About the Podcast

From the Havana Hut With the Mind of Men is a podcast that focuses on Cigars & Libations.  It is published on a weekly basis on Tuesdays.  Each week, the Men choose a cigar and a drink to pair it with.  Much of the time, a whisky or bourbon is chosen, however libation pairings have included cocktails, wine, beer, other hard liquors and sometimes even soft drinks.  The target running time for a From the Havana Hut episode is 15 minutes give or take.

History & Genesis

The From the Havana Hut Podcast began in March of 2008 during Season Two of the Mind of Men.

While much of the content of the Mind of Men podcast can become somewhat dated, Cigars and Libations are to some extent timeless.  We figured that over time, listeners might want to go back and listen to just the cigar and libation segment of our main podcast and we wanted to offer a short format version that they could download and quickly listen to rather than forcing them to wade through an entire Mind of Men episode to get to the cigar/libation part.

During Season Two and Season Three of the Mind of Men, the From the Havana Hut content duplicated the third segment of the main podcast – it was the third segment with a new opening and closing section grafted on.  While we decided to cut the Mind of Men back to a bi-weekly schedule starting with Season Three, we endeavored to push out a new From the Havana Hut episode weekly.  For this reason, there are a number of From the Havana Hut episodes with content that is not found on a Mind of Men episode.

Starting with season four of the Mind of Men, we decided to eliminate the duplication and dropped the cigar and libation segment from the main podcast.  Going forward, our cigar and libation content will only be found in the weekly From the Havana Hut podcast.