Nice Ashes: Cigars and Culture

Mike and Nate smoke an Undercrown Maduro and talk about shoes, shoe care, shoe products, and how to try on shoes. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke an Undercrown Shade and talk about 1984's Dune, Purple Rain, Family Guy, NeverEnding Story, Lord of the Rings, Alien, Disney's Snow White remake, and Santa Claus. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a La Gloria Cubana Classic Maduro and talk about the Mandela Effect, Mighty Ducks, We Are The Champions*, Monopoly, Pokemon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Star Wars, Sinbad, MASH**, Cruella DeVil, Oreo Double Stuf, Guam, Flintstones, John Maclean, Mister Rogers, Silence of the Lambs, Risky Business, Lord of the Rings, Fruit of the Loom, micro modal underwear, Sally Field, Curious George,...

Mike and Nate smoke a La Gloria Cubana Serie N and talk about idioms, history of cigars, the softening of language, George Carlin, the field of cloth and gold, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, jazz, Horatio Nelson, Magic 2.0, Frederick Douglass, Les Misérables, Catcher in the Rye, Great Gatsby, and the Count of Monte Cristo. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a La Gloria Cubana Spanish Press and talk about the 4th of July, infractions, misdemeanors, felonies and whatever Michigan is doing. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a Gurhka Titan and talk about Pride Flags, pride fest, the Titan submersible, and final thoughts on the Gurhka series. Flag article: https://www.advocate.com/gay-pride-parade/36-queer-pride-flags-know#rebelltitem1 Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a Gurkha Crest and talk about Jordan Neely, Berkshire Hathaway, Bill Gates, critical race theory, Epstein, the pregnant nurse Citi bike incident, the Great Reset, Covid, Supreme Court Justice bribes, Nestle, the companies that control everything, Biden's EV plan, and the George Floyd riots. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a Gurkha Centurian and talk about double torpedoes, Mike's weekend, Jimmy Dore, gun cleaning, hunting stories, shoe shopping, bike rides, firetainment centers, the Mandalorian, Catholics, and placenta smoothies.

Mike and Nate smoke a Gurkha Vintage 2001 and talk about white Russians, iron butterflies, rough weeks and weekends, water heaters, catalytic converters, automotive repair, corporate pollution, and Avatar the Way of Water.

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO MX2 and talk about lighting techniques, the Dune book series, Harry Potter, Noam Chomsky, Star Trek, and Stephen King. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate smoke a LFD Double Ligero with special guest Simcha and talk about webseries, DJs, Chicago, Orthodox Jews, conversions, the smallness of the universe, kosher cigars, instruments, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Jon Voight, Bob Dylan, Charles Manson, Chris Brown, R. Kelly, Jewish Heavy Metal, Korn, National Novel Writing Month, Team Spirit Art House, Walter Benjamin, eternal hell, B...

Mike and Nate smoke a Gurkha Beast and talk about Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Stephen King, the odds of making money, and Bud Light. Link to the report .Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091758267462

Mike and Nate have some technical difficulties, smoke a Gurkha Beauty, and talk about America being the best country in the world, IMF, World Bank, Human Development Index, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), health, education, economy, unemployment, inflation, countries going bankrupt, happiness, hustle culture, and prisoners. Find us on Facebook: https://www.faceboo...

Mike and Nate smoke a Romeo y Julieta 1875 and talk about humidor set-ups for the show sticks, smoking lounges, presidential collectible ashtrays, cheroots, audiobooks, the Trump indictment, grouse, pheasants, hunting, the Oliver North defense, baby shower games, wildlife, natural architecture, shared spaces, national parks, and leaving places better than you found them. Thanks to Gary and Kayla f...

Mike and Nate smoke a MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured and talk about the Stillwater lift bridge, old wives' tales, cold sores, piles, hemorrhoids, chicken soup, eye color, genetics, cows in the rain, weather apps, mobile browsers, middle ground, chopping onions, carrots, radar, fevers, colds, carpet dents, participation ribbons, They Live, Mr. Bean, counting sheep, drinking water, chewing parsley, tooth...

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO Black and talk about tattoos, piercings, age restrictions, professional dress, tanning beds, Nebraska's gender affirming surgery ban for minors, transtrending, plastic surgery, military recruiting, bullying, social media, Gifts From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, writing systems, oral traditions, Star Wars, and...

Mike and Nate smoke a Macanudo Inspirado Black and talk about the movies they've been watching, including Women Talking, Tar, Harvey Weinstein, Brendan Fraser, Avatar The Way of Water, The Mandalorian, Marvel, Book of Boba Fett, Cocaine Bear, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, South Park, Good Burger, Rings of Power, television writers, the writers strike, Commando, The Barbarians, anime, Tokyo Godfa...

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO Italia for a Mike Knows episode about the Amish.

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO Brazilia and get heated about Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mandalorian, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ahsoka, train jumping, Rogue One, James Bond, modern writing, Lord of the Rings Victorian novels, and OH MY GOD HOW MUCH DOES MIKE LOVE AHSOKA?!?!?!

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO America and talk about Surly Brewing, tools, hand staplers, and a "Mike Knows" topic about the Manson family.

Mike and Nate smoke a Kristoff Connecticut and talk about Christmas, friends, The Case for Christ, The Case Against the Case for Christ, the origins of religion, Tammy Faye, mega-churches, fetishes, gay conversion, Egypt's sunken city, faith stories and snowmobilers.

Mike and Nate smoke a 5 Vegas Cask Strength, battle tech issues and talk about snow blowers, taxes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, national divorce, secession, moving for work, Britain's 4-day workweek trial, remote work productivity, artificial intelligence, Russian hackers, small towns, light beer, bowling, and technical issues.

Mike and Nate smoke a 5 Vegas Series A and talk about Confessions of An Economic Hitman, happiness index, corporatocracy, pollution, shamanism, American ideals, the Matrix, online dating, app privacy, retirement age, job satisfaction, Epstein, Musk, Alex Jones, Ukraine, Area 51, Manson family, and gambling.

Mike and Nate smoke a 5 Vegas Classic and talk about Nate's new recording setup, Brittney Griner, spy balloons, airborne toxic event, railroad contract, social security, retirement, student loan forgiveness, Hunter Biden's laptop, GOP recordings, Twitter files, population control, journalism, Catch 22, Ukraine, halftime shows, higher education, and artificial intelligence art.

In the Season 1 finale, Mike and Nate smoke a Plasencia Alma Fuerte and talk about beards, Stephen King, cigar shop recommendations, 3D printing, bowling, black Friday, drugs, beer, board games, highlights and lowlights from the year, social pressures, A Christmas Story, John Carter and the Princess of Mars, Superman, Dolly Parton, failure, and looking forward to 2023.