Friday, September 6th on Smoke Night LIVE we welcome back out good friend Héctor J. Alfonso Sr. from Espinosa Premium Cigars. On this episode we trace Héctor’s roots to get the entire story of how and why he became “Mr. Warmth”. We will also discuss our five favorite childhood toys in our Weekly Top 5 segment. Last but not least we will pick a winner in the #WhenIwasaKid contest.
Friday, August 30th on Smoke Night LIVE, our guest was scheduled to be Casey Haugen from CRUX Cigars, but he ungraciously cancelled on us at the last moment—clearly an un unprofessional move. In his place, William Cooper (AKA Cigar Coop) will be our guest, as we talk cigar industry secrets and the most underrated rock bands of all time!
Thursday August 22nd is a very special edition of Smoke Night LIVE and it’s a little something we like to call…. CAVALCADE of STARS! Yes folks it’s that time of year for the annual Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival and all sorts of cigar stars will be in town and they are all headed to Dojo studios for a special edition of SNL. The guest of honor is Terence Reilly as he introduces the Bonsai a special cigar collaboration made just for Dojonation. Also on the show will be: Jack Torano, Robert Caldwel...
Friday August 16th on Smoke Night LIVE and welcome in our good friend Nick Libretti from JR Cigar as our special guest. As summer winds down we will discuss some of our favorite things from summer 2019 as well as some of the things that disappointed us this summer. We will also be discussing our favorite movies from the 1980’s as well as providing more information about the new Bonsai that will be released next week!
Friday August 9th is a special episode of Smoke Night LIVE because you will get two shows for the price of one! Yes that’s right folks the first half of the show will feature a HUGE announcement with special guests Rob Rasmussen and Randy Griggs. Then in the 2nd half of the show Emmett Malone of Blind Man’s Puff will be in studio with some new cigars that Sensei and Jordan will daringly smoke blind on the show and rate and review.
Friday August 2nd we welcome Mike Szczepankiewicz to Smoke Night LIVE and get all the details on the three-headed monster that is: Cigar Hustler (the shop), Cigar Hustler (the podcast) and of course Powstanie (the brand). One of the great things about Mike is he isn’t afraid to speak his mind and therefore you need to tune in and watch this show. Plus Master Sensei will smoke his first ever Powstanie LIVE on the show.
Friday July 26th we will interview Robert Holt from Southern Draw Cigars on Smoke Night LIVE. It’s an exciting year for Southern Draw as they celebrate five years in the cigar industry.
Prepare yourself for a cigar show like no other. Yes folks this has never been done before and we admit it’s a bit risky. The Dojo crew will light-up and review 10 cigars from this summer’s IPCPR show and rate them on the spot (LIVE)
This week on Smoke Night LIVE we interview Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac. Find out how Skip and the gang did in Vegas at this year’s IPCPR (PCA) Trade Show. And of course we will explore all the details of the Whiskey Rebellion “Pennsatucky” that will go on sale earlier that day. And Skip will fill us in on the BAKA which was one of the more talked about cigars at this year’s trade show.
It’s been a grueling week on the trade show floor and we have seen a lot of new products that cigar smokers everywhere need to know about. We will deconstruct what’s hot and what’s not with Emmett Malone of Blind Man’s Puff and Tripp Waldrop from Cigar Federation. Not only that but we will pick a winner from this week’s #MERICA contest on the Dojo app. Last but certainly not least we will discuss a big announcement that you will NOT want to miss.
Friday June 21st is the 200th episode of Smoke Night LIVE. To celebrate this special occasion our good friend, former sow co-host, and now Alec Bradley brand rep Jack Heyer will be in studio adding his typical well-researched tidbits of information. We will also hear from a variety of other friends of the show via our 1970s era answering machine. Make sure to tune in to this special episode for fun and the possibility of winning a special prize.
Episode ??? of Smoke Night LIVE will give the viewer the chance to win a great prize package including a full box of Protocol Habano in Toro format, a Crux Cigar T-Shirt, and a sweet Drew Estate Dirty Rat ball cap. During the show if you can be the best at guessing the name of the song based on the lyrics we read on the show you can be the winner. Viewers will type their answer in the facebook comments of the LIVE broadcast. Have fun and good luck!
Episode 199 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest William Cooper of Cigar-Coop. Coop is one of our favorite guys in the industry and has a wealth of knowledge about whats happening in the cigar business. But the best part about Coop is he has a great take on just about every topic you can throw at him. Join us Friday night when we catch up with Coop and get his thoughts on a wide variety of topics.
Episode 198 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest Sam Morales the former Director of Marketing for Drew Estate. Sam left Drew Estate back in late August of 2018 and has since gone on to…. well… no one is exactly sure but that’s what we aim to find out. Sam’s new company Cheddar Alchemy is a bit mysterious so we plan to cut the cheese with Sam and find out what’s up.
Episode 197 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest Glynn Loope from Cigar Rights of America. The freedom’s of cigar smokers continue to erode and we will get Glynn’s thoughts on the big push to make 21 the new federal legal age for tobacco. We will also find out if Canada’s plain packaging laws are something that’s destined to end up here in the states. Now more than ever it’s important that cigar smokers understand the challenges we face to our freedom so please tune in to get the lates...
