October 29, 2026 · 2 min read · by Mike Palmer · Episode 649

New Cigars, Reviews & Industry News | CHPOD 649

The crew opened with banter about after-school specials, then read Comments from the Lounge about Tim and Siggy, plus updates on a mask auction and a kids' fundraiser. The news covered a $127 million wrongful-firing award, an invisible sculpture that sold for $18,300, a Florida cop who took a dead man's house, and a humanoid robot seized in Germany. Cigar news covered Drew Estate's Feral Flying Pig releases, a Ted's coffee liqueur cigar and the La Flor Dominicana Chapter 3 TAA exclusive, with a long argument over Connecticut Broadleaf versus Habano. They closed with What's the Score on the Espinosa Laranja Hybrid Short Churchill, reviewed by Patrick Lagreid,

CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open and Show Rundown
3:50 Comments from the Lounge
13:24 Blue Cross $127 Million Lawsuit
17:43 Invisible Sculpture Sells for $18,300
22:42 Cop Takes Dead Man's House
27:02 German Robot Seized by Police
31:46 Cigar News: Feral Flying Pigs
39:14 Ted's Coffee Liqueur Cigar
48:02 La Flor Dominicana Chapter 3 TAA
51:12 What's the Score: Espinosa Laranja Hybrid
57:45 Skull Giveaway and Patreon Chat
1:00:39 Habano vs Broadleaf Argument

CIGARS IN THIS EPISODE
- Drew Estate Feral Flying Pig
- Liga Privada Unico Serie Feral Flying Pig
- Liga Privada H99 Feral Flying Pig
- Herrera Estelí Brazilian Matafina Feral Flying Pig
- Herrera Estelí Habano Feral Flying Pig
- Nicarustica Shade Feral Flying Pig
- Undercrown Shade Feral Flying Pig
- Undercrown 10 Feral Flying Pig
- Undercrown LT Grade Dominicano Feral Flying Pig
- Liga Privada No. 9
- Liga Privada T52
- Ted's Dark Roast Coffee Liqueur Seasoned Cigar
- Ted's Dumante
- Foundation Menelik
- Padrón
- La Flor Dominicana Chapter Three
- La Flor Dominicana Capítulo Two
- Espinosa Laranja Hybrid Short Churchill

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