Some days feel like tuna — routine, dull, functional.

This episode is a journey into the hidden world of tobacco and the number 12:

12 tobacco hybrid seeds representing human craft, adaptation, and the choices we plant with intention, and

12 tobacco diseases representing nature’s unseen pressures—blight, rot, mould, and virus

A reflective journey back to childhood — growing up, making do, and learning resilience.

A cigar that slows time and invites quiet thought

The Scandinavian Viking Cigar, silence, surrender, from the depths within

A Shakespearean Tragedy, life is never fair for short people an anecdotal introduction to both Saddam Hussain and Part 1 of the Cohiba Cigar  

In Rome, smoke drifts through narrow streets and unmade choices. This episode is a reflection whilst smoking a 2012 Oscar Valladares cigar, fire, patience, and the cost of not acting—when comfort becomes a cage and life quietly decides for you.

This episode of Cigar Stories pairs the bold Partagás Serie P No. 2 with the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Through rich smoke, measured reflection, and storytelling, we explore strength, discipline, and leadership, inviting cigar aficionados and mature listeners to slow down and consider legacy beyond history

Cigar Stories turns its attention to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, exploring his life, discipline, leadership, and quiet strength. Through reflective storytelling, historical insight, and the ritual of cigar smoking, this episode invites a mature audience to slow down and consider power, identity, and legacy beyond headlines and history books.

Cigar Stories – Part 2 continues the journey into the mind of Sigmund Freud, using a gentle hypnotic script to explore the unconscious as he described it. Designed for a mature audience and cigar aficionados, this episode invites listeners to slow down, follow the rhythm of the ritual, and reflect more deeply on thought, memory, and the spaces beneath conscious awareness.