Episodes

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Meatball Trash Talk with Mr. Jonathan (Aladino Cigars)
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, Nick is joined by Mr. Jonathan, who needed to have equal time on the Pulpit after Seth was on last episode, to discuss the upcoming Meatball Challenge. They each fire up an Aladino Cigar and discuss meatball competition strategy, the history behind it, and more.
Mr. Jonathan also regales us with some urine related fun facts!
Find out what we've been watching lately in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report as well as Three Cigars We've Smoked and Enjoyed This Week.
And learn about a woman who survived a plane crash in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
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For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Meet our Mighty Meatball Master, Seth Jones (Jose Gaspar 2024)
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, Nick is joined by Parishioner Seth Jones who is competing in the 7th Annual Meatball competition at Two Guys Smoke Shop on January 24. Seth will be representing the Parishioners as he takes on four others, including Mr. Jonathan. The goal? #BeatJonathan
We fire up a Jose Gaspar 2024 cigar from JC Newman and discuss his strategy for the competition, as well as his background. We also get into a variety of other topics including his time living in Tampa and growing up with Michael Herklots.
Find out what we've been watching lately in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report.
And learn about a local civil servant who made his community a better place in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Surviving a Cigar Desert with Mike Brinker
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, Nick is joined by Mike Brinker to discuss his new digs in Georgia and what he's doing to get by living in a cigar desert. We each fire up Perdomo 20th Anniversary cigars and discuss ways to find what you're looking for in areas that don't have as many cigar lounge options.
Find out what we've been watching lately in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report.
And learn about a very unique World War I hero in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Thursday Jan 02, 2025
My Cigar Journey: 2024 by the Numbers (Alfonso Anejo No. 4)
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Coming to you from the Aladino Studios, Nick goes over the data and presents his cigar smoking from 2024. He fires up an Alfonso Anejo to kick off 2025 and pours over the data providing all sorts of facts and figures. It was an interesting exercise and provides a good picture of the year and how cigars played into it.
Also, Nick announces that the voting for the Parishioners Cigars of the Year is open. Head over to CigarPulpit.com and cast your vote for what you believe was the best of 2024.
Find out what Nick has been watching in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report.
And learn about a group of men who would do anything to survive peril in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
New Year's Eve Shenanigans with Trey Mac!
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studio, Nick is joined by Trey Mac Shipley of Aladino Cigars as they ring in the new year!
The guys get into detail about Trey's recent trip to Ireland and how much fun he had there. By the end of the conversation, you'll be like Nick and be ready to head out to visit the Emerald Isle.
Also find out what New Year's resolutions the guys make for 2025.
Learn what Nick and Trey Mac have been watching lately in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report.
And find out the history of the New Years Eve ball dropping ceremony in New York in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Jimmy Carter 1924-2024... We didn't do it
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, Nick and Noah have a special breaking update to their recent show about deaths in 2024, with news of the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.
It is important to note... they didn't do it
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, it's that time for Noah to join Nick to recap who we lost in 2024 and predict who we will lose in 2025. The guys fire up the new box pressed version of the Crow from Blackbird Cigars as they recap some of the big news of the year as well as who passed away. From there, it gets dark as the guys give their predictions about who they believe won't make it out of 2025 alive.
Also, find out what they have been watching lately in the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report.
And learn about a man who survived two avalanches in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Festivus with the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 & Ed Sullivan
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, Nick is joined by Ed Sullivan as they air some grievances and discuss the recently released Cigar Aficionado Top 25 list. While going over the list, the pair perform a feat of strength and smoke the World's Strongest Cigar! Find out our thoughts on the list and more!
During the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report, learn what the guys have been watching and enjoying lately.
And in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment, learn about the origins of Festivus.
All this and Three Cigars We've Smoked and Enjoyed This Week AND a Christmas sermon from Pastor Barnaby Rothschild!
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Friday Dec 20, 2024
Callers come in clutch! Ask the Pulpit! (Padron 4000)
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, the callers come in clutch! Due to some scheduling issues, the guests Nick had lined up for this episode couldn't make it, but you all and your calls gave Nick enough for a great Ask the Pulpit episode. While smoking a Padron 4000, Nick discusses his garage and his winter plans for it, his first cigar, and more.
During the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report, Nick discusses his favorite holiday movies and reviews a few he's watched recently.
And during the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment, hear a story about how Santa made a little boy feel ok about who he is.
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars

Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Studios, it's a packed house as Nick is joined by Dave of the Smokin' Butts and Tappin' Ash crew and Cherry Chernobyl. They all smoke the Charter Oak Habano from Foundation Cigars and have a spirited conversation covering a wide range of topics including mall Santas, OJ Simpson's prison porn collection, the communist threat against Santa Claus, and drunk Batman.
During the Villiger Cigars Entertainment Report, we discuss what we've been watching lately and learn that Mighty Mouse may have had a cocaine problem in the 90's.
And hear about a heroic Santa in the Fly High with Blackbird Cigars segment!
Get your calls in for Ask the Pulpit at (863)874-0000.
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS...
For all your online cigar purchasing needs, head over to 2GuysCigars.com! In business for 40 years, they are THE trusted name in the cigar industry! Family owned and operated, they provide a great selection, fair prices, and outstanding customer service. That's 2GuysCigars.com!
Follow JRE Tobacco/Aladino at @AladinoCigars on Instagram or check out their website, JRETobacco.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Villiger Cigars at @VilligerCigar on Instagram or check out their website, VilligerCigars.com for a store near you that carries their cigars
Follow Blackbird Cigars at @blackbirdcigar on Instagram or check out their website, BlackbirdCigar.com for a store near you that carries their cigars