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Cigars Daily LIVE 444: The Sultan Returns (and We Won an Award)
Tonight is a celebration on Cigars Daily LIVE, and we've got more than one reason to raise a glass. The Sultan of the Sahara story has a new chapt...
Untitled EpisodeCigars Daily LIVE 443: The Other Half of Cigars Daily In The Hot Seat!
You've heard me talk about him for years. Tonight the other half of Cigars Daily takes the hot seat. Jim is my business partner, my co-founder, and my father-in-law, and for more than eight years we've built this whole thing together. The show,...
Cigars Daily LIVE 442: Steve Saka Spills Everything on the LecheBurra
Steve Saka is back on the show, and tonight he's spilling everything on the LecheBurra. If you were here for Episode 405, you saw the origin stor...
Cigars Daily LIVE 441: Inside the Laranja Hybrid (Before Anyone Else)
Tonight we're doing something special. The Espinosa Laranja Hybrid isn't out in the wild yet, and we're taking you inside the blend and the whole experience before it gets there. This is the fourth chapter of the Laranja story, a line that's be...
Cigars Daily LIVE 440: Like Father, Like Son (Ft. Nicholas Perdomo III)
Tonight we've got a special one. Nicholas Perdomo III joins us LIVE to talk about what it means to be the fourth generation of a cigar family and what it's like to blend side by side with your own father. Nicholas is the man behind the Perdomo ...
Cigars Daily LIVE 439: The Cigar Apocalypse is Coming
Grab your go bag and check your humidor seals because the signs are everywhere. Nicaragua's president just announced there will be no more elections. Ever. That's the country that grows more premium cigar tobacco than anywhere else on the plane...
Cigars Daily LIVE 438: The Most Obsessive Cigar Maker I Know
Tonight on Cigars Daily LIVE 438, Michael Herklots of Ferio Tego Cigars is joining us in the studio—and there may not be anybody in this industry who thinks more deliberately about the experience of a cigar.Michael is not new to this wor...
Cigars Daily LIVE 437: The Fake Cigars in YOUR Collection
I can prove the cigars in your humidor are fake. Actually, I can't. But here's the thing about the internet in 2026: I don't have to. I just have to say it with confidence and let the doubt do the rest. Welcome to the greatest era of skepticism...
Cigars Daily LIVE 436: LecheBurra is Back. The Whole Crew is Lighting Up.
If you were here for Episode 405, you already know the story. Steve Saka and I cooked up something completely unhinged together. Part genius, part madness, all heart. The Dunbarton LecheBurra Cigars Daily Edition was one of the most talked abou...
Cigars Daily LIVE 435: Suprise! Blind Taste Test
Tonight the whole crew is putting their palates on the line. El Rey Del Terrence, Amber P Buckets, and Tim the Teefs are each bringing a blind taste test challenge for the other two to compete in. That means nobody knows what they’re smoking, e...
Cigars Daily LIVE 434: The Hunt For Rare Cigars
Every cigar enthusiast has a list. Not the cigars you grab on a Tuesday because they're on the shelf and the price is right. The other list. The cigars you hunt for. The ones that are allocated, or limited, or priced at a level where buying one...
Cigars Daily LIVE 433: One Small Puff for Man, One Giant Cigar for Mankind
The Johnny Tobacconaut Maduro just landed on shelves and tonight we're cracking it open live with the whole crew. If you've been following the Room101 ...
Cigars Daily LIVE 432: You Might Be A Cigar Hoarder
There's a moment in every cigar enthusiast's life where you look at your collection and think "this might be a problem." Maybe it was the second humidor. Maybe it was when you started hiding boxes from your spouse. Maybe it was when you realize...
Cigars Daily LIVE 431: America's 13th Favorite Holiday is Technically Worth Celebrating
Father's Day is America's 13th favorite holiday. Thirteenth. Behind Halloween. Behind Labor Day. Behind New Year's Eve AND New Year's Day, which honestly shouldn't even count as two separate holidays. It has a 67% approval rating, which means a...
Cigars Daily LIVE 430: Tonight We Open The VALUT!
Every cigar person has that shelf. The one in the back of the humidor that you don’t touch. The aged ones. The rare ones. The ones you bought for a special occasion that never came. The ones you keep rotating to the back because the moment neve...
Cigars Daily LIVE 429: Limited Edition Cigar Cage Match
Two cigars. Same brand. Same blender. Completely different weight classes. Tonight we’re locking them both in the cage and only one is walking out with the win.One of these cigars was built for the backyard. Grab a box, throw it in the c...
Cigars Daily LIVE 428: Made in America. Every. Single. Leaf.
July 4th, 2026 is America's 250th birthday. Two and a half centuries since the Declaration of Independence was signed and the whole experiment got started. The country is throwing a party and the cigar industry showed up with something I honest...
Cigars Daily LIVE 427: Is My Father's New Cigar Better Than the Blue?
Last year My Father dropped the Blue and it changed the conversation. A Honduran puro from the Garcia family, produced at their brand new factory, and it flew off shelves faster than anyone expected. Some people called it a home run. Some thoug...
Cigars Daily LIVE 426: The Cigar Makers We're Betting On
Tonight on Cigars Daily LIVE, I've got fresh space in the humidor and I'm looking to fill it with cigar makers that are actually worth going all in on. Not brands with one good cigar. Brands that show real consistency, identity, momentum, and s...
Cigars Daily LIVE 425: Our Most Anticipated Cigars of 2026
PCA 2026 is almost here and the announcements are coming in faster than we can keep up with. Dunbarton just dropped 18,000 new releases. Espinosa is putting out eight-ish. My Father has La Lealtad. Oliva built a humidor shaped like a soccer bal...
Cigars Daily LIVE 424: Cigars Are About to Get Weird
PCA 2026 is right around the corner and the leaks are already out of control. Plasencia is changing their entire logo and brand identity for the first time in forever. My Father just announced a brand new release called La Lealtad coming out of...
Cigars Daily LIVE 423: The Cock of the Walk Has Arrived (ft. Jonas Santana)
If you've watched this show for any amount of time, you know Billy. The man, the myth, the chicken wrangler. Cigars Daily's fictional CEO who rules the roost with an iron beak and has earned a cult following among the Cigars Daily Nation. Tonig...
Cigars Daily LIVE 422: The Baron of Broadleaf — Baring It All
Tonight on Cigars Daily LIVE we've got Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigars in the house. Nick is one of the most respected names in the business and Foundation is celebrating 10 years, so we're getting into the whole story. How the brand started,...
Cigars Daily LIVE 421: Cigars That Make Us Green With Envy
Tonight on Cigars Daily LIVE 421, we’re leaning into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit and talking about the cigars that make us green with envy. These are the projects that make other cigar makers stop and say, “Man… I wish we had done that.” From ...
Cigars Daily LIVE 420: We Hit Milestones… Then Saka’s Jubilee Crashed the Party
Tonight on Cigars Daily LIVE 420, we’re celebrating milestones… and then immediately getting shown up by Steve Saka. Over the last few weeks there have been a lot of big moments worth raising a cigar for — 15 years of marriage, 10 years working...