Media
Live dispatches from the independent cigar press, the channels and podcasts worth following, and the nine shows Cigar Capitol Studio is built around.
Live from the trade
While the wires are down: what to read in the Dictionary
City spotlight: Esteli, while the Journal reconnects
Start here: the Tobacco Atlas
The Encyclopedia: split trademarks explained
Channels worth following
Cigar Dojo
Reviews, Smoke Night LIVE broadcasts and collaboration releases.
The Cigar Authority
Weekly cigar talk show recorded live with industry guests.
halfwheel
Video companion to the halfwheel newsroom, including trade show coverage.
Cigar Aficionado
Editors of the magazine on cigar of the week picks, lessons and celebrity interviews.
Drew Estate Cigars
Factory tours, product launches and events from the Esteli based manufacturer.
Boveda
Humidity and storage education plus the Box Press interview series.
In the ear
Lounge Lizards
Weekly cigar and lifestyle roundtable pairing a featured smoke with a featured pour.
Box Press
Long interviews with cigar makers and blenders, often recorded on location at trade shows.
Eat Drink Smoke
Cigars, spirits and food covered with a loose talk radio format.
The Half Ashed Cigar Podcast
Deep single cigar discussions across a 199 episode archive that ended in 2019.
The shows
Nine original franchises. Every episode is planned to ship with a full transcript, chapter timestamps, and links to every person, place and term mentioned — so the video becomes part of the archive rather than a feed that scrolls away.
Capitals of Smoke
Long-form city episodes that treat cigar culture as urban history. Each installment maps one capital through its lounges, its shops and the people who keep the ritual alive. We stay long enough to catch the city off duty.
The Blender's Table
Sit-down interviews with the blenders, growers and founders who actually decide what a cigar tastes like. One guest, one table, no marketing script. We ask what they threw away before the blend worked.
Factory Floor
Process documentaries shot inside working factories, from the curing barn to the cellophane. No host on camera, just the rooms and the hands. We follow a single leaf until it becomes a box.
One Cigar One Story
A single cigar, a single story, told in the time it takes to smoke it. Sometimes the smoker is famous and sometimes the smoker is the guy who fixes the humidor. The cigar is only the excuse.
The Cigar Dictionary
Three to seven minute explainers that define one term properly and then show it. No jargon left standing. Built for the smoker who nods along in the lounge and looks it up later.
The Capitol Humidor
Everything about keeping cigars rather than buying them: aging curves, collecting, storage science and authentication. We open old boxes on camera and say honestly whether the wait paid off. Counterfeits get examined side by side with the real thing.
Pairing Room
Cigars against whiskey, rum, coffee, wine and the occasional bad idea. A blender and a bartender argue in front of the same ashtray. We keep the pairings that survive a second round.
The Retailer's Table
The business end of the industry, told by the people behind the counter. Shop owners, buyers and lounge operators talk margins, regulation, theft, rent and the customers who keep them open. It is the least romantic show we make and the most useful.
Cigar Capitol Dispatches
Short field reports from wherever the story is: trade shows, festivals, harvests and shop openings. Filed fast, edited light, no studio. If something happened this week, this is where it lands.