The Pipes Magazine Radio Show Podcast

Our featured interview tonight is with Jon David Cole. JD is the Owner/Tobacconist at The Country Squire in Jackson, MS, and he is the co-host of the podcast, Country Squire Radio. After a 10-year run, and approaching their 500th episode, it was announced that they would record their last episode live on March 4 at a big party in Jackson, MS. In addition to talking about the podcast and the retail...

Our featured interview tonight is with Ethan Talley. This is the second in our series of interviews with "Journeymen Pipe Smokers" - guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. Ethan has been a Level 4 Kayak Instructor, an instructor in Canoe, Kayak, and Raft Rescue, and has a Masters in Professional Counseling. He got his first taste of pipes and tobaccos in 2013 at Boda Pipes an...

Our featured interview tonight is with Beau York. Beau is the co-host of the soon-to-be ending pipes and tobacco based podcast, Country Squire. After a 10-year run, and approaching their 500th episode, it was announced that Country Squire would record their last episode live on March 4 at a big party in Jackson, MS. Read the press release here. In addition to co-hosting Country Squire, Beau is the...

Our featured interview tonight is with pipe maker Scott Thile. Scott has been making pipes since 2004. In addition to making pipes, Scott is a piano tuner and re-builder, and a bass player. Scott also founded Pipedia.org, and he was on the show way back in 2012 on Episode 10. Scott's son, Chris is also a musician, and his band, Nickel Creek will be our featured music with their Platinum record, "I...

Our featured interview tonight is with Gabe Skypala. This is the first in our series of interviews with "Journeymen Pipe Smokers" - guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. Gabe is a native Texan from Amarillo. He grew up helping out on his uncle's cow farm and thought that might be his trade at the time. He also played college basketball (he's 6'9"), was pre-med at Samford Uni...

We have a pipe personalities packed show tonight. We've been running two different series with two different prominent pipe collectors and authors. We have "Inside Fred's Head" with Fred Hanna. He is the author of the book, “The Perfect Smoke”, and known for collecting straight grain pipes. The other series is a follow-up to Fred, "Rich Responds" with Rich Esserman. Rich has penned innumerous arti...

Our featured interview tonight is with Pete Prevost. Pete is a pipe maker and the President of the BriarWorks pipe factory in Columbia Tennessee. BriarWorks is a a pipe maker co-op with several other pipe makers, including Todd Johnson, who co-founded it with Pete. Brian and Pete will be talking about that as well as the up-coming 2023 Muletown Pipe Show which is held at BriarWorks. In a past life...

Our featured interview tonight is with Matthew McCranie. Matthew is the third generation from McCranie's pipe and tobacco shop in Charlotte, NC. Matthew tells us of the founding of McCranie's by his grandfather in 1979. There's a fun Florida connection including inspiration from Edward's Pipe & Tobacco in Tampa, and some streets named McCranie in Lakeland. We'll also hear about McCranie's long-run...

Our featured interview tonight is with Rich Esserman. This is our third episode with, "Rich Responds" where we go back to a previous discussion with Fred Hanna, and Rich gives his take. Both Rich and Fred are prominent pipe collectors, researchers and writers on pipes and tobacco for several decades. They are both well-known and well-respected in the pipe enthusiast community. We'll see where Rich...

On tonight’s show we will have an episode succinct on questions, but deep on answers as we eavesdrop on Brian’s Zoom Pipe Club meeting. We will pose two questions, but get answers from several different pipes smokers from varying demographics, geographics and experience with pipes and tobacco. The virtual meeting took place on December 24, 2022. Since we are still in the holiday season, we will co...

Our featured interview tonight is with Rich Esserman. This is our second episode with, "Rich Responds" where we go back to a previous discussion with Fred Hanna, and Rich gives his take. Both Rich and Fred are prominent pipe collectors, researchers and writers on pipes and tobacco for several decades. They are both well-known and well-respected in the pipe enthusiast community. We'll see where Ric...

Our featured interview tonight is with Chris Morgan. Chris makes the Bones Pipes and Morgan Pipes brands. Chris makes some extremely creative high grade pipes as part of the Morgan line. The Bones pipes are named as such as they are bare bones pipes that are great for beginners, or outdoors activities where you can throw it in a tackle box. He says, they are "the absolute least expensive honest br...

