oh. Yeah.
Ah-ha, Jack, I said it right this time. Ah-ha. 2024 TEA exclusive heads to retailers. I can only pull this so I can say Correo several times.
Correo. P. Correo, a limited edition exclusive for the Tobacconist Association of Aruba, is now on its way to stores. The cigar is a 6x54 Toro Gordo with a blend that uses a Nicaraguan Havana wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder, and fillers from the USA and Nicaraguan.
The company calls the profile a medium plus bodied cigar rich in complexity with the flavors of pepper, spice, earth and cocoa. Long quote. Yeah. It's their standard description of cigar.
Yes. The cocoa and the spice. Right. Pepper, spice, earthiness.
What exactly flavor is earthiness? Dirt. Have you licked dirt? Yeah, that would be dirt.
That's it. Earthiness. It has flavors of dirt. The cigar is made at the Casay Casa.
Casay? Casa? Casay sounds good. Keep going.
The House of Corilio factory in the Dominican Republic comes with an MSRP of, they know, $13. They know. Production is limited to just 750 boxes of 10 cigars. 10 count is the new trending thing.
Well, here's why: $13, 10 counts, $130, 10% off, just north of $100. " Great buy. Yeah. , founder and master blender of EP, a VI press release when the cigar was announced in October.
However, the well-fermented Ecuadorian Habano Wrapper combined with the Nicaraguan Binder makes for a unique and harmonious blend. Is it very unique? Oh, I forgot to include. Oh, we might save that for the other show.
Okay. As Lisette Perez-Carrillo, in a press release, while we've always integrated the TAA logo into our limited edition releases, the focus on the vibrant red box designs and the black foil this time makes it truly eye-catching. Oh, black and red again. Everybody's in it now.
Everybody's in black and red. We believe this bold approach reflects the quantity of the cigar inside. Son of a bitch. Quality of the cigar inside, and will draw the attention it's rightful deserves.
They don't have the black, just the red. I added the red, the black, just the... Oh, the antagonist. Twist you up a little bit.
Oh, thanks. The TEA is a membership group. Oh, I met a TEA member. Did you?
Cigar Cave over in Clearwater. Oh, really? Yeah. And do they have 750 boxes of the EP Carrillo coming?
Probably so. Yeah, I think so. The rooms were very expensive, only one was allowed to go. Really?
Yes. Oh, very nice. During the event, which took place October 20th, 24th, in Aruba. Yes.
The organization held two selling events, one known as the Dream Machine, where the retailers collectively order to secure larger discounts, while the other is a more traditional trade show called We Screw You Now. A limited edition. Nice. Typically around a dozen manufacturers release new exclusive cigars for old retail members of the organization under the TAA Exclusive Series Program or ESP banner.
Special. Special. Those manufacturers agree to give a portion of the proceeds back to the organization a minimum of a dollar per cigar, previously 50 cents. Oh, so we buy cigars from you, you give us money back.
So it's the Tobacco Extortion Association of Aruba. Aruba. Apparently, yes. Got it.
It's like Circle K Rewards. Spoke with an A, isn't it? The T-E-A-A. Yeah, T-E-A-A.
Historically, the T-E-A meeting and convention has taken place in the spring, usually in late March or April. However, due to a change in dates for the beach... Sorry, I should have read it before. The 2020 or PCA convention trade show which took place in March instead of normal summertime spot on the calendar, the T-E-A has changed its dates for 2024.
Last year, people had to choose the vacation or the work trip. Right. Vacation. Yes.
Right. They go to Aruba. Yeah. Right.
STG's closing Sutliff Cigar Distribution Service. What? That's a big one. Earlier this year, Scandinavian Tobacco Group, STG, purchased Mac Barron Tobacco Company in a deal valued around...
A lot. $89. $89. Oh, he's very...
You can look at it, $77 million. Million dollars. Mac Barron is best known as a pipe tobacco company. Which is less than the value of spirit air.
Yes. Yeah. Yes, exactly. Everybody's doing pipe tobacco companies.
Bentley started pipes and now these guys are making pipes. S. division also had a cigar distribution company out of its Richmond VA facility. As expected, STG will be shutting down their business.
