Best Rick Lemons Podcasts (2024)

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606: Per Jensen with New Blending Tobaccos. Seasonal Tobaccos. 1:08:46

3d ago1:08:46

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Our featured interview tonight is with Per George Jensen. Most pipe enthusiasts know Per as the longtime Mac Baren Tobacco Company spokesman. Last year he made some changes in his life. He got married, moved to Germany and parted ways with Mac Baren, but not with the tobacco business. He is consulting with Sutliff Tobacco Co., and he created the po…

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605: Pete Prevost from BriarWorks. Chicago Pipe Show Report. 1:10:54

10d ago1:10:54

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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 what's new at BriarWorks, and how they are gett…

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604: Jon David Cole from Country Squire. Brian's Pipe Collection. 1:09:59

17d ago1:09:59

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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 former co-host of the podcast, Country Squire Radio, which ended their 10-year run last year. We’ll have JD with the “From the Country Squire” segment talking about all the new things happening at the store and in t…

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603: Collector and Author Rick Newcombe. Pipes 101 - Best Shape for Which Tobacco. 1:09:56

24d ago1:09:56

1:09:56

Our featured interview tonight is with Rick Newcombe. Rick is a well-known author of two pipe books, and he is currently working on his third book about pipes. He is a prominent collector of Danish pipes, and vintage tobaccos. He has traveled the world visiting pipe makers, and learning their different techniques. He is also the founder and chairma…

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602: Kevin the Hobbiton Piper. Ask the Pipemaker with Jeff Gracik. 1:12:19

1M ago1:12:19

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Our featured interview tonight is with Kevin the Hobbiton Piper. Kevin was originally on the show in August 2021. The Hobbiton Piper YouTube Channel has 9.24k subscribers and over 120 videos with pipe and tobacco reviews, box openings, food, drink, and more. Kevin's interview was one of our early novice pipe smoker features, so we'll check in and s…

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601: Pipe Collector and Author Rich Esserman. Brian's Most Coveted Tobaccos. 1:08:26

1M ago1:08:26

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Our featured interview tonight is with Rich Esserman. Rich is one of our regular guests that has been on the show many times, and is returning after a 15-month hiatus. Rich has penned innumerous articles about pipes and tobacco for several publications, and he is known for collecting quite large pipes. We'll get caught up with Rich, and also get hi…

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600: Pipe Journeyman and Podcaster Dylan Schlender. St. Patrick's Day. 1:13:44

2M ago1:13:44

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Our featured interview tonight is with Dylan J. Schlender. This is the return of our series of interviews with “Journeymen Pipe Smokers” – guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. Dylan started smoking in 2018 with a Winslow pipe, and Captain Black. (He soon learned that he likes English-style blends much more.) He resides in CT…

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599: Jeremy Reeves from Cornell & Diehl. Brian's "Satou Reds" Pipes. 1:07:01

2M ago1:07:01

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jeremy Reeves. Jeremy is the Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, which is one of the most popular boutique pipe tobacco companies in the USA. Jeremy has been a pipe smoker for over a decade and is passionate about pipes, pipe tobacco, and blending tobacco. Tonight’s discussion will focus on Oriental Tobaccos, and…

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598: Consignment-Auction Powerhouse Steve Fallon. What to do with Tiny Bits of Tobacco at the Bottom of the Tin. 1:05:48

2M ago1:05:48

1:05:48

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. If you know Steve, you know he’s a big fan of the original Dunhill blend, Royal Yacht. The last time Steve was on the show was in 2020, so we'll see…

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597: Pipe Restorer and Book Author Charles Lemon. Growing Tobacco with Jeremy Reeves. 1:12:45

2M ago1:12:45

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Our interview on tonight's show is with Charles Lemon. Charles does pipe repairs and restorations, and is the author of the new book, "Brigham Pipes, A Century Of Canadian Briar". It tells the story of the first 100 years of Brigham pipes, and includes an extensive shape chart with actual photos of the pipes. The book lays out not only the chronolo…

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596: Tyler Edwards of Levoy's Leathers. Pipes 101 - Long Pipes. 1:05:12

2M ago1:05:12

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Our interview on tonight's show is with Tyler Edwards from Levoy's Leathers. Tyler is a commercial truck driver from Amarillo, TX. When he is not driving, he follows his passion for making handmade leather goods. The leather pipe accessories include pipe cleaner holders, valet trays, and leather pipe socks. He also has wallets, drink coasters, and …

