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Episode 229: Free Cuba w/Hamlet Parades – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
Hamlet of Rocky Patel Cigars is back in town, we meet up at The Tobacco Shack for a rolling demonstration event. Afterwards he joins us for this week’s…
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Episode 228: Back on the road – Local Spotlight: The Culebra Club; Epping NH
It’s been a while but we’re finally on the road again and visiting the Culebra Club to do a fun episode with a few members at the club. The Hidden…
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Episode 227: Hotdog Pancake II – Local Spotlight: Cloud Lounge; Salem NH
Comedy Chris is back and we get resolution on the Hotdog Pancake question, of course he throws in another questionable question later in the show for next…
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Episode 226: Hotdog Pancake – Local Spotlight: Corona Cigar Downtown; Orlando, FL
A member of the crew that has been on hiatus returns this week and brings us a really interesting Hidden Herf. It rates well but it’s the back story…
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Episode 225: Table for Four – Local Spotlight: Eli’s Smoking Room and The Shriners Event
It’s a small group this week, a bunch of Hacks are out of town, but Nurse Rick calls in from sunny Florida. We have some local lounge news, a report from…
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Episode 224: Presidents Day Palooza – Local Spotlight: Touring in the Oscuro III
There are plenty of cigar related topics this week along with the usual hijinks. The Hidden Herf stumps the panel, but gets a good rating. We take the Oscuro…
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Episode 223: That’s a big Lance You Have There – Local Spotlight: El Toro; Hudson, NH
The Hidden Herf is an 8×38 Lancero and the panel is intrigued by this one. It turns out to be an 8 year old Dominican that after a few clues Taco Steve…
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Episode 222: I Broke My Freakin’ Leg Bro – Local Spotlight: Plaistow Cigar; Plaistow, NH
Hackapalooza 1.0 gave us the infamous saying: “Are you trying to break my freakin’ leg bro?”. Well, this week Nurse Rick does it to himself…
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Episode 221: Hackapalooza 4.0 Part 2 – Local Spotlight: El Toro; Hudson, NH
On the remote we have Rabbi Cut-Above (aka Mike from New Jersey) as we recap the Hackapalooza weekend including getting snowed in for a day. Not only do we…
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Episode 220: Hackapalooza 4.0 Part 1 – Local Spotlight: Reception at The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
Hackapalooza 4.0 gets underway at the Tobacco Shack with the Bahama Bob Band and a Rocky Patel Event for the occasion with Mike The Cop. It’s Thursday of…
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Episode 219: Titanium Balls – Local Spotlight: The Bus at Cigars R Us; Danvers, MA
Resting up for Hackapalooza we do a relatively relaxing episode at The Domicile, but there are still a few good jokes. The Hidden Herf is a real wildcard this…
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Episode 218: Pre-Game at The Tobacco Shack – Local Spotlight: El Toro; Hudson, NH
Three Hacks walk into a cigar lounge… We do a small group show with Eastie Paul of the Tobacco Shack before the Pats/Bills game. It starts out quiet, but…
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Episode 217: The 2021 Hackie Awards Special – Local Spotlight: Whiskey from Down Under
It’s the 2021 Hackie Awards direct from parts unknown. We welcome our new Hackie Award Show sponsors. The Hidden Herf is a special award show cigar that…
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Episode 216: We Hope ’22 is Good for You – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
Closing out 2021 and ringing in 2022 it’s the New Year’s episode. We have a few good jokes from The Domicile with the regulars and a decent Hidden…
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Episode 215: Tobacco Shack Christmas Special – Local Spotlight: Boston Cigar Club; Charlestown, MA
Joining the hacks at the Tobacco Shack Christmas Party in Rowley, MA are Bugsy Segal of Pura Soul Cigars and Jeffrey Amendola of Amendola Family Cigars. Not…
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Episode 214: Nashville Dave on the Road – Local Spotlight: Zack’s Beach Castle Cigars; Mary Esther, FL
Nashville Dave is on a cigar shop road trip reporting direct from the Florida pan handle at Zack’s Beach Castle Cigars. The hidden Herf is a bit of a dog…
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Episode 213: It’s Hammer time – Local Spotlight: Hammer + Sickle Christmas at Plaistow Cigar Co.; Plaistow, NH
We are at the Hammer + Sickle – Plaistow Cigar Christmas Party, which means Erik and Brian of Hammer + Sickle along with Matty the Magnificent join the…
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Episode 212: A Non-Attorney Spokesman – Local Spotlight: Route One BNG Extravaganza
This week’s Hidden Herf is very good, with just a hint or two, and more than a few guesses, the panel lands it. The Oscuro III is set up as a cigar…
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Episode 211: Light Italian Dressing – Local Spotlight: Black Friday at Two Guys Smoke Shop; Salem, NH
The Reverend Harvey returns after a bit of a hiatus. The panel samples an unusual hard cider made by “Far From the Tree” in Salem, MA. The Hidden…
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Episode 210: Four Years of Laughs – Local Spotlight: Our 4th Anniversary
It’s the 4th Anniversary episode and we deliver. This episode contains almost an hour of one liners and jokes. Sure there’s a cigar but it melts…
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Episode 209: Island Boy – Local Spotlight: Plaistow Cigar Co.; Plaistow, NH
Matty The Magnificent is back with the crew in the original spot for the last episode of the fourth year. It’s tinfoil hats all around and running jokes…
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Episode 208: The Closer – Local Spotlight: Brinner, Two Guys Smoke Shop; Salem, NH