Multiple sources told Cigar Hustler Podcast that STG was informed the various companies Yes. I'm calling Justin Andrews so he doesn't answer. He's got plenty of time. They just shut down on his branch.
I'll just keep reading. Yeah, they just shut him down. Plenty of time. Biggest mistake he ever made was give me his cell phone number.
Your call has been forwarded to voicemail. The person you're trying to reach is not available. Now it's automated. At this phone, please record your message.
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Can you hear me? I'm in a bad signal area. Is this coming through? Are you receiving me?
It would be better if he didn't... I'm sorry. SCG provided the following statement. You'd think he'd have downtime to answer the phone.
Overtime, the Mac... Oh wait, there's a lot of SCG stories today. Overtime, the Mac Baron and Sutliff Fatalities will close. That is correct.
That is correct. The brand portfolio of Scandinavian Tobacco Group and MacBaron Sutliff will be combined and simplified. This is to ease the way of doing business for our customers. One point of contact, one order, one shipment, one employee.
This will take time though. There's no decision yet has been taken on if Justin Andrews will stay or leave. When we come to this point, clear communication will go out to our customers on whether or not we keep him. Or if we fuel the growth with him.
Yeah, they're thinking about hiring Jack Taranio again, just so they can- Oh no. Here's the deal, he wants him to come in. We need you to come back, Jack, and run Sutliff distribution for us. And we're, but before you come in, you have to let Justin Andrews go.
Oh! Oh, that would be fun. Niels Frederik, CEO of STG, told a Danish outlet that STG would be closing Taranio cigars again. He said SCG's working on to try to move some of the 200 employees to an existing SCG family in Ascends, though acknowledged not all of them would be part of the transition.
Yeah, makes sense. They acquired and now they're going to absorb. Right. We'd like to move as many as we can, but the ones that can't go, it's fine.
No, but here's what happens. As you continue to grow, you've got to assume that so 20% of the people are doing all the work and 80% of them are not. Sure. Right.
So you just continue to absorb, and then you throw more at that 80%, and you hope that some of them have value, and they continue forward. If not, you fire them, you cut them loose. There you go. That's how it works, everybody.
That's Business 101. On the cigar side, it's very clear, SCG won't be handling back-end logistics for third-party cigar companies for much longer. At one point, Sutlift was handling fulfillment and logistics services for nearly a dozen smaller cigar companies. " You think so?
If I know who they are. Like Patina? I don't know. Patina does not live.
No, no, they just moved to House of Palms. Oh, you're right. Yeah. So they knew it was coming.
Yeah, they found out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. " Yeah. Anyone who didn't get the letter would like to reach out to Poshig.
No, we're good. We're good. I don't need anybody else. Oh, I thought that's what we were just talking about.
I don't want anybody else. All right. Or they could go to Luzione, they also offer similar service out of the warehouse in Reno, Nevada, representatives for Sudliv told Cigars or Podcast that they added the business because they already had a physical infrastructure and expertise of dealing with tobacco regulations. Mm-hmm.
Oh. com, Thompson Cigar, Pipes & Cigars, Ciguras. Cigar Cigars. Cigar Company, Ford Cigar, Sells, Cohiba, LaGloria, Kumano, Vargas, other brands in the USA and the USA international market sells: Azio, Alec Bradley, CAO, Macanudo, Room 101, and Taranio.
I was going to say. While the company does distribute other brands through Meyer & Dutch, a wholesale division of Cigars International, it's quite different than what Sutleff was doing. Yeah. STG discontinues CAO, OSA, SOL.
Why are they only doing the ones with the letters? You know, Sutleff had such a nice booth at PCA. That's why it's big and fluffy, now it's gone. Went out with a bang.
Oh, it's CAO Osa Sol, is that a different CAO? Could they not spell or letters or something? It's gone. CAO Sessions Diesel and Grind, Diesel Grind and others.
Oh, the Sessions? That's the one that he's heard of, I don't know. For the second time in many months, Scandinavian Tobacco Group is trimming its portfolio or fueling the growth. Fueling the growth.
