Nice Ashes: Cigars and Culture

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO Extremem Quad and talk about hunting, target shooting, environmental conservation, getting lost, the food cycle, the loss of innocence, Cecil the Lion, fishing, veganism, wine, Nic Cage, and Cowboy Bebop.

Mike and Nate smoke a CAO Flathead V554 Camshaft and talk about cold weather smoking, open enrollment, etymology, are words racist or is it linguistic tyranny, Crocs vs Uggs, cultural appropriation, Middle English, PTSD, and acronyms.

Mike, Nate and special guest Al smoke a Dark Shark and talk about board games, cigarettes, duckpin bowling, youth hunting, G4, video games, We Need to Go Deeper, Vegas, casinos, manicures, and car dealerships.

Mike and Nate smoke a Nub Double Maduro and talk about Lord of the Flies, THC soda, banned books, Robinson Crusoe, Deathwatch, Hatchet, Red Badge of Courage, Julie of the Wolves, media ratings,

Mike and Nate smoke an Oliva Nub Maduro and talk about Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus 2, diversity in movies and stories, Cruella, Stargate, Star Trek, television writing, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Batman, Superman, Captain Marvel, Joaquin Phoenix, Pinocchio, politics of Hollywood, Robin Hood, and Obi-Wan.

Mike and Nate smoke an Oliva Nub Connecticut and talk about corrupt non-profit organizations, Catholic churches, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, televangelism, Tammy Faye, porn parodies, telemarketers, Black Lives Matter, NRA, Susan G. Komen, and student debt relief.

Mike and Nate smoke an Oliva Nub Cain F and talk about editing the podcast, cheroots, adding a smoking lounge to a garage, watches, selling on eBay, watch straps, daylight savings, the inexperience of youth, Midlemarch, Victorian literature, American Bloomsbury, transcendentalism, Hunter S Thompson, Winston Churchill, Dune, Stephen King, Presidential biographies,

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...

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.

Mike and Nate smoke a Rocky Patel The Edge Fuma and talk about Brittney Griner, marijuana laws, serving in the military, draft dodging, wars, Ukraine, student loan debt, Roe v Wade, protests, effecting change, term limits, minimum wage, inflation, and CGI.

Mike and Nate smoke a Rockey Patel Edge torpedo and talk about protests, bike laws, antiquing, the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibit, instant pot cold brew, tea, coffee making, Trader Joe's, microbreweries, Duluth/Superior hot spots, and liquor laws.

Mike and Nate smoke a The Edge maduro Howitzer from Rocky Patel and talk about vacations, Rockfest, curry, cast iron cooking, New York City, modern bowling shoes, American flag myths, Lewis and Clark, art museums, Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvidor Dali, Chuck Close, Minnesota politicians, weed and tobacco laws, antique guns, Rx meds, immigration, vending machines, ice cream trucks, and knife laws.

Mike, Nate and guest Dave smoke a CAO Moontrance and talk about transgender prostitutes, education, George Carlin, push ups, ice cream trucks, sighting in guns, new insults, inchworms in alcohol, parenting, half baths and Wesley Willis.

Mike and Nate smoke a The Edge Connecticut Howitzer from Rocky Patel and talk about cigar lighting methods, spank banks, the Supreme Court case decisions, Boy Scouts, metal and paper straws, January 6th, French haircuts, spice-heads, tea, Ancient Aliens, religion, Green Book, retirement, universal healthcare, monkey pox, masks, and smoking in buildings.

Mike and Nate smoke a Punch Clasico and talk about cigar cutters and lighters, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Dune, Alien, multiverses and reboots.

Mike and Nate smoke a Cult Blood Red Moon (cherry) cigar and talk about the recent Supreme Court rulings, vodka and other liquor cigars, genital mutilations, the green book, and voting.

Mike and Nate continue the CAO Flavours journey with the Cherry Bomb and talk about gun control solutions, advertising, big data, and licensing,