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595: Jon David Cole from Country Squire. Brian's Seven Jodi Davis Pipes. 1:10:21

3M ago1:10:21

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Our interview on tonight's show will be with Jon David Cole. JD is the Owner/Tobacconist at The Country Squire in Jackson, MS, and he is the former co-host of the now discontinued podcast, Country Squire Radio. Country Squire Radio ran for 10-years and is still one of the most popular pipe-niche podcasts. Brian and Jon David will be talking all thi…

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594: Steph from Steph & Skip Cain on YT. Ask the Pipemaker with Jeff Gracik. 1:03:22

3M ago1:03:22

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Our featured interview tonight is with Piping Artist Steph from the Steph & Skip Cain Show on YouTube. Steph is an artistic painter amongst other pursuits. She started smoking a pipe in 2017, smoking aromatics, like many of us pipe smokers. Then she discovered the joys of Latakia, also like many of us. Steph actually introduced her second husband, …

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593: Truett Smith from SmokingPipes.com. Bulldog vs. Rhodesian. 1:05:32

3M ago1:05:32

1:05:32

Our featured interview tonight is with Truett Smith. Truett is the Pipe Manager for SmokingPipes.com, which includes buying pipes from large-scale manufacturers and individual artisans. He has been with SmokingPipes.com for five and a half years. He started in copywriting, then merchandising, and became the pipe manager / buyer in June 2023. Prior …

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592: Pipe Maker Jonni Adams. Jeremy Reeves from Cornell & Diehl. 1:04:43

3M ago1:04:43

1:04:43

Our featured interview tonight is with Jonni Adams. Jonni makes the J. Adams line of pipes. He is originally from Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, and moved to the US in 1997. His background is in electrical engineering, audio electronics, and he plays guitar. His first interest in pipes started when he was a boy when his father smoked a pipe. Jon…

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591: Jim Steffey from Emerson Southern Forged Custom Tobacco. The Most Important Pipoe Shape. 1:03:24

4M ago1:03:24

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jim Steffey. Jim is the owner and tobacco blender for Emerson Southern Forged Custom Tobacco Blends. He specializes in English, Balkan and Virginia/Perique blends, and hails from Moore, South Carolina. He has a YouTube Channel, Podcast and Instagram all related to pipes and tobacco. At the top of the show our …

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590: Tim Garrity from the Chicago Pipe Club. Brian's Pipe Journey - 1988 to Present. 1:05:28

4M ago1:05:28

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Our featured interview tonight is with Tim Garrity. Tim is the President of the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club and is one of a few show directors for the Chicago International Pipe & Tobacciana Show. The show is April 11-14 this year. He is talking to us on site from Arlington Pipe and Cigar's smoking lounge, which is a perfect setting for smokin…

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589: Nick the Producer Guy from the Get Piped Podcast. Brian's Pipe Collection. 1:04:56

4M ago1:04:56

1:04:56

Our featured interview tonight is with Nick Masella, aka Nick the Producer Guy from the Get Piped Podcast, which recently surpassed 100 episodes. Nick is from Norfolk, VA. He served in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets as a Company Commander and Training Officer, worked with Newport News Shipbuilding for four years, and is currently an Account Exec…

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588: Writer / Editor Chuck Stanion. Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl. 1:10:41

4M ago1:10:41

1:10:41

Our featured interview tonight is with Chuck Stanion. Chuck is quite well-known in the hobby as the Editor of Pipes and tobaccos Magazine for 21 years. They ceased publishing in 2019. Since then, he has been responsible for most of the writing about pipes, tobaccos, pipe makers, pipe culture and other areas related to the hobby in his Pipe Line col…

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587: Pipe Maker Jeff Gracik. Cringle Flake 2020 Review. 1:07:35

5M ago1:07:35

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Our featured interview tonight is with Pipe Artisan Jeff Gracik. Our regular listeners will know Jeff from our ongoing series, "Ask the Pipemaker". Jeff makes J. Alan Pipes and is an expert, artisan pipe maker for 20-years. He is involved in a new line of pipes that are exact replicas of hand-made artisan pipes. Jeff is working with two pipe makers…

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586: Per George Jensen. One of the Last Satou Smio Pipes. 1:10:55