After Brinner (Breakfast for Dinner) we recruit a special guest, The Closer, to join us this week. There is plenty of cigar talk, but a lot of other ground is…
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Episode 207: Let the Ashes Hit the Floor – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
We’re at the Rocky Patel event at The Shack with Mike The Cop and the crew for another fun evening with a cast of thousands. The Hidden Herf is a hit…
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Episode 206: Pocono Palooza 3.0 – Local Spotlight: Best Cigar Pub; Drums, PA
Find out what happens when a dozen Hacks land at Best Cigar Pub for lunch during Pocono Palooza. We are joined by a surprize guest; Cigar Craig. We interview…
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Episode 205: The Squid Hacks – Local Spotlight: Rat Pack Cigars; Fairbanks, AK
It’s PoconoPalooza next week so we call JoJo Mo to get the 411 on what’s coming up. The Blue Ash returns from Alaska with a review of a new cigar…
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Episode 204: Let’s Go Brandon – Local Spotlight: El Toro Cigar & Lounge; Hudson, NH
We’re direct from the newly renovated and reopened El Toro Cigar & Lounge. We are joined by the shop owners, Bugsy from Pura Soul, a group of regulars…
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Episode 203: It’s a Four Pack – Local Spotlight: Smokey Karaoke at Two Smoke Shop; Salem, NH
Were just back from “Smokey Karaoke” and it’s only a panel of four this week. We score a box of great lanceros while at the event, so we…
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Episode 202: I Don’t Get It – Local Spotlight: Twins 24th Annual Smokin’ Blues BBQ
Nurse Rick is under the weather and calls in on the remote. The mail bag brings us back to last week’s area code discussion and we receive a surprise…
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Episode 201: A Pair of Loafers and a Four Lane Highway – Local Spotlight: Two Guys Smoke Shop 36th Anniversary Dinner
It’s off the rails before we get started. The panel is literally “primed” for this one. If you want plenty of laughs this is the episode, we…
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Episode 200: A Milestone and a Look Back – Local Spotlight: Football at The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
Two Hundred! Time sure flies when you are having fun. We take a look back at all the things we’ve done under the Cigar Hacks umbrella, including the…
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Episode 199: The Poop Deck; Special Segment with Abe Flores of PDR Cigars – Local Spotlight: Corona Cigar; Orlando, FL
It’s a perfect evening on Enema Lake for this week’s episode. The Hidden Herf stumps the panel and gets a decent rating. NH Cigar Bar license…
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Episode 198: In the Alley with Special Guest: Lauren from Ashton – Local Spotlight: Cigars R Us; Danvers, MA
Lauren from Ashton joins the Hacks for this episode during the Ashton Cigar Event at Cigars R Us. It’s 90 degrees and 90% humidity at sundown…
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Episode 197: Letters to the Editor – Local Spotlight: Castaways Seafood & Grille; Seabrook, NH
We have a couple of letters in the mailbag that drive the episode. CSM George sends us a set of Hidden Herfs that stump the panel and get a very high rating…
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Episode 196: Two Years at the Shack – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
We are at the Tobacco Shack for 2nd Anniversary of Eastie Paul at the helm. By the end of the evening it’s practically a full house with all the folks…
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Episode 195: Crickets at the Firepit – Local Spotlight: Out in the Limo Last Saturday Night
CSM George joins us on the remote where we swear him in as a Cigar Hack. We recount the Vouchers for Veterans event from last week. The Hidden Herf is…
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Episode 194: Vouchers for Veterans – Local Spotlight: Smok’em If You Got’em Event
This week the Hacks put on the Vouchers for Veterans; Smok’em If You Got’em Event at the Smokey Quartz Distillery in Seabrook NH, a veteran owned…
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Episode 193: Goata-Palooza – Local Spotlight: Gran Havana; San Diego, CA
It’s a Hacks’ outing with the goats, dogs and a bonfire on a perfect Saturday evening. We’re grillin’ and chillin’ while feeding…
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Episode 192: Summa-Palooza and Other Fish Stories – Local Spotlight: The Lake and North Conway Lounges; NH
Stories from Summa-Palooza weekend, Who fell in? Who caught the big ones? It’s a small world. The Hidden Herf draws a split decision. The Smoky Quartz…
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Episode 191: Summa-Palooza – Local Spotlight: On the lake with the S.S. Low Voltage
It’s Summa-Palooza at the lake house where we sit out on the water to record. We are joined by Dave The Dentist from Nashville, Mark (Ernie) and Bret…
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Episode 190: Edgar – Local Spotlight: Excalibur Cigar & Scotch Lounge; San Diego, CA
Our special guest this week is Edgar, our local rep for Tatuaje, L’Atelier, JRE (Alidino), Regis, and Gran Habano Cigars. We learn a lot about all these…
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Episode 189: Pee-Nuts on Enema Lake – Local Spotlight: Crown City Cigars; Coronado, CA
We take the S.S. Low Voltage out for our first episode on the water this summer. Our special call-in guest is Korb, manager of Crown City Cigars and co-host of…
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Episode 188: Jeremy Jack at the Shack – Local Spotlight: The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
Direct from The Tobacco Shack we have Mr. Black Bottle Beard Oil (a Shack regular) along with the Shack staff for this week’s episode. It’s a fun…
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Episode 187: The Better Brother – Local Spotlight: Ooops!
