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Welcome back to the Hot Ashes Podcast – TK is off getting married, so Lee is holding it down at George’s Cigar Shop in Swansboro, NC with Cody, Chris, Roger, and Solange.

In this episode, we light up some great sticks, crack a few cold ones, and go down a bunch of hilarious rabbit holes:

In this episode:

• Bourbon & Distillery Adventures:
  Roger breaks down his bucket list trip to Kentucky – Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, tasting straight from the barrel, bourbon history, and the wild economics of Pappy Van Winkle.
• New Orleans Stories:
  Chris talks about his work trip to New Orleans – WWII Museum, Jazz Fest, crawfish, gumbo, jambalaya, and why Bourbon Street is “the funner parts of hell.”
• Cigars & Drinks of the Night:
  The crew shares what they’re smoking and drinking, from George’s house cigars to Guinness, Four Roses Single Barrel, and even nicotine-free pouches.
• Tesla, Trucks & Road Trips:
  Real talk on Teslas, range anxiety, self‑driving, charging times, old trucks, gas prices, and why some of us just aren’t sold on EV road trips yet.
• DIY & Dumb Injury Confessions:
  Power tools while drinking, garage projects gone wrong, childhood BMX and BB gun disasters, eyeball mishaps, and why you probably should wear safety gear.
• Hospitals, Surgeons & Anesthesia:
  A serious detour into a wild case of a surgeon removing the wrong organ, how that can even happen, anesthetic horror/funny stories, colonoscopies, concussions, and psych/brain treatments.
• Random Shenanigans:
  TK’s wedding, retirement plans, kayaks, Ironman training, cold plunges, generational differences, and growing up pre‑smartphone.

If you like cigars, bourbon, dark humor, military stories, and absolutely unfiltered conversation, you’re in the right place.

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