Nice Ashes: Cigars and Culture

Mike and Nate smoke an Oliva Nub Habano 5" and talk about aliens, Steven Greer, Bob Lazar, Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, Unacknowledged, Ancient Aliens, the god helmet, Star Trek, Erich von Däniken, Coast to Coast, Mysterious Universe, the war on terror, Ukraine, propaganda, ammunition, Gulf of Tonkin, Ghislaine Maxwell, Survival Russia, watches and bowling balls.

Mike and Nate smoke an Oliva Nub Habano and talk about pipe tobacco, Toppling Goliath Brewery, coffee, Oliver Pluff & Company tea, liquor cigars, mixed drinks, and beer.

Mike and Nate smoke a Nub Cameroon and talk about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Donovan's Reef, Island in the Sky, Alfred Hitchcock, Paint Your Wagon, The Cowboys, Bruce Dern, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons, Stargate, the decline of television shows, professional wrestling, and beard growing.

Mike and Nate smoke Alec Bradley seconds and talk about boots, Slaughterhouse-Five, post-modernist literature, WWII, grandfathers, Game of Thrones, Rings of Power, Fantastic Beasts, and Harry Potter.

Mike, Nate and special guest Dev smoke a Buffalo Trace and talk about how to smoke a cigar, taxing cigarettes, socket adapters, National Night Out, killer bees, the male urge to fight, Fight Club, Cuban cigars, assault weapon bans, wrestling. and prison reality shows.

Mike and Nate smoke a Perdomo Reserve Champagne 10th Anniversary Super Toro and talk about Whole Foods, deodorants, incels, volcels, migtow, MRA, Shakespeare, pornography, Magic the Gathering, offensive jokes, divorce, gender disparity, Tom Cruise, child support, and domestic abuse.

Mike and Nate smoke a Partagas Black Label and talk about Animal Farm, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, The Stand, Kindle Paperwhite, vinyl, CDs, concept albums, Green Day, Titus Andronicus, Brave New World, Slaughterhouse Five, Lord of the Flies, Mark Cuban's pharmacy, Elon Musk, Salman Rushdie, and quiet-quitting.

Mike and Nate smoke a Macanudo Inspirado Red and talk about media, shitty movies, Prey, Sharks of the Corn, Llamageddon, and Oats Studios.

Mike and Nate smoke a Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 and talk about Joe Biden and marijuana laws, the Minneapolis Teacher's Union contract, tenure, nurses, reverse racism, women's studies and Mein Kampf, ladies night, being single in society, early settler bathing habits, soap preferences, local news, Breonna Taylor, gulag culture, the political party switch, state vs federal, abortion fallout, and the process to legalize things.

Mike and Nate smoke a Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 and talk about removing brand logos, gendered products, trap shooting, target shooting, white liquor, fragile masculinity, men's fashion, hobbies, bowling, New Glarus beer, antiquing, plumbing, and pickle ball.