5M ago1:10:55

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Our featured interview tonight is with Per George Jensen. Most pipe enthusiasts know Per as the longtime Mac Baren Tobacco Company spokesman. Earlier this year he made some changes in his life. He got married, moved to Germany and parted ways with Mac Baren, but not with the tobacco business. He is consulting with Sutliff Tobacco Co., and he create…

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585: Glen Whelan from Peterson Pipes. Ask the Pipemaker with Jeff Gracik. 1:08:00

5M ago1:08:00

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Our featured interview tonight is with Glen Whelan. Glen is the Director of Sales for Peterson of Dublin. Peterson is a family tradition for Glen. His father worked in the factory for 50 years, eventually serving as Factory Manager. Although Glen now serves as Director of Sales, he started as a part-time retail associate in the Peterson store at th…

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584: Jon David Cole from The Country Squire Co-Hosts 1:11:35

5M ago1:11:35

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We have a special show tonight where there will not be an interview, but we will have Jon David Cole as co-host. JD is the Owner/Tobacconist at The Country Squire in Jackson, MS, and he is the former co-host of the now discontinued podcast, Country Squire Radio. Country Squire Radio ran for 10-years and is still one of the most popular pipe-niche p…

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583: Pipe Maker Tanner Halligan. Pipes Smoking 101 - Flake Tobacco 1:00:29

6M ago1:00:29

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Our featured interview tonight is with Tanner Halligan. Tanner is from Columbus Ohio, and makes the Butterbone Briars line of pipes. He first tried pipe smoking in high school with some friends, and enjoyed it on and off. About a year ago he began making pipes part-time, but was struggling until he decided to buy some pipe making kits by RawKrafted…

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582: Adam Boolen of Cloudbear Custom Blends. Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl. 1:06:39

6M ago1:06:39

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We have a tobacco filled show for you tonight. Our featured interview is with Adam Boolen of Cloudbear Custom Blends. He became interested in pipe smoking when he walked past the Tinderbox in the Cerritos Mall while he was in high school. He smoked a pipe on and off again with years in between. When he became interested in pipes again five years ag…

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581: Pipe Maker Grey Van Kuilenburg. Pipes 101 - Cuts of Tobacco. 1:02:31

6M ago1:02:31

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Our featured interview tonight is with Grey Van Kuilenburg. Grey makes the Van Kuilenburg line of pipes. He has always been into art and design, and he started drawing seriously when he was just three years old. He is a tattoo artist full time, and also hand carves custom electric guitars and basses for the last 30-years. Grey started smoking pipes…

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580: Pipe Collector / Pipe Show Organizer Dave Peterson 1:15:07

6M ago1:15:07

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Our featured interview tonight is with Dave Peterson. Dave is Brian's partner organizing the Las Vegas International Pipe Show. Influenced by his childhood friend's father, he always wanted to be a heavy equipment operator, and that is what he became and worked at his entire life. He started smoking a pipe at 14-years old. This time influenced by H…

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579: Pipe Maker / Restorer Richard Madley. Palate Fatigue. 59:27

7M ago59:27

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Our featured interview tonight is with Richard Madley. Richard got into pipe restoration in 2020 when he found his late father's pipes in a storage unit. He has some amazing before and after pictures on his Instagram of pipes he's restored. Now he also makes his own line of pipes - Mad Pipes, which are beautiful. He's been smoking for years, and he…

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578: Pipe Maker Reid Robertson. Pipe Smoking 101 - Types of Tobacco. 1:00:28

7M ago1:00:28

1:00:28

Our featured interview tonight is with Reid Robertson. Reid is a relatively new pipe maker, but—get this—his first memory of pipe smoking goes back to when he was two years old. He started smoking pipes when he was 18, and starting making them in 2021. Pipe carver David S. Huber started mentoring him in the fall of 2022 and he is now making beautif…

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577: Tom Kuhn from Pipes, Tobacco & Whiskey. Ask the Pipe Maker with Jeff Gracik 1:08:16

7M ago1:08:16

1:08:16

Our featured interview tonight is with Tom Kuhn. Tom is a retired band director and a "professional pipe enthusiast". He is the co-host of the weekly Pipes, Tobacco & Whiskey show on YouTube, which is described as "Impressions and helpful information on affordable and readily available pipes, pipe tobacco and whiskey from a perspective of multiple …

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576: Pipe Maker Jesse Kulp. Pipes 101 - The Tamper 1:04:40

