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Send us Fan Mail It’s getting close to the end of the year, kids — and Habanos Saturday is closing out 2025 the only way we know how: by debating (and celebrating) the Best Cuban Cigars of 2025 . This week, the three of us bring you our own brand of chaos, knowledge, laughs, and straight talk as we break down the cigars that actually stood out this year — the ones we’d buy again, the ones that sur...

Send us Fan Mail As we close out 2025, Sermon from the German with Brown Car Guy goes full throttle into a year-in-review like no other. From the highs and lows of a wild 12 months to the biggest global shocks, we dive into politics, religion, culture, and of course… UFOs. Nothing is off the table and no sacred cow is left un-grilled. Join us as we unpack what really happened in 2025, what it migh...

Send us Fan Mail This month on Funny Ha Ha  Ep 904 we unleash 45 minutes of fun, funny, ha ha chaos with your host, the one and only Greg Shapiro (yes, that’s SHAPIRO, not SCHAPIRO — he will absolutely correct you on air). In this episode we dig into the strange, smelly truth about garbage in Amsterdam, wander straight into the chaos of the war in Ukraine, and even ask the question nobody expected...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday, Ep 908, we take “live show” to a whole new level — broadcasting straight from a graveyard. Yes, we spare no expense on atmosphere. While the world is out visiting the dearly departed, we’re lighting up and breaking down our favorite non-Cuban cigars of the year, with a few legendary Cubans thrown in just to keep the purists happy. It’s a shorter epis...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday,  Ep 898, we go full cigar-nerd with world-famous collector Urs – the man with so many cigars he needs a spreadsheet just to find his next smoke. 💨 Urs walks us through how to keep a truly elite collection alive: humidity, storage, rotation, aging, and all the tiny details that separate “I own cigars” from “I protect an empire.” And of course, you ge...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday, EP 896,  we’re diving straight into the hottest topic in the cigar world: Does sex really sell cigars… and does social media actually move product, or is it all smoke and mirrors? We break down the truth behind influencer hype, half-naked “cigar models,” algorithm tricks, manufactured clout — and what actually makes the cigar community tick. Is this...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Lost Dollar Business Club, Ep 895, we dove into the strange, brilliant, and occasionally ridiculous world we now live in — starting with homeschooling. Is it saving the next generation, or turning them into future basement-dwelling super-geniuses who refuse to go outside? We break it down with our usual mix of experience, sarcasm, and accidental wisdom. Then we as...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs, Ep 892,  we tackle the wildest, weirdest stories you won’t hear anywhere else. A Mercedes-Benz with wooden brakes sells at auction, a man goes to the doctor and somehow ends up in Italy, and another guy finances his wedding by selling sponsorships on his tuxedo. We dive into the disturbing case of a nurse who kills people simply because they don’t l...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday,  Ep 893, we’re going international — all the way to Dubai. Our special guest is Ra’ed Saqfelhait, co-owner and partner of The Leaf Master Dubai, the UAE’s largest and most respected boutique cigar destination for premium non-Cuban cigars. Ra’ed is a true cigar aficionado with deep knowledge of global brands, aging, sourcing, and the rapidly growing M...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs  EP 889,we’re bringing you the world’s most “are we being punk’d?” headlines. • Archaeologists “find an iPhone” in a 2,000-year-old Roman dig—so… did time travel actually happen, or did Caesar just invent airplane mode? • In Ireland, a dog that looks exactly like a lion causes a mini-meltdown… until everyone realizes it’s a very good boy with a salon...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday , we’re going live to Dubai. Usman is on the ground at the PCA event, giving us a real-time update on what’s hot, what’s overhyped, and what cigar people are actually talking about when the cameras are off. We’re also joined by Urs , back with his insane cigar collection and some hard-earned wisdom on how to care for rare and valuable cigars so they d...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs  Ep 886 we unwrap the internet’s strangest “innovations” and outright scams: an Apple phone case that allegedly weighs six pounds (for the biceps you didn’t ask for), “magic” water from a Japanese wine company that promises health just by existing, and $119 underwear you can also use as a hair tie—because fashion? We also roast a viral grift claiming...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s Habanos Saturday  Ep 887,is a straight-talking reality check: Steven & Reza break down the rise of “cigar influencers” who don’t actually know cigars. We cover red flags (paid plugs masquerading as “opinions,” fake scarcity hype, sloppy tasting notes), how to spot undisclosed sponsorships and affiliate traps, and why provenance, storage, and repeatable tasting beats cl...