Episode 196 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest Dan Welsh from L’atelier Imports and Tatuaje. Dan and his team have created some of the most unique cigar releases in the industry including the Surrogates line that pays homage to some of your favorite releases from other companies. Dan has seen it all in the craft cigar world so it will be interesting to get his take on the state of the industry in it’s current form.
Episode 195 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature Mike Bellody owner of MLB Cigar Ventures. Not only is Mike the man behind some exciting blends such as the Imperia and David P. Ehrlich but he is also one of the snappiest dressed dues in the entire cigar industry and that’s no easy task. We will get Mike’s thoughts on being a boutique cigar manufacturer in the unsteady world of premium cigars and also find out what’s next for MLB Cigar Ventures.
Episode 194 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature our good buddy Emmett Malone of Blind Man’s Puff. We have a load of things to discuss including our Weekly Top 5 where we discuss the 5 most desirable characteristics in a cigar lounge i.e., when you walk into a lounge what aspects make you feel comfortable or uncomfortable? We will also discuss Game of Thrones, Avengers End Game, NHL Playoff Hockey and the NFL Draft so make sure to tune and add your opinion to the conversation.
Episode 193 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest Miguel Schoedel the National Sales Manager of Crowned Heads Cigars. Miguel is a 15 year veteran in the cigar industry working for the likes of CAO, Torano, Duran, and Crowned Heads. We will get the inside scoop on all things Crowned Heads including the yet-to-be-announced 2019 Las Calaveras.
Episode 192 of Smoke Night LIVE will feature special guest Kristoper Hart. Kris is the host of the popular podcast Whiskey Neat. He is also the man behind Houston Bourbon Society, the largest single market whiskey group in the US and The States largest Whiskey Festival: The Houston Whiskey Social. The Whiskey Neat podcast can be seen on Facebook and heard on ESPN 97.5 FM. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about whiskey but were afraid to ask on this episode of Smoke Night LIVE.
Episode 191 is a special Thursday night edition of Smoke Night LIVE featuring craft beer guru Randy Griggs. Besides being a hardcore Dojo member Randy has been the Craft Division – Team Lead for Northern California’s largest beer distributor for the past seven years. Randy oversees Brand Management and Sales strategy for an extensive portfolio of craft beers. With 16 years of experience working in the craft category, Randy has worked for the Brewers Association organizing and hosting beer educat...
Episode 190 of SNL comes to you LIVE from Protocol Studios in eastern Pennsylvania. This special Thursday night edition of the show will feature Juan Cancel and Bill Ives of Cubariqueño Cigar Company. We will be talking about our newest collaboration cigar the Protocol Night Stick which will be released Friday April 5th. Every time Juan and Bill are on the show things get wild so you will not want to miss this epic episode.
Episode 189 of Smoke Night LIVE features special guest Klaas Pieter Kelner the brand ambassador for Davidoff Cigars. Klaas and the Dojo crew will be smoking and commenting on the highly acclaimed and anticipated Especiales 7 which is returning after a 15-year hiatus. We will also ask Klaas some in-depth cigar questions during our “Klaas is in Session” segment.
Episode 188 of Smoke Night LIVE features special guest Rob Rasmussen formerly of Mombacho Cigars, Cigar Federation and Cigar Chat. We will catch up with Robby and find out what he is up to with Laughing Monk Brewing as well as the recent announcement that Robby has joined the Cigar Dojo staff! We will also put him to the test in the Cigar Company Stock Market. Make sure to tune in and join the fun on what has become the place to be on Friday night for cigar lovers.
Episode 187 of Smoke Night LIVE featuring special guest Jonathan Carney Vice President of Sales of La Flor Dominicana. Jonathan is an outspoken guy who does not hesitate to share his opinion which always makes for a great show. Tune in to see what’s up with Jonathan, LFD, and find out what’s on our Weekly Top 5 list.
Episode 186 of Smoke Night LIVE comes to you live from RoMa Craft Tobac headquarters in Austin Texas. SNL’s Jack Heyer will be will be on location from Austin with Mike Rosales and Danny Vazquez of RoMa Craft while Skip Martin will join the show on remote thereby bringing the entire RoMa Craft team together in one place (so to speak). A surprise announcement will highlight the show as well as the Weekly Top 5 and much, much more.
On this episode we highlight the Top 5 "Florida Man" headlines along with Eric and Jack's Double Take. We also select and announce the winner of the 50 Premium Cigars giveaway.
Episode 184 of Smoke Night LIVE comes to you live from the Alec Bradley Cigars headquarters in Fort Lauderdale Florida. The Dojo crew will interview Alan, Alec and Bradley Rubin of Alec Bradley.
Episode 183 of Smoke Night LIVE features guests Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana and Even Darnell from the Red Meat Lover's Club.
And they are back!! Episode 182 of Smoke Night LIVE features our good friends Danny Moya from Moya Ruiz Cigars and Abe Dababneh from Smoke Inn. While the company briefly fell from the limelight they are back and have announced the Hand Gripper a Microblend release with Smoke Inn in Boynton Beach Florida. We will catch up with Danny and Nelson and get the inside scoop regarding what’s been happening the last couple years with their company.
