The following is an archived podcast presented by the Brenson and Hudson Foundation for Podcast Recovery.

This podcast is entitled The Smoke-filled Room. It is the first and only episode of the podcast.

Welcome to episode one. Nice Italian suits. The finest whiskies in all of the lands.

The biggest Rolex in all of Switzerland.

To the gentlemen of discerning tastes, these things deliver a sense of elegance and refinement.

But nothing improves each and every one of them quite like a fine cigar.

Yes, a cigar is like a fine wine that you can smoke,

or a beer that smells good, or a cigarette with some kind of genetic growth disorder.

On behalf of Cigar Officioado magazine, this is the smoke-filled room. My name is Luca H. Migo, and today I am joined by two very distinguished guests and prominent

luminaries of the cigar community.

First up, we have six-time NBA champion and owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Michael Jordan.

Michael, how are you today?

Hey, what's up? Michael Jordan here.

Glad to be here.

Smoke some cigars, have some fun.

We are big fans of your work here at this magazine.

I mean, throughout the 90s, this was basically a Michael Jordan magazine, and the cigars were

kind of secondary, you know?

Oh, yeah.

You guys would ask me to be on that thing and like holding a basketball or something.

I'm like, can I just smoke the cigars?

But you always made me hold that basketball in there and like the rings and stuff.

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