Our featured interview tonight is with Rich Esserman. Rich has been smoking, collecting, and writing about pipes for over 40-years, and he is best known for collecting large-size Dunhill pipes. Brian and Rich are going back to the discussions with Fred Hanna to see where Rich agrees with Fred, and where he has his own take on different aspects of pipes and tobacco. At the top of the show, Brian wi...

Our featured interview tonight is with Tim Beaumont from Papa Bear's Pipes. In 2018, Tim quit his job to pursue his passion of wood-working, and began making furniture. He had a piece of walnut wood that looked like it would make a nice pipe, so he made one. Next, he made one from the more traditional briar. Then he made another, and another and so on. We've heard similar stories before. Tim's pip...

Our featured interview tonight is with Sergio Castello, a pipe smoking enthusiast from Mexico. He lives in the capital city of Sonora, Hermosillo, near the border with Arizona. He is a vintner by profession, growing table grapes in his family's business, Viñedos 2000. His grandfather, a doctor, smoked a pipe, and although he never saw him smoke, he did see the pipe rack in his office as a kid, and...

Our featured interview tonight is with pipe maker Yiannos Kokkinos. Yiannos is from the Mediterranean island country of Cyprus. He studied Graphic Design in Greece and Fine Arts in Italy and used to work as a designer. His pipes are completely handmade from Mediterranean briar. At the top of the show in Pipe Parts, we will have an "Ask the Pipemaker" segment with Jeff Gracik.

Fernando is a collector of predominantly Leeds-era Ben Wade pipes along with seconds brands, pipe catalogues and price lists. His collection also includes cigar and cigarette holders and match vesta cases, boxes, pipe sleeves and pamphlets. He has also collected print matter including a company history and advertising. As if that's not enough, he has also conducted interviews (to the extent possib...

Our featured interview tonight is with Shane Ireland. Shane is the Vice President of Retail for SmokingPipes.com. Brian will be talking to Shane about which current production tobaccos he thinks are the best. In Pipe Parts, Brian will recap his trip to Las Vegas for the Las Vegas International Pipe Show (formerly the West Coast Pipe Show).

On tonight’s show we have a new episode of an ongoing segment of what Brian likes to call “Inside Fred’s Head” with Fred Hanna. Fred is a well-known pipe collector, author, and speaker at pipe shows. He has a PhD. in psychology and teaches the same at the Chicago Campus at Adler University. He is also author of the book, “The Perfect Smoke”. This is the 12th in the series with a long form discussi...

Our featured interview tonight is with Steve “PipeStud” Fallon. Steve has one of the most popular consignment-auction businesses for estate pipes and vintage tobaccos that he’s been running since 2006. Brian will be talking to Steve about which current production tobaccos he thinks are the best. In Pipe Parts, the discussion will be about cleaning the mortise section of your pipe.

Our featured interview tonight is with Brazilian pipe maker Luiz Lavos. Luiz started making pipes while living in Portugal, and recently he has moved back to Sao Paulo. Luiz's career as a graphic designer and experience as a luthier and woodworker comes through in his pipe designs. He is a big fan of Danish pipe makers like Hans "Former" Nielsen, Tom Eltang and Jess Chonowitsch, and it shows is hi...

Our featured interview tonight is with Elisha Walker a.k.a. Trippy Piper on Instagram. In addition to pipe smoking, she loves drawing, and playing games. She's just been smoking pipes for about six months now. However, she has been gaming since she was 13, and drawing since she was nine years old. In Pipe Parts, Brian will have Part II of a review of the gargantuan pipe collection.

Our featured interview tonight is with Russ Hicks. Russ is a sketch artist and long-time pipe collector / smoker. Russ is a returning guest helping us kick off a new series of discussions regarding which current production pipe tobaccos he is aging. In Pipe Parts, Brian will discuss seasonal weather changes, and how they affect him, and his pipe smoking.

Not only is it the 523rd episode, it is also the 10th anniversary of the show! We never thought we'd go this long. Our featured interview tonight is with Professor Kelly Jolley. Kelly is a Professor at Auburn University in the areas of religion and philosophy. These are certainly contemplative areas, so it is quite fitting that he smokes a pipe as well. He has four books that you can check out on...

Our featured interview tonight is with pipe maker Jason Patrick. Jason is from the Chicago area, and he started making pipes in 2019. Some of his earliest memories are of his grandfather smoking a pipe. He started pipe smoking in his early 20's, and soon decided that he wanted to make them. He started with standard shapes, and then branched out into Danish-style freehand designs. He likes to liste...