James and Jeff present: Tales from the Phoenix Cigar Lounge

We run long on this one we smoke 2 cigars and eat a charcuterie board, drink whiskey, and talk about a lot of different things.

Ever wondered about acceptance? Ever wondered about how to cope with horrible injuries and bad life situations? John had been injured both emotionally and physically and joins us to have a great cigar and a great conversation.

Due to catastrophic software and hardware failures we are behind an episode although we have done many bonus episodes. We are growing be patient.

Jim and Bruce have been friends for a long time and it shows. We look forward to featuring Bruce as a special guest in the future. We just kind of talk about this and that as we tend to do. High lights are the organic nature of a cigar and meal or snack gathering. You should have one too!

Listen to how the Lounge started and hear some great stories from the start to now on how the lounge is a great sanctuary from the outside world but how it can also create a great community. What a special place and what a great couple of guests / hosts. Check out our Instagram for pics from the lounge coming soon.

John is a great human, author, musician, and so much more. Check him out on all the social medias and more. We had so much fun and the man in person is so much more than the recording.

We enjoy a great conversation with Joe from UPS originally out of San Francisco who transferred up here to Grass Valley about 5 years ago. We talk about the importance of independence from the government and having reliable friends for getting things done. We readdress the fall of Rome, the importance of community, and how great it is to take a break and enjoy a cigar and a chat.

Jeff and James talk about how no one knows how to spend your money better than you do or do they? We enjoy the novelty of the bourbon infused aganorsa leaf and the bourbon that came from the barrel that the cigars were infused in.

What can I say? Graydon is a well traveled individual and has lots of life experience. We hear a small bit about this and that and talk a little more about brewing and compassion and some of his history.

Today we have Graydon Brown from Grass Valley Brewing and we talk cigars beers and life in general. I can not explain how nice it is to have interesting people on this podcast but I can say how important it is to have friends and go outside your comfort zone and try new things and meet new people. Here we try just that. Stay tuned for more interesting guests.

Check out Luke on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lukepapararo726 We chat about family, charity, church, life and hobbies.

The title didn't let me do an enyay so we had to say years. We talk about the stress and stuff that first responders especially police have to deal with and strongly suggest that you comply when in interactions with law enforcement. We also tell you how we get our humidors back up to humidity with the changing of the seasons. In high humidity environments definitely get a lower 2 way boveda pa...

We rate and review the rocky patel ALR and talk about how a rating is done at the end. We also suggest trying new sizes of cigars and why that is important for the over all rating. We discuss the Cigar Aficionado rating system and some recent news events. We are also talking about getting some merch / SWAG out to our fans and have already ordered our first subscriber their own lighter with our ori...

We talk about what we are looking forward to in the new year and wish you all a happy new year. Please feel free to comment and send us an email cigarsandconversationspod@gmail.com

We talk about all kinds of things but we do make sure to talk cigars towards the end and also shout out our first subscriber who's lighter is on the way from Zippo. it is custom engraved with our first season episode art and a special title for the first subscriber! Thank you for subscribing everyone! We look forward to season 2 with more guests and great topics and of course great drinks and...

Harold, Jeff and James chat about evolution, wildlife, taxes, and Vise Grip Garage. We wander around quite a bit but always get back to the cigar and we also announce the final few episodes of the year. Make sure you subscribe for the up coming 2 pack of episodes for subscribers only.

This is the year end wrap up, I know the year isn't over but we have to say thank you and tell you about our growth and about things coming next year before it gets too busy. Christmas is right around the corner and Jeff gives Harold and I some beautifully engraved custom Zippo lighters! I foreshadow the upcoming interviews with Jim, John Volez, and James and Nicole from Stuki and the Phoenix...

We talk about the immigration issue and parking and some of the things to come on this podcast. Grass Valley has a parking issue and we talk about the possibility of a parking structure and maybe a shuttle to the downtown areas here in Grass Valley to allow more people to enjoy our lovely town. We also talk about the burden on sanctuary cities and states with the large number of immigrants seeking...

Today James and Jeff sit and enjoy a Oliva Serie V 135th Anniversary and chat about our top 5ish cigars and pairings, we wander around in other topics as well.

Today Jim joins the fellas and we talk about the finer things in life, booze, food, and of course cigars.

Today we talk about social programs, crime, poverty, and community. We don't solve the problems but we do address how we can be lower impact on the taxpayer, our neighbors, and community.

James gives the run down on how to purge your mouth of the wonderful flavors and aromas from cigars so the people you love don't know you smoked. Amber shyly tells us about food as medicine and poison.

Did an intro after we hung up so just listen and enjoy.

Today we enjoy a short call in from Jeff from Minnesota while he's visiting his family. How was the call in quality? We're working on using computer call ins in the future. We also discuss professionalism and work ethic.j

Tonight we get together and have a nice pepper corn crusted steak and twice baked potatoes, candied brussel sprouts, bacon infused asparagus and some nice red wine with a port with our cigars. Our conversations wondered around but we always returned to the great times and pleasant gatherings and wonderful pairings we have had in the past and hopefully in the future.