Nurse Rick is on assignment in sunny Southern California visiting future Local Spotlight lounges. Taco Steve, the better brother, joins us this week and we…
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Episode 186: Wicked Cigars – Local Spotlight: Route One BNG at The Breakaway; Danvers, MA
This week we are at the Route One BNG (Business Networking Group) open event. It is a gathering of local businesses that includes cigars, a bar and pizza…
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Episode 185: Memorial Day – Local Spotlight: Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH
It’s Memorial Day so we have some special segments and topics. The mail-bag is a classic this week, thanks Nick from RI. Plume research is in the future…
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Episode 184: Return to the Ranch – Local Spotlight: Cigars R Us; Danvers, MA
Direct from the Mustang Ranch in New Hampshire on a perfect spring evening, the birds are chirping, the horses are out in the field, and the other wild life is…
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Episode 183: You’re Not Southern – Local Spotlight: Smoke & Flame; Pelham, NH
We get into how southern The Rev. Harvey is. The Hidden Herf goes in a different direction, we each choose a prefered vitola and we have panelists smoking…
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Episode 182: Not Quite in the Street – Local Spotlight: Radloff’s Cigar Shop and On the Rox Lounge; Rochester, NH
On the road again in the Oscuro III up to Radloff’s. It’s not warm enough to do the show outside, but almost! The cast is in rare form this week as…
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Episode 181: Rabbi Cut-Above Takes Exit 199 – Local Spotlight: Vintage Cigar Lounge & Club; Westerly, RI
This week we are joined by Rabbi Cut-Above (aka Mike from New Jersey). Another fun episode with lots of laughs! We discuss multiple cigar related topics and…
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Episode 180: Hamlet from Rocky Patel Special – Local Spotlight: Hamlet Cigars
Hamlet Paredes, master cigar roller, from Rocky Patel is our special guest this week. We are also joined by Mike the Cop, our local Rocky Patel rep and winner…
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Episode 179: Where is White Chocolate? – Local Spotlight: El Toro Cigar & Lounge; Hudson, NH
In-lounge at the new location of El Toro Cigar & Lounge, we get a preview of what’s coming when they reopen. We are joined by the the shop owners; Netal…
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Episode 178: Try Not To Laugh – Local Spotlight: March Madness at the Domicile
With a cast of eight in rare form, the Podcast Juice is flowing and it shows. The Hidden Herf is a great choice and is well received, but it’s guessed…
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Episode 177: I Swear – Local Spotlight: Cloud Lounge; Salem, NH
We swear in (or at) our newest Hack, but not before he goes through a gaultlet of questions. The Hidden Herf is a split desision, but still overall it’s…
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Episode 176: The Scarlet Knight – Local Spotlight: Greek Night, The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA
A regular listener wants to see how we do the show, so we drag him right into the episode. Taco Steve and Dommie the Dominator are back. The mail bag is full…
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Episode 175: Cigars, Bars, and Cars – Local Spotlight: The smoking bus, Cigars R Us; Danvers, MA
It’s just like hanging out in the local lounge for this episode. The Baroness is reunited with the impact driver. Paige sets us up with an interesting…
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Episode 174: Steve Saka of DT&T – Local Spotlight: Twins Smoke Shop; Hooksett, NH
We are joined by Steve Saka, Cindy Saka and Casey of the Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust team at the Twins Hookset lounge. Steve gives us some interesting insight…
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Episode 173: Pathogina – Local Spotlight: March Madness at Two Guys, Salem, NH
Nurse Rick and The Reverend Harvey team up to peg the Hidden Herf right out of the gate. Harvey receives a challenge coin. Ludwig writes in from across the…
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Episode 172: Salty Dew – Local Spotlight: World Famous Cigar Bar; Ft. Meyers, FL
We are joined by The “Salty” Stephanie (Mrs. Bastard) for some fun and “MotherLovinCoffee”. The Mail bag is full of items and The…
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Episode 171: In Hot Water – Local Spotlight: Cigar Life; Lakeland, FL
Direct from a hot tub at the Holiday Inn in Jacksonville, FL, it’s Nurse Rick on the remote. He gives us a view into the Florida cigar scene while…
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Episode 170: The Hookah Queen – Local Spotlight: Elie’s Smoking lounge; Nashua, NH
It’s been a couple months since we’ve done an in-lounge episode and years since we’ve recorded in a cigar and hookah lounge. Jocelyn gives us…