This week's pod guest is part of one of the world's great tobacco dynasties - the mighty Plasencia family of Nicaragua. Nestor Jr joins Nick for a chat about all things cigar; about when they went for a horse ride around his plantation; about little red worms; about setting your bed on fire; about early mornings and smiling faces; about Honduras, and Cuba and Nicaragua; about organic cigars; about agronomy, tobacco monocultures, social responsibility and a spot of meditation. Happy Friday,...

This week’s guest is one for the foodies amongst you. A man of a thousand lives, each of them lived at 100mph, Jay Emery is the founder and force behind Bushman Ovens, makers of the finest woodfired ovens available in the UK. On this week’s pod, he joins Nick Hammond to talk about his adolescence in apartheid South Africa, joining the country’s military as a teenager, learning to ski, becoming a magician, building his first oven and evolving into the man that made outdoor cooking cool. An...

You won't want to miss this one. The legend that is Patrick Mavros joins Nick Hammond for this pod from his property in Harare, for an extraordinary insight into the life of this modern-day Indiana Jones. He talks falconry, giant snakes, man-eating crocs, reminisces on childhood in the bush, great cigars he's smoked, lunch with Bruce Springsteen, imitates hippos and generally ethralls with his sheer exuberance for life. A chance to gain an insight into this truly remarkable character. Happy...

This week's guest, Rob Fox, joins host and author Nick Hammond to discuss one of the world's greatest luxury institutions - the legendary JJ Fox of St James's Street. The pair shirk no responsibilities, tackling Sir Winston Churchill inventories, Oscar Wilde's unpaid bills, hotel rooftop tears, an extraordinarily serendipitous tasting of a 1950s cigar in an Italian restaurant in Havana and much, much more. Pull up a chair, light up a smoke, grab a drink - and welcome the fantastic Mr Fox....

You won't need to hear this week's guest for very long before you guess where she's from. Magali de la Cruz has been Laurence Davis' right hand at Sautter for years. She talks to Nick Hammond from her lockdown apartment in London and discusses growing up in Cuba, working the tobacco fields, coming to England, learning the ropes and much, much more. Pin back your ears for a true legend of cigar retail dispensing her wisdom. And finally, a bonus at the end of the pod; the sounds of steamy...

This week's guest is fast becoming one of the cigar world's wisest counsel's. A born leader with a cool head, Juan Martinez talks to Nick from his garden in Managua. Now in charge of Nicaragua's oldest cigar factory, Juan talks to Nick about Cinco Decadas - The Rise of the Nicaraguan Cigar, the book the pair put together for Joya's 50th anniversary; the world's greatest cigar factory; resilience; resolution; the future - and of course, cigars. Happy VE Day Friday, folks!

A change of pace for this week's pod, as Nick talks to a remarkable former Royal Marine bringing the great outdoors, some ancient marine skills and a sense of adventure to his clients. Henry Chamberlain, speaking from his lockdown base in Kabul, Afghanistan, talks to Nick about life on the ocean waves, intimidating moments facing fierce tribes in forgotten places, about 'smuggling', creek swimming, foraging the salt marshes - and butt pricking! Listen on...

This week's guest is a beguiling man from a beguiling country. Nick talks at length to Alejandro Turrent, owner of Casa Turrent cigars and the latest hand on the tiller on one of the oldest tobacco dynasties on the planet. The duo talk San Andres wrapper, parrots, Tequila, shrimp, terrifying nautical journeys, Shamanic rituals and a whole lot more. Happy Friday!

Devon is Heaven! From the green and pleasant land of his south west eyrie, Scott Vines of Tor Imports joins Nick Hammond for this week's pod. Tor are responsible for bringing some of the biggest names in New World cigars into the UK - and he chats to Nick candidly about the cigar industry here, selling fags in Glasgee, the legendary humidor manager Ian and a little sewing room in a school in Estelí, among much more. Enjoy the pod.

In this bonus mini pod bonus episode, Nick Hammond reads a chapter from his book, Around The World In 80 Cigars for your delectation. Buy it from all good cigar stores, bookshops and from www.nick-hammond.com now; perfect lockdown reading.

In this week's pod, Nick Hammond talks to his old sparring partner, Laurence Davis of Sautter Cigar fame. Havana Festival 2020, Laurence in a lather, lockdown herfing, Instagram Live, El Jeffe's first cigar, visiting Pinar del Rio and a whole host more is covered as the dynamic duo shoot the breeze over a morning smoke...

In the opening pod, author Nick Hammond talks to Jimmy McGhee, marketing guru for Hunters & Frankau, the UK importer of Cuban cigars. They talk old smokes, new smokes, fun times and more. The perfect antidote to the lockdown blues.