{"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":"Episode179: Interviews from NOLA","slug":"episode179-interviews-from-nola","published_at":"2026-05-02T08:55:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794/episode179-interviews-from-nola","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/simply-stogies-14794","url":"https://simplystogies.podbean.com/e/episode179-interviews-from-nola/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rbw58d3jz6ngts9j/EP179.mp3","summary":"We sat down with some of the most interesting people at this year's Premium Cigar Association Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana. Despite a few hiccups with both audio and video, we sit down with Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Rick and Sara Rodriguez of West Tampa Tobacco, Lou Cross of Lure Cigars, Nimmer Ahmad of Valacari Cigars, Zack Van Ginkel and Andray McCuien of HDA Cigars, and Michael Knowles of Mayflower Cigars. A big shoutout to the entire team...Jimmy Dailing, Timothy Allen, Mimi VonSwagg and Mike Morrow. Their tireless work and dedication made our coverage of this year's PCA trade show a success. We also want to thank Small Batch Cigar and My Old Kentucky Herf for sponsoring our coverage of the show this year. Stay tuned to our YouTube and Rumble channels for more interviews and coverage of the 2026 Premium Cigar Association Convention & Trade Show.","meta_description":"We sat down with some of the most interesting people at this year's Premium Cigar Association Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans, Louisiana. Despi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9546,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/simply-stogies-14794/episodes/episode179-interviews-from-nola/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/episode179-interviews-from-nola.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}