A Super El Niño wipes out over half of Ecuador's 2026 wrapper crop, plus a 97-year-old's fatal birthday party and a grizzly attack.Ecuador Wrapper Shortage · El Niño · Chimali Argosy · What's the Score · Chen Zhi HabanosThe crew opens with lounge updates on the kids' fundraiser reaching its goal, comments about a Powstanie sampler and a Pressure's a Privilege quarter zip pre-order, then covers off-topic news on Reese's peanut butter cream, a 97-year-old's fatal birthday party and a deadly bear attack in British Columbia. Cigar news covers Super El Niño destroying much of Ecuador's Habano crop, a British Virgin Islands ruling in the Chen Zhi Habanos S.A. stake case, and Chimali's new Argosy line debuting at the V Cut Lounge. They then play What's the Score with the Perez Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance Rocket 2026 Red, and wrap up with a stalled cigar-lighting gadget and Shia's remarks on a BDP test blend.

The crew opens with a chat about channel views, a rundown of the show, and a check-in on the lounge, including the kids' fundraiser total and Lounge comments about Tim's mask. They cover the fake job interview that let hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance, the Indonesian president's chief of staff arrested for wiretapping, and Meta's humanoid robot. Cigar news covers Selected Tobacco's Petite Edition sampler, Fifth Avenue's insolvency, and the return of the La Gloria Cubana Gran Legado. They finish with What's the Score? on a Charlie Minato review of the Charlie Torano Captiva BFC, which scored 75, then talk about Chen Zhi and Siggy's Polish beer tasting.

After a cold open with a rundown of the day's stories, the crew announced the winner of the old mask auction and gave an update on Mike's kids' fundraiser, then read Comments from the Lounge, including one about the Lancero's 90 score. The news covered cyberattacks on Wi-Fi freezers in European stores, the redesigned Dwyane Wade statue head, and a Florida man who bit a police dog. Cigar news included Tatuaje's new Boris Karloff run, EGM's Ninfa cigars in a ceramic jar, and Steve Saka teasing Dunbarton's Takumi and the Shakua Bushido, plus a birthday call to Ronnie from Secreto Cigars. They finished with What's the Score? on the Cayman Cigar Company Tortuga, followed by a call to Pete Hernandez about Boris Karloff allocations.