Last month, the Cutts targeted SCG's Ford Cigar Company portfolio. This time, the changes are mostly general cigar brands, including the round cuts are three lines. We already mentioned those. Yeah, so they're cutting, they're tightening.
Right. Furthermore, individual Vitolas are being axed as well. The CAO Cameroon Churchill. I hope it's not Merrifield Cameroon, because that's the best.
Well, they don't have, no. So that's probably why they can't compete. Call Justin again, let's see. Hoya La Amistad, which was that movie about the slaves.
Diesel Grinds being terminated, I want to get his opinion. Hoya La Armistad Dark Sumatra, Hoya La Armistad Gold Rothschild. La Armistad. Hit some other buttons if he doesn't answer.
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Epitone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang off. Oh, fuck, man. What the fuck am I doing with my life?
This ain't working. It isn't working out. Wait, no, no, no, no, wait, it is kind of working out. There you go.
No comments. No comments from Justin. You know, he loses his brand diesel grind. It's gone.
Right. People are upset. Send him a text. I'm releasing your phone number if you don't answer this next time.
We've threatened that several times. He answered that last time. Yeah, he did. I don't care enough at this point.
STG reports increased revenue. Go figure. Wow. Hey, who knows?
Lower cigar sales. We keep the money. Oh, go figure. They don't have as many of them to sell.
But we've been charging a fuck ton more. Right. Scandinavian Tobacco Group, one of the most important cigar companies in the world, reported its Q3 2024 quarterly results. In short, we're making money.
We're making money. Some good news, but also a bit of a bad news. 7 million they could buy. Spirit Air.
They could buy Spirit. Just in one quarter. $334 million? No.
Oh, it was a billion, wasn't it? It was one to ten. One to ten million. And the CEO went like this.
One to ten. One to ten. I don't know what you expect from a CEO of Spirit Air. Well, if they're doing $344 million a quarter, in a year's time, they could buy.
Possibly. Yes. But we don't know for sure. Right.
That's just in. STG buys. STG buys Spirit Airlines. Is that the gross?
I think they're not. Revenue increased. Yeah. Oh, revenue increased.
3,34. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It just went up that far.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, they're fucking crushing. Maybe they can buy Spirit Airlines.
Yeah. Maybe they should buy carrots. Yeah. You know, carrot market's down right now.
We're getting carrot farming. A lot of money there. Nobody else can do it. We're getting into carrots.
1%. 1%. 1%. We just let some of those 20 people go and we're fine.
Who knew? Let one more guy go. S. dollars, oh, DKK $9 billion.
Got it. That weird European one. Yeah, got it. e.
tobacco-free nicotine pouches. They are and they're super weird. The zen pouches and shit, I don't know the fuck they are. It's so weird.
I was talking to two young guys. They had them in? You don't spit with those, right? Yeah, they popped them into the gym.
I'm like, that is the fucking weirdest thing. Like, smoke a cigar like a man, dude. Get out of here. Well, they have no nicotine.
The zens? Well, the ones that they're making. These have tobacco-free nicotine. Oh, tobacco-free nicotine.
Yeah, it's still nicotine. But nicotine is a chemical compound, and it's found in plants. It's not necessarily just found in tobacco. I know where nicotine comes from.
But I'm educating our listeners. Oh. Well, then talk to them. Don't look at me.
I want to look at you. I don't feel like looking over here. I want to look at you. I want to look at the camera.
5%. The EBITDA's down. Yeah, it's a little low. 99 million, up from the DKK was $275 million, and now that is up from $622 million.
This makes no sense enough. Well, they're publicly traded, so. It's up. 58.
8% down from 12. Ooh, lost 10 points. MCG, which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ, Copenhagen, has a large premium cigar portfolio that includes retailers such as, we read those before, it's the same ones before. Alright, moving on.
Great advertisement. Alright. Casa Turrent appoints Ricardo Carrion as head of business development. Okay.
I don't know what is business development. I mean, like the whole business as a whole. Yeah. It's all fucked up, right?
So we're going to straighten it all out. We're going to work on structuring your sales force. Right. marketing big what's his name they made him big what's his name um tony gomez yeah big tony he's in charge of business development for luciano yeah not doing much we don't have anybody in charge of business development it's us buddy there's just no title for it oh cast a turd has announced it was named his name may we hire ricardo carione i think we're good as the companies you have to do this when you say his name to carry on your own name Got it.