Send us Fan Mail Gregg SHAPIRO crashes Funny Ha Ha  Ep 884, with a rapid-fire roast of the week: climate chaos (with receipts), Trump-world plot twists, and why the Netherlands keeps being the sensible neighbor with the wild party stories. It’s sharp, silly, and just dangerous enough to make you snort-laugh. Come for the climate takes, stay for the Dutch spice, and leave with three new opinions yo...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs,  Ep 882, we tackle the headlines everyone else is too scared (or too boring) to touch. From an AI that’s literally getting “holy” to a Turkish lawsuit over a “fat” comment, we’re all over the wild stuff. A passenger sets off airport security with an—uh—personal massager, a strange French “hex” case heads to court, a classroom fiasco forces a school...

Send us Fan Mail Jean-Marie drops into Habanos Saturday  Ep 883 ,to teach us how to smoke like a proper gentleman—no gimmicks, just old-school craft from cut to ash. We dig into etiquette, tasting order, retro-haling without looking like a rookie, and how collectors think about storage, age, and value. Our scheduled guest couldn’t make it, so Jean-Marie goes deep with practical pointers to level u...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs  Ep 880, we round up the planet’s strangest headlines and treat them with the respect they deserve (aka none). Dive into: an 1895 Victorian “loo” turned boutique hotel in Oxford, toothpaste made from human hair (minty? horrifying? both!), a life-size “cat burglar” who actually wears a cat suit, and the tale of ChatGPT helping nab a serial bragger who...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday Ep 881..Up close & personal with Jasim Ahmed—the award-winning Habanos communicator known for those iconic red pants. We dig into his origin story, how he built a global profile in cigars, and the realities behind his “Hombre Habano for Communication” honor. We also address the viral clip many called misogynistic—clarifying intent, hearing his res...

Send us Fan Mail This week on No Snobs or Knobs:  Ep 877 , Downs 6.6 pounds of gummies (yes, really) and ends up in the ER, Spain serves an $11,000 hamburger for people with more money than sense, and a robot waiter forgets to tip. We catch the wave with the geniuses who tried surfing in Venice (and got arrested because fun is apparently illegal), meet the man who hit the jackpot twice, and bring...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Habanos Saturday Ep 878 we flip the script: “Women in the Cigar World” (aka “Women Smoking Cigars”) with special guest Amy—a cigar influencer who found herself in the middle of a spicy video about… well, her. Another woman made the piece, feelings got heated, so we poured something nice and invited Amy on to talk it through—authenticity vs. clout, critique vs. attack,...

Send us Fan Mail Three dudes. Zero credentials. Infinite opinions. Welcome back to Sermon from the German Ep 874—our most controversial episode yet. This month, a Christian, a Jew, and a Muslim sit down to wrestle with the headlines: Israel–Palestine, global conflict, Donald Trump’s latest moves, and the shaky world economy. We even bring in a sharp (and outspoken) fan whose takes had us debating...

Send us Fan Mail uckle up for No Snobs or Knobs, EP 872—your weekly tour through the world’s strangest headlines. This week: Robbie Williams’ caravan allegedly gets shaken down for a “border bribe” (Bolivia? Bulgaria? You decide), Parisian chic says bonjour to… pet rats, Russia tests brain chips on dairy cows for “more moo-juice,” a booming market for, ahem, borrowed pubic hair, and China’s ancien...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Habanos Saturday  Ep 876—today we explore “De Art” of making humidors: woods, seals, finishes, airflow, and why true craftsmanship protects flavor (and flex). Then we fire up our second topic: lighters—soft flame vs torch, butane myths, refill/purge tricks, and the design that turns a tool into art. Add in world news, cigar geekery, and our usual chaos. Not your grandfa...

Send us Fan Mail On The Lost Dollar Business Club, Ep 875  Anthony is joined by David and Wijmar Van Munster to unpack five hard truths every business owner needs after the Festival of Entrepreneurs in Birmingham, UK. We question whether governments truly want small businesses to thrive (and if shifting more tax to big corporates would help), make the case that AI is now non-negotiable for killing...

Send us Fan Mail This month on Funny Ha Ha  Ep 873 with Greg Shapiro, the whole crew is in—and so is Reza from Habanos Saturday, who showed up after we accidentally rolled the cigar intro. (He heard “cigars” and, well… he teleported. Can you blame him?) Expect sharp humor + intelligent dialogue as we dive into climate change and politics without the doom spiral. Smart takes, real laughs, and a cam...