7M ago1:04:40

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Our featured interview tonight is with pipe maker Jesse Kulp. Jesse makes the Oliphant brand of pipes. He's been a pipe smoker since he turned 18 in 2001. He started carving pipes in 2014 and started restoring estate pipes in 2016. He resides in the state of Wisconsin. When he is not making pipes, or smoking pipes, he is smoking meat. At the top of…

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575: Jon David Cole Co-Hosts Our 12th Season Kick-Off 1:07:35

7M ago1:07:35

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We have a special show tonight to celebrate the start of our 12th year. In lieu of an interview, Brian will be joined by another popular pipe podcast host - Jon David Cole. JD is the Owner/Tobacconist at The Country Squire in Jackson, MS, and he is the former co-host of the now discontinued podcast, Country Squire Radio. Country Squire Radio ran fo…

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574: Michael DiCuccio - TInBids.com Owner. Listener Mailbag Q&A 1:12:36

8M ago1:12:36

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Our featured interview tonight is with Michael DiCuccio. Michael is the President of TinBids.com, "The Pipe Collector's Auction Site" where you can buy and sell vintage and rare tobacco tins, tobaccos, pipes and accessories. He has been collecting for over 30-years, and has a personal pipe collection of over 1,100 pipes. Michael also has his own IT…

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573: New Pipe Maker Brandon Frady. Tobacco Blender Jeremy Reeves. 1:07:48

8M ago1:07:48

1:07:48

Our featured interview tonight is with J.B. "Brandon" Frady. Brandon is a new pipe maker making the Ash Cooper line of pipes which just launched earlier this year. His pipes are freehand and artistic shapes and designs. He is also a freelance writer for any type of project, but has been published for music reviews, concert reviews, and a single ano…

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572: Jay Furman, Co-Host of Pipe and Tamper Podcast. Pipes 101 - The Stem. 1:02:52

8M ago1:02:52

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jay Furman. Jay is the co-host of the Pipe and Tamper podcast. He is a long-time member of the pipe community. He started smoking pipes in the 1980s, and owns hundreds of pipes and hundreds of pounds of pipe tobacco. His first pipe shopping experience was at Wally Frank, a famous New York chain of shops, also …

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571: Pipe Maker Stefan Cashwell. NASPC Pipe Show Report. 1:01:57

8M ago1:01:57

1:01:57

Our featured interview tonight is with Stefan Cashwell. Stefan is a part-time pipe maker and a full time musician. Looking at his pipes, you would never know that he has only been making them for a few years. They are real masterpieces created in standard shapes, standard shapes with an artistic twist, and some with a Danish design flair. On the mu…

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570: Journeyman Pipe Smoker James Conarroe. Ask the Pipemaker with Jeff Gracik. 1:07:26

9M ago1:07:26

1:07:26

Our featured interview tonight is with James Conarroe. James is a caricaturist, father of five, and a self-described "Pizza Connoisseur" and "Follower of Christ". This is the 12th in our series of interviews with “Journeymen Pipe Smokers” – guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. At the top of the show our segment will feature …

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569: Japanese Pipe Artisan Satou Smio Memoriam 1:06:36

9M ago1:06:36

1:06:36

Tonight's show will break out of our usual format in honor of the late Japanese pipe artisan, Satou Smio. Satou made high-grade pipes that are works of art, and wonders in engineering at the same time. He was trained in both the Danish and Japanese styles of pipe making, and combined both skill-sets in his masterpiece pipes. "Satou Smio, pipe maker…

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568: Jeremy McKenna from Sutliff Tobacco. Smitty's Pipe Show Report. 1:04:42

9M ago1:04:42

1:04:42

Our featured interview tonight is with Jeremy McKenna. Jeremy is the President of the Sutliff Tobacco Company in Richmond, Virginia. Sutliff is the oldest American pipe tobacco maker at 174 years old. Jeremy has been with the company since 2015. Brian and Jeremy will be talking about the Birds of a Feather line, limited re-issues of old discontinue…

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567: Jon David Cole from Country Squire. Pipes 101 - The Parts of the Pipe. 1:05:36

9M ago1:05:36

1:05:36

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 former co-host of the podcast, Country Squire Radio, which ended their 10-year run earlier this year. We'll have JD with the new "From the Country Squire" segment talking about the recent PCA (Premium Cigar Associat…