As the company's new head of business development, a role that will see him working with Alejandro, the company's CEO, to expand the brand's reach of diversity and enhanced products offering, build partnerships, and reinforce Casa Turrent's commitment to quality innovation and education. Ricardo will play a fundamental role in our vision and strategic plans to grow and scale our business across all verticals. Ooh, that's some twisty. All verticals.
What's a vertical? Maybe that's why we don't have a business owner here. We're like a fucking, we're like a plane, no, no, we're not, oh, we're, oh, we're, oh, we're going, mew, yeah, he will work alongside me building new and strengthening current partnerships to further development Casa Torrent's range of products and expand our presence in new markets, he'll, that's a big space there, he'll lead new projects to increase the quality, variety, and efficiency of products we offer around the globe, fostering sustainable growth in key areas. So there you go, so he's going to focus on products, he'll focus on marketing.
Yeah. Alright, let's see what he did before. Prior to being in charge of business development. Yeah.
He was the COO of Tor Imports in Great Britain. Okay. The CEO of Gesinta? Gesinta.
G-E-S-I-N-T-A? Gesinta? In Spain. Before entering the Cigar Industry, he served as a diplomatic role as Nicaragua's Deputy, ooh, he was the Nicaragua's Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Iceland.
He knows how to take a bribe, is what you're saying. As well as an official representative of the United Nations. Allegedly. Why would he, that sounds like a down thing, business development.
Well, maybe, you know. Maybe he's not as good at what you said, maybe he had done as you thought. I mean, gotta go. He's also co-founder of the Cigar Academy, a fairly new educational venture that launched with, Oh, we read about this a couple of weeks ago, the Cigar Academy's mission, safeguard nature and disseminate the rich artisanal heritage and traditional knowledge of cigar making by way of educational courses and certifications for consumers, retailers, and those working in the cigar industry.
He's very active. Very active, very active. Sounds like it. He's a very busy man.
Yeah, he is. He looked kind of young in the photo. It was weird, because they took a photo of him in a cigar field like everybody else, but there was nothing growing, it was just the dirt. It's just the field.
It was just had the plowed lines. Just wait a while. If he looks young and spry now, give him five more years. That's true.
Yeah. Escobar Cigars picks JIT International for international distribution. Okay. Nas, that's Nas' cigar.
Oh, Nas, the rapper. Right? Yeah. Good job.
We talked about him before. Look at you. Escobar Cigars. Retain.
Retaining information. Escobar Cigars has announced that it has made changes to its distribution and fulfillment partners. S. fulfillment distribution from Sutliff to City of Palms.
Everybody's going to City of Palms. Well, where else are they going to go, buddy? Poshy. No.
I mean, Nas would be a cool one. Yeah, we get Nas. We get free concert tickets. Does he do concerts?
I don't think he does concerts anymore. He doesn't do concerts. He does them every once in a while. Does he?
We just hang out with him. I would take that on. I would like at least one phone call a year for five minutes. From Nas?
That's it? See, Naz, he's got to be a fan of the show. Yeah, he obviously listens, I have a listener. Love this show, it's still magic.
He's like the real, he's a real deal. He's like real. Oh, like a real rapper. No.
More than that. Oh, gangster. Oh, gangster. Oh, okay.
This moves comes to sell the cigars, we read, they're closing down, they're closing, so everybody's going somewhere else. End of the year, everyone's closing. Everybody's closing. Shut it down.
Tabanero Cigars to debut Momentum at the PCA 2025. Momentum. That's the name of the cigar. This is the first PCA announcement.
So I would like to make an announcement for us. So we can be in. Because we're making announcements too. We're making announcements?
Yes. Our announcement, we will have an announcement for the PCA 2025. There you go. We announced that we will have an announcement.
Oh, okay, perfect. I like that. David O. Cigars has announced that it will release a new regular production line called Momentum.
