The Burn Down Podcast

Alan Jacoby is a popular podcast host of 1776 Great Divide and previously a New York City first responder who assisted in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack as a paramedic. Most recently, Alan joined the cigar world by creating his new cigar line Patriot Cigar Company in launched September 2022. As Alan stated, "Patriot Cigar Company is launching to give people not only an exemplary product, but also the comfort in knowing that their money is being spent supporting a Patriot owned and America First focused brand." Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

Alan Jacoby is a popular podcast host of 1776 Great Divide and previously a New York City first responder who assisted in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack as a paramedic. Most recently, Alan joined the cigar world by creating his new cigar line Patriot Cigar Company in launched September 2022. As Alan stated, "Patriot Cigar Company is launching to give people not only an exemplary product, but also the comfort in knowing that their money is being spent supporting a Patriot owned and America First focused brand." Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

Becca grew up on a farm in North Carolina with horses, chickens, goats and TOBACCO. Growing up Becca used to prime tobacco as a punishment! As Becca got older she shied away from the small town life and blazed her own path to make her life as she wanted it. Along the way she developed a big passion for cigars and bourbon and now she is the lounge and experience manager at Havana Phils in Greensboro, NC. Becca Instagram - @outlaw_lala Havana Phil's - @havanaphils / https://havanaphils.com/ Order Our Cigar! - The Blueprint https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

In today's society, we struggle with depression, loneliness, poor mental health, racism, prejudice, "woke-ness", Cancel Culture....you name it, we got here in America. What's the answer to all this? CIGARS! www.burndownpodcast.com

This weeks episode we're talking about the new cigars that came out in 2022 and WHAT? No Blueprint listed?! WTF. There is a BDP cigar on the list but you'll never guess what it stands for. Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

This week's podcast episode, The Burn Down Podcast talks about Eric's experience with the plumber from hell! Also...people put tape over their mouth to get better sleep? Oculus founder makes a virtual reality helmet that can actually kill the user? Pennsylvania elected a dead guy to office? What is going on with this world?!?!?! Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

We watch some interesting and popular cigar videos and react to them because why not! Hope you enjoy! Try our cigar The Blueprint and become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

We interviewed Lefty from Lefty's Cigars. Question is: Which Lefty is it? Lefty the cigar roller? Lefty the truck driver? Lefty the entrepreneur? Lefty the salesman? Lefty the mad scientist? How many Lefty's are there?! Order Our Cigar! - The Blueprint https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

Robert Caldwell of Caldwell Cigars sits down with The Burn Down Podcast. Talks with us about being a bad kid growing up, the things he likes and dislikes about the cigar industry, his journey into cigars and so much more! Order Our Cigar! - The Blueprint https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

New York State Supreme Court ruled in favor of 16 sanitation workers who were fired for being unvaccinated against Covid. New York State must reinstate all workers and give them back pay from the date of termination! They also lifted the vaccine mandate in NYC for the private sector on Nov. 1st! What does this mean for other public or government employees that were fired for the same reason? Will we start seeing more court orders to reinstate? What does this mean for the rest of unvaccinated America? Oh how the tables have turned!!! Check out our website: www.burndowndpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts, members only monthly giveaways and more!

Nick Fusco the youngest cigar brand owner joins The Burn Down Podcast and talks about his incredible story on how created of El Mago Cigars. Nick created the El Mago Cigar brand as a tribute to his grandparents, Maria and Gonzalo Torre who died on June 24, 2021 in Miami, Florida, when their building The Champlain Towers collapsed in the middle of the night. Nick's grandparents left a huge impression on him and El Mago Cigars is how he keep's their legacy alive. El Mago Cigars: https://www.elmagocigars.com/ CBS Interview: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/grandparents-died-surfside-collapse-loving-tribute-memory/#app Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

HE DID IT! Justin got married! Listen to the wedding recap on this week's episode of The Burn Down Podcast. Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts like 15% OFF our cigar The Blueprint, as well as entry in monthly members only giveaways, where we give away cigars, accessories, spirits and more!

Bek Lover a man who has seen a lot and been through a lot. Born in NYC, Bek discusses how his grandfather was an anti-communist fighter and how his family was hunted down by the communist regime in Albania and ultimately fleeing to America. How he lost many people in his lifetime from various events which include the 1999 Kosovo War and his brother. How cigars brought him back to life after the loss of his brother and EVEN being on the ground level of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. With the extensive experiences and struggles Bek has gone through, he is more know for being the former king of the New York Nightlife, a motivational speaker and even a podcaster. His podcast The Come Back Team is about helping others by sharing what he knows about this life through his own experiences. After getting knocked down over and over and getting up every single time, Bek’s vision is to help others and make a Come Back! Check out his podcast: https://thecomebackteam.com/about/ Order Our Cigar! - The Blueprint https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

NeverAsh is a newer cigar brand that was launched by Tom Grilli and his Uncle Steve Rotondi in 2020. Tom from NeverAsh Cigars joins us as he discusses how he quit his full time IT job and decided to go all in on the cigar business! Also the origination of the catch phrase "NeverAsh" and how it was used amongst family and friends and turned into a cigar business! NeverAsh Website: https://www.neverash.com/ Order Our Cigar! - The Blueprint https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar Become a member on our website! Exclusive discounts & giveaways! https://www.burndownpodcast.com/

Helluva day for The Burn Down Podcast! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Discounts and giveaways!