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566: Christian Probst from Cigar World in Germany. Ask the Tobacco Blender with Jeremy Reeves. 1:10:12

10M ago1:10:12

1:10:12

Our featured interview tonight is with Christian Probst. Christian is the Pipes & Tobacco Category Manager for Cigar World in Düsseldorf, Germany. He initially became interested in smoking a pipe from his friends back in 1996. His father and other family members also smoked pipes, and then he was lucky enough to turn pipes and tobaccos into a job i…

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565: Les Young - Slow Smoke Champion. Pipes 101 - The Draft Hole. 1:04:21

10M ago1:04:21

1:04:21

Our featured interview tonight is with Les Young. Les has been a fixture at pipe shows for many years. He is the 2023 U.S. Slow Smoking Champion, and goes by "lestrout" on the PipesMagazine forums. Hailing from the Philadelphia area, he worked for Dupont for 40 years and is now retired. He started smoking a pipe while attending MIT in Boston in 196…

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564: Pipe Maker Rich Rosseli. JDRF Auction Items. 1:00:05

10M ago1:00:05

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Our featured interview tonight is with Rich Rosseli. Rich has been making the Smith House brand of pipes for about five years now. His path to pipe making was paved by two gifts he received. First, he received a pipe from his uncle and discovered that he loved pipe smoking. Later, his wife gave him a pipe making kit for Valentine's Day, and the res…

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563: Journeyman Pipe Smoker Jason Lynn. Pipe Maker Jeff Gracik. 1:03:11

10M ago1:03:11

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jason Lynn. Jason is a lobbyist working in Washington, D.C. He primarily focuses in the areas of energy, environment, and transportation infrastructure. This is the 11th in our series of interviews with “Journeymen Pipe Smokers” – guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. At the top of the s…

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562: Pipe Maker Kevin Foster. Pipes 101 - The Shank. 1:02:49

10M ago1:02:49

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Our featured interview tonight is with Kevin Foster. Kevin is a part-time pipe maker residing in Atlanta. His full time job is flying Boeing 767s for a commercial airline in and out of Atlanta, South America, and Europe. Kevin started smoking a pipe in college, on and off. He got back into smoking during the 2020 COVID lockdown, and while reading R…

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561: Journeyman Pipe Smoker Jacob Lundl. Father's Day Book Ideas. 1:03:43

11M ago1:03:43

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jacob Hundl. Jacob is a licensed geologist residing in Charlotte, NC. He has a bachelor’s degree in economic geology and a master’s degree in engineering geology. He had the exciting opportunity to tie together his vocation along with his enjoyment of pipes by exploring a meerschaum mine in Turkey. This is the…

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560: Jon David Cole from Country Squire. Listener Submitted Questions. 1:04:46

11M ago1:04:46

1:04:46

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 former co-host of the podcast, Country Squire Radio, which ended their 10-year run earlier this year. There was a big event to close out the show that we’ll hear about, as well as JD’s first experience as a vendor a…

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559: Journeyman Pipe Smoker Jason Smith. Solani Blue Label 369 Review. 1:09:17

11M ago1:09:17

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Our featured interview tonight is with Jason Smith. Jason has lived in Cincinnati most of his life, and his first influence towards pipe smoking was from his grandfather who seemingly only didn't smoke his pipe if he was sleeping. This is the ninth in our series of interviews with “Journeymen Pipe Smokers” – guys that have been smoking pipes betwee…

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558: The Pipe Professor - Kyle Andrew. Pipes 101 - The Tobacco Chamber. 1:03:39

11M ago1:03:39

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Our featured interview tonight is with Dr. Kyle Andrew a.k.a. "The Pipe Professor". Kyle holds a PhD in the field of educational leadership. His "The Pipe Professor" YouTube Channel has 93 videos, and 2.3k followers, and he has been at it for eight years. He reviews all kinds of pipe tobacco, and does an occasional cigar review as well. At the top …

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557: Journeyman Pipe Smoker Steve Davenport. Jeff Gracik on The Battle of the Briar. 1:06:18

12M ago1:06:18

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Our featured interview tonight is with Steve Davenport. Steve is a geologist working in the field of environmental consulting. This is the eighth in our series of interviews with “Journeymen Pipe Smokers” – guys that have been smoking pipes between five and 10 years. At the top of the show we will have Jeff Gracik reporting on the "Battle of the Br…

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