{"podcast":{"title":"Simply Stogies","slug":"simply-stogies-14794","podcast_index_feed_id":14794,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/simplystogies/feed.xml","website_url":"https://simplystogies.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4335207/new3.png","author":"James Giehm","episode_count":259,"summary":"A podcast for cigar enthusiasts and cigar aficionados. Interviews with blenders, principles, owners, and others in and around the cigar industry. From the PCA Trade Show to local B&Ms and regional events, we cover it all. Join James and Nick Syris (owner of LH Cigars) on the 1st and 15th of every month.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 176: Jonas Santana of Blackbird Cigars","slug":"episode-176-jonas-santana-of-blackbird-cigars","published_at":"2026-03-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794/episode-176-jonas-santana-of-blackbird-cigars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794","url":"https://simplystogies.podbean.com/e/episode-176-jonas-santana-of-blackbird-cigars/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7xdgdycckrwa2bvn/Episode176JonasSantanaofBlackbirdCigars.mp3","summary":"James and Nick welcome Jonas Santana from Blackbird Cigars. The trio discuss Blackbird's 10 years in the industry and how they're celebrating...with three new blends! Jonas talks about working with his mentor and master blender at his factory in the Dominican Republic. Jonas goes through the challenges he's faced, overcoming failures, and his greatest successes in his ten years in the industry. We talk about work/home balance and what we can expect from Blackbird at this year's PCA Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana.","meta_description":"James and Nick welcome Jonas Santana from Blackbird Cigars. The trio discuss Blackbird's 10 years in the industry and how they're celebrating...with three…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4443,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/simply-stogies-14794/episodes/episode-176-jonas-santana-of-blackbird-cigars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794/episode-176-jonas-santana-of-blackbird-cigars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}