DJ Nino Brown takes his two passions, DJing and cigars and combines them together! If you're at a cigar event in the NYC area DJ Nino Brown is there. When you're named the "premium cigar DJ of New York City" you know we had to have Nino in the studio! He took his vespa all the way from Astoria, Queens to be us. It get no more "New York" than DJ Nino Brown!

Will the United States BAN cigars from Nicaragua?! Over 200 million cigars were imported from Nicaraguan in 2021! But are they going to STOP that with an embargo on Nicaragua because of Russia? Listen in on these week's episode! Check out the website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts, giveaways and 15% our cigar, The Blueprint!

We love cigars, OBVIOUSLY and in this episode we explain why cigars are in fact really beneficial to ones mental health and well being! Cigars get a negative stigma and our job is to change that narrative. Enjoy!

Tom La Vecchia, owner of Armchair MBA, X Factor Media and New Theory Podcast has interviewed some BIG NAMES like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Jordan Belfort "The Wolf of Wall Street", Gary Vee and even Pablo Escobar's Wife! www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5/month. Exclusive discounts and members only giveaways! Check out our cigar The Blueprint! Available now!

This weeks guest is Hannah, many know her on instagram by the handle @rojocorojo! She's grew her page to over 20K+ followers in less than a year. We discuss how she got into cigars, what it's like being a husband and wife cigar duo and so much more!

The Burn Down boys head down south to Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas! These stories are hilarious! #theburndown #theburndownpodcast #texas #austin #nashville #tennessee Please like, comment and subscribe! Check out our website! Become a member! $5/month and exclusive discounts and giveaways. www.burndownpodcast.com

The cigar industry takes home a BIG W! The FDA wrongly decided to deem premium cigars, based on an alleged lack of evidence in the administrative record of different usage patterns for premium cigar consumers, when in fact there was such evidence submitted by the CRA. The Court (Judge Mehta) found that there was relevant record evidence on premium cigar usage and the FDA failed to adequately consider the submitted comments and data.

Cigar pop quiz! How many can we get right? www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month!

This week we tackle a classic! Cigar frequently asked questions. ENJOY! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member for $5/month. Exclusive discounts and giveaways! Check out our cigar The Blueprint. On sale now!!!

Questions and answer with The Burn Down Podcast! Part 4... We Google a list of random questions to ask to get to know someone, and we answer them. This is a classic on The Burn Down Podcast. Some of these questions bring out some stories!!! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member for $5/month. Exclusive discounts and giveaways! Check out our cigar The Blueprint. On sale now!!!

This week we dive into a recent article from the Harm Reduction Journal. Which discusses the mortality study of cigar-smoking men age 40–79 years. The findings are very interesting. We will let you know on a little secret, straight cigar smokers have minimal risk! Duh! GET our cigar, The Blueprint: https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-blueprint-cigar HRJ Article Link: https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-020-00446-4

Eric's trying to buy a car but the market is SH*T and Justin has quote the phone call with American Airlines customer service! It was juts one of those days when you REALLY need a cigar and bourbon! Check out our website: www.burndowndpodcast.com Become a member - $5/month! Try our cigar "The Blueprint" - Available now!

Cellllllebrate good times, C'mon!! Can you believe it?! It's been 3 years since we started The Burn Down Podcast and boy we came a long way! We're humbled by the journey and thank you to everyone who supported a long the way!

It has ARRIVED!🙌🏼🔥 This project has been 2 years in the making. The Burn Down Podcast is happy to announce our first cigar project called: “The Blueprint” 🔵 Made by The Burn Down Podcast, hand rolled in Dominican Republic by Blackbid Cigar. Size: 5x54 Profile: Medium-Full Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Ecuadorian Sumatra Filler: Nicaraguan Esteli, Pennsylvania, Corojo and Criollo ‘98 JOIN OUR WAITING LIST to be the FIRST to know when it’s available for purchase. Email, DM or fill out our form on our website! Link: https://www.burndownpodcast.com/the-b...

Tony a man of MANY stories works along with his father Litto Gomez at LFD cigars. Tony is a visionary and with this he helps innovate the LFD brand while sticking close to his father’s high standards of quality! Tony sits with The Burn Down as we discuss anything and everything! A 20 minute phone conversation with Michael Jordan, NFTS?!, the challenges with social media, a HILARIOUS story about the first time his father gave him a cigar, the future of LFD and so much more!

ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) - YouTube is shadow banning accounts that mention any of these 3 topics. However, they already ask if any content is suitable for children. So if they know the content is not suitable for children, and they can tell which users are under 18, how come they still demonetize that content? They already won't promote any of those related channels to people under 18, so why can't they just monetize to adults? Let's talk about it on this episode of The Burn Down! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month, exclusive discounts and members only giveaways!

Joey Maggiore is an executive chef, hospitality visionary, entrepreneur and OF COURSE a cigar lover! Joey and his father, culinary legend Tomaso Maggiore are behind The Maggiore Group. Overtime, Joey and his father have successfully created restaurants from Italian fine dining to a creative brunchery and build-your-own Bloody Mary bar! Joey latest creations, Hash Kitchen and The Sicilian Butcher in Scottsdale, Arizona! www.burndownpodcast.com

Eric has a funny story about someone from Brooklyn recognizing him from one of his Instagram reels in his hometown! Check it out on this week's episode of The Burn Down Podcast! Check out the website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only giveaways!

We first had Chris & Cory on the podcast 2 years ago during quarantine (April 2020) as our first official interaction. Then last year (June 2021) they invited us on their podcast. Now we asked them to come back on toThe Burn Down to chop it up again! We cant get enough of each other!

Interview with owner Jonathan Fiant of J. London Cigars! Part 2 coming tomorrow! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and monthly giveaways!

Interview with owner Jonathan Fiant of J. London Cigars! Part 2 coming tomorrow! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and monthly giveaways!

2 Italians from New York walk into a cigar factory... Jeffery a former detective, Chris a former MTA mechanic decided to take a risk and start their own cigar brand. The guys from Amendola Cigars sit down with The Burn Down to tell us their stories and their plans on making an impact to the cigar industry!

McDonald's bathrooms and The Metaverse! What a combination of topics on this episode of The Burn Down Podcast! Eric tells his McDonald's bathroom story in New Jersey and Justin talks about his experience in Virtual Reality! Tune in with a cigar on this week's episode! #THEBURNDOWN #THEBURNDOWNPODCAST Please #LIKE​, #COMMENT​ & #SUBSCRIBE​! #HitTheBell​ to be notified of new videos!

Bill Cutolo Jr. is the son of the once powerful mob underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo for the Colombo crime family. Bill was his father's right hand man through the late 80s & 90's. Bill wanted to make The Burn Down Podcast his first podcast experience to tell his story!

VEGAS!!! They always say, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!" But not on the Burn Down Podcast! Justin is going to tell you everything about his trip to Las Vegas during March Madness! Listen to the story about how a guy asked to have a puff of Justin's cigar....some people man! Check out our website: www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! Only $5 a month and you get exclusive discounts to 5 partnering stores as well as entry into a monthly members only giveaway! Please #LIKE​, #COMMENT​ & #SUBSCRIBE​!

The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently published a report called "Premium Cigars: Patterns of Use, Marketing, and Health Effects". We hope you enjoy our take on the report! www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

It's been over 2 years! Put some respect on our name! We do some research on YouTube and Google to find out why the Burn Down Podcast doesn't come up as a top channel or podcast....after two years and over 100 episodes! #BURNDOWNPODCAST #CIGAR #PODCAST Check out our website: www.burndowndpocast.com

Paul Costabile the husband of Christina Perri is an entertainment reporter, host, comedian, writer, producer and OF COURSE a cigar lover! www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

Eric & Justin discuss the world most expensive and rarest cigars in the world. Some cigars have an interesting story, some cigars will make you scratch your head on who would pay that much and why!? www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

We go through the most iconic cigar smokers in the last 150 years! www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month!

Cigars are automatically taxed as soon as they're imported from the U.S. Have you ever wondered how that and state taxes effect our cigars? Well here you go! We discuss all the different tax rates by state. Whose the highest? Whose the lowest? Which states have 0% tax!? www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

Do social media influencers REALLY influence your buying habits? What about cigar influencers? Do you browse instagram looking for things to buy? Let's talk about it on The Burn Down Podcast! #INFLUENCERS #SOCIALMEDIA Please #LIKE​, #COMMENT​ & #SUBSCRIBE​! #HitTheBell​ to be notified of new videos! _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Check out our website! https://www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member! $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveways!

The Burn Down boys got some BIG plans for 2022! Check it out to see what they have in store! www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

Our fundraiser Christmas For Kids raised over $10K this past Christmas. With $5K of that total, we were able to sponsor 5 families in need with the help of the River Fund NY! Tune in on this week's episode of The Burn Down Podcast to hear about this incredible organization! www.river.fund www.burndownpodcast.com Become a member - $5 a month! Exclusive discounts and members only monthly giveaways!

Dominick is the owner of Bespoke Below. A premier custom clothing company in Chicago. Dominick shares with The Burn Down he's journey on starting his own company and how cigars play a part in his brand! Website: https://bespoke-below.com/ Instagram: @bespokebelow @domcalistro