The new line uses a Mexican San Andres wrapper, an Ecuadorian binder, and Nicaraguan filler, which Yanko, founder of Tabanero Cigars, described as a medium-strength blend. 50 Tutoro priced at $11. Who is the one person that doesn't know what their cigar is? The price?
Who was that back earlier? Michael Chadell. Oh, yeah, Mike Chadell. The guy with the shingles.
Brown heads. Shingles. For the moose knuckle. Shingle guys.
In Canada. Maybe he just doesn't know the exchange rate for Canada, so he's confused. Yeah. He could have just said somewhere between one and ten billion, apparently.
That's a legitimate range everybody will accept. Not having an idea is perfectly acceptable. Six and two hundred dollars. There you go.
That works, Joe. Six and two hundred. It's somewhere between relatively okay priced and ridiculously expensive. There you go.
Both sizes are presented in a 20 count box and are scheduled to ship to retailers immediately following the trade show, which will be held April. Well, April 11, now we started through the trade show dates at the end of every story again. All right, we got a Florida story. Yeah.
Key Biscayne, Florida. He was so upset we didn't have one last time. I went and found one. A shocking discovery Tuesday morning left residents and beach goers on Key Biscayne concerned a human head washed ashore.
Nice. It happened on a portion of the beach behind the Key Colony to Ocean Sound Condominium building at 251 Crandon Boulevard, according to News 6. Tee Biscayne Police covered the remains with a blue tarp and roped off a portion of the beach in yellow crime scene tape. Everybody is extremely surprised.
It's highly unusual to find a body part on the beach. Resident, Ivo, this must be... Yeah, no kidding. Yeah, Ivo.
Ivo? Ivo. There's no way I'm getting that last name. What is it?
Kuzijamokovic. Oh, he's Russian. Oh, you think? You think he is?
His first name is Ivo. No, I have seen a lot of body parts in my day. I know where nobody is. Very strange to catch on beach.
I don't know. A woman who didn't give her name told Local 10 News that she realized something was amiss when the police had blocked her normal walking route off. He signaled with his finger that I needed to turn around immediately, she said. I understood the assignment, she added.
But I lost my husband's head. That the find was quite disturbing. This is my typical route, she said. Our neighborhood is very safe.
We have our children here. Our children play on these beaches. And it's just beyond belief. Miami-Dade Police Homicide Detectives are now investigating detectives on scene and are working with the medical examiner to determine the identity of the head, a police spokesman said.
Well, only a head. Only the head. Next week, it's going to be, uh, body's going to wash up full of cocaine. Yeah, I thought feet washed up unsure all the time.
Severed head, that's some fucking... Woo! Ivo's going to go, I don't know nothing. 5-0 the cigar?
We have those. What? Yes, we do. 5-0, he said 5-0.
Five O's in Hawaii, isn't it? I don't know nothing. That's all you got? That's all I got.
Okay. Who's your listener of the week? Doug Palmer is the listener of the week. Nice.
God, that was fast. I already had it already. He is from Major Stash Cigars. That's the shop of the week.
Want to hit it again there? You're just slipping it right in. Where are they looking? He's in New York, western New York State.
I can't pronounce the name. It's Batavia or some B-A-T-A-V-I-A. Nice. Right off the highway Easy on and off Is he your brother?
No But he is Cousin? Nope No relation Well yeah We're claiming cousins now Yes I like to find them And sell them cigars That's nice Yes The Palmers The Palmers are taking over Yes I have him And I have Miranda And I have Mark Palmer Down at Breast Pipe The legendary Mark Palmer Yes Excellent Alright it's been episode 361 of the Cigar Hustler Podcast Alright All right. Thank you very much. Stay tuned for the Patreon.
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Show Notes
This week, we dive into the hottest trending topics making headlines! The San Francisco 49ers fall short against the Seahawks in a shocking loss, a baby carrots recall turns tragic with one confirmed fatality, and Josh Allen delivers the play of the game as the Bills defeat the Chiefs. Plus, Spirit Airlines faces turbulence as its HR files for bankruptcy.
Phil brings us his Trending Facts with the jaw-dropping story of a famous ballerina’s fall from a 5th-floor balcony, and BDP delivers his Industry News as the King peels back the layers to uncover the truth behind the big cigar stories.
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