Episode 390: Have a Cup of Shut the F-Up
– Plaistow Cigar Co; Plaistow, NH

Back home in Plaistow where this all began, we check out the new lounge seating, Dennis mans the bar, and we hear from the Maltese Falcon. The Hidden Herf fools some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time.

Local Spotlight – Plaistow Cigar Co; Plaistow, NH

Conspiracy Corner – The Flim-Flam Scam

Episode 389: Red and Blue Make Purple
– Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH

The Hacks sit down with the Amanda and Lauren from Micallef Cigars to get the latest details on the Color Series. Things go off the rails early because we have been sitting in the lounge for a couple hours with the podcast juice flowing while the technical issues were resolved. This is an educational and entertaining episode with a high rating for the Hidden Herf.

Local Spotlight – Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Who Lived in Argentina?

Episode 388: PCA 2025 Recap
– Local Spotlight: Castro’s Backroom; Concord, NH

The crew is back from New Orleans and PCA 2025, where we get a couple of perspectives from their PCA experiences. This month marks the end of an era for Castro’s in Concord. The mail bag is full and Nurse Rick takes a beating from Miserable Nick. The Hidden Herf receives ratings at both ends of the spectrum.

Local Spotlight – Castro’s Backroom; Concord, NH

Conspiracy Corner – 3D Chess with the EU

Episode 386: Party for the Hell of it 4.0
– Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA

We are at the Tobacco Shack’s “Party for the Hell of it 4.0” and it’s a fuller house than last year. We are joined by Mike the Cop, our local Rocky Patel rep who conspires with one of our own on the Hidden Herf. It turns out to be a good one!

Local Spotlight – The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA

Conspiracy Corner – The 15 Minute City

Episode 385: The Gifts
– Local Spotlight: The Cigar Authority; Salem, NH

It’s a six-pack of Hacks this week in the Mustang Barn. It’s time for low keyed recording but it turns out to be a very funny episode with a few surprise gifts. Sure, alcohol was a factor. The Hidden Herf falls “short” but still gets a good rating.

Local Spotlight – The Cigar Authority; Salem, NH and Oz Family Cigars

Conspiracy Corner – Election Validation

Episode 384: Great Cigars
– Local Spotlight: Federal Cigar; Dover, NH

It has been 5 years to the week since we’ve done an episode at Federal Cigar and The Slow Burn Lounge in Dover. With the new management, a Hack behind the bar, and Jim from the Great Cigars Podcast in town the stars aligned in Dover. The lounge is full and the jokes are almost non stop, so get your score card out because there are a lot of panelists for this weeks raucous episode.

Local Spotlight – Federal Cigar; Dover, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Money Machine

Episode 383: Story Time with Special Guest: Jonathan Carney
– Local Spotlight: Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH

Jonathan Carney joins the Hacks this week to talk about his new venture; Bentley Tobacco | USA and Bentley Cigars. We start out be going to the beginning and telling stories around our collective cigar adventures. This is a long one so we smoke two different cigars, both are well received by the panel. Somehow we manage to get the peanut gallery on the the show and there’s a lightning round of questions at the end.

Local Spotlight – Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH

Conspiracy Corner – The Twin Towers

Episode 382: Back from Florida
– Local Spotlight: Cigar Castle; Tampa, FL

Nurse Rick, Pat McGroin, and Mustang Mike return from Florida with tall tales. This week we record in the 7-20-4 Lounge at Twins Smoke Shop in Londonderry, NH where Nick Goss is holding an HVC Cigars event. The Hidden Herf is an unusual novelty cigar. Three new Hacks are sworn in.

Local Spotlight – Cigar Castle; Tampa, FL

Conspiracy Corner – The Velocity of Money

FYI – this episode dropped on Mario Day.

Episode 381: Not Tired of Winning
– Local Spotlight: Grumpy’s Cigars & Lounge; Hudson, NH

The crew drops in to Grumpy’s Cigar & Lounge for the Oliva Cigar event this week and we seem to win the majority of the swag. We have to wait until after the event to do the recording because it was just too busy in the lounge. There is a contingent of half a dozen Hacks at Rocky Patel’s Burn Lounge in Naples Florida at the same time, so we sort of do this episode from both locations.

Local Spotlight – Grumpy’s Cigars & Lounge; Hudson, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Must Watch TV and Great Lakes Geometry