Sundays & CigarsA podcast for men of purpose. We engage in the art of conversation about faith, family and business, while enjoying the smooth smoke of a cigar.enSun, 20 Sep 2026 13:14:00 -0000Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:14:00 -0000https://rss2.flightcast.com/bdgayhkot2w39u6ygj3ytb6e.xmlFlightcast RSS Feed GeneratorSundays & Cigarshttps://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/bm3xhst9wvh7zwy8o83ws69s/01M1JT0TWWV5EP8WZ29RMFQGPW/img_0396.pnghttps://rss2.flightcast.com/bdgayhkot2w39u6ygj3ytb6e.xmlepisodicIan BennettIan Bennettian@liftedonline.comA podcast for men of purpose. We engage in the art of conversation about faith, family and business, while enjoying the smooth smoke of a cigar.falsenoPull Up A Chair for a Short StoryThe Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story is a perfecto — tapered at both ends, wrapped in delicate Cameroon leaf, and notoriously slower to roll than anything box-pressed or straight-sided. That's exactly why most factories stopped making them. Fuente said no. The shape matters. And somewhere in that decision is something worth paying attention to right now. This episode pulls three threads. First: the quiet return of slow formats — vinyl, film photography, long-form newsletters — and what it tells us about why people left them in the first place (hint: production quit, not the audience). Second: Hemingway's iceberg discipline and why a younger generation of creators is going back to him not for the myth but for the edit. If you know it, you don't have to say it. Most of us are still adding when we should be cutting. Third: the business case for the short version. The Short Story vitola is a sub-45-minute smoke, one of the smallest in the Fuente lineup, and one of the most recognized. The gap wasn't a bigger product. It was the one that fit into an actual afternoon. Cameroon wrapper. Cedar and nuts. Medium strength. About 45 minutes. Light one up.flightcast:01M2V2AHKWYD3GF89YR4EYQCNJSun, 20 Sep 2026 13:14:00 -0000Ian BennettThe Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story is a perfecto — tapered at both ends, wrapped in delicate Cameroon leaf, and notoriously slower to roll than anything box-pressed or straight-sided. That's exactly why most factories stopped making them. Fuente said no. The shape matters. And somewhere in that decision is something worth paying attention to right now.

This episode pulls three threads. First: the quiet return of slow formats — vinyl, film photography, long-form newsletters — and what it tells us about why people left them in the first place (hint: production quit, not the audience). Second: Hemingway's iceberg discipline and why a younger generation of creators is going back to him not for the myth but for the edit. If you know it, you don't have to say it. Most of us are still adding when we should be cutting. Third: the business case for the short version. The Short Story vitola is a sub-45-minute smoke, one of the smallest in the Fuente lineup, and one of the most recognized. The gap wasn't a bigger product. It was the one that fit into an actual afternoon.

Cameroon wrapper. Cedar and nuts. Medium strength. About 45 minutes. Light one up.

]]>Pull Up A Chair for a Short StoryIan Bennettfull837false11The Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story is a perfecto — tapered at both ends, wrapped in delicate Cameroon leaf, and notoriously slower to roll than anything box-pressed or straight-sided. That's exactly why most factories stopped making them. Fuente said no. The shape matters. And somewhere in that decision is something worth paying attention to right now. This episode pulls three threads. First: the quiet return of slow formats — vinyl, film photography, long-form newsletters — and what it tells us about why people left them in the first place (hint: production quit, not the audience). Second: Hemingway's iceberg discipline and why a younger generation of creators is going back to him not for the myth but for the edit. If you know it, you don't have to say it. Most of us are still adding when we should be cutting. Third: the business case for the short version. The Short Story vitola is a sub-45-minute smoke, one of the smallest in the Fuente lineup, and one of the most recognized. The gap wasn't a bigger product. It was the one that fit into an actual afternoon. Cameroon wrapper. Cedar and nuts. Medium strength. About 45 minutes. Light one up.