Introducing Monday Night Lights

[El Presidente]

Commencing Sunday Night 9PM NY/12 PM Local Monday we will commence our weekly video podcast called Monday Night Lights (MNL)

Casual vibe over a drink and a cigar where over 60 mintes we jump into: 

• Group FOH member reviews. 
• Industry interviews
• FOH member deep dive 
• Controversial issues. 
• Alcohol and cigar pairings with FOH members.
• etc etc etc 

It is my intention to achieve as much member involvement as possible and each recording will be posted up prior to the following weekend. 

Let me know what episodes/issues you think would be fertile ground to cover and I will put it on the MNL planning board for consideration 

Formulae = good cigar + a drink + great topic + laughter and an absence of tossers. 

I will post the details of our first episode tomorrow 

[Cigar Surgeon]

[traveller]

Looking forward to it!!

[benfica_77]

This is great, i don't have a cigar podcast that I follow. 

Here's a suggestion, I am a sucker for structure so here's a possible idea for you @El Presidente

- Start off every podcast with what's in the news section in the Cigar World Industry 10 minutes covering 1-2 news pieces. New RE is out or an update from PCC about inventory etc. 

- 30 minutes to cover the topic of the podcast with guest(s) (suggestions for episodes - have @Ryan to discuss the process of getting a RE (you mentioned working on the first Irish RE), have an FOH remember that is an expert in vintage cigars and talking about how to avoid common pitfalls when purchasing vintage cigars, have an owner of a B+M on to talk about what its like to own a cigar shop (Sahakian from Davidoff in London?), Have Alex on to talk about blending and rolling, I can keep going forever loll 

- FOH Post of the week - 10 minutes discussing your favourite post on the FOH forum for that week....it can turn into 10 minute roast of Ken loll 

- BR auction of the week. 5 minutes Talking about an auction that was interesting either for how much it went for or it being a unique box and going into a bit of history behind it etc. 

- Wrap up and rating of the cigar / tasting notes smoked during the podcast. 5 minutes. 

I suggest keeping the podcast to max 1 hour I find the super long form podcasts a challenge to keep up with. Most people live busy lives and can't dedicate 2+ hour plus to one topic even if it's their favourite hobby. 

Happy to help on the back end with idea generation and lining up guests for the podcast!