Be a guest
Tell the story behind your cigars.
Long conversations with the people who make, sell and smoke cigars. You talk. We make the episode and the clips.
We get your story told. Keep reading to see how.
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Every cigar has a story.
A family, a farm, a factory, a first box sold.
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Most never get told.
Ads are banned and shelves are crowded. The story is what's left.
What you get
Your story, told to 64K+ followers.
One conversation. It starts with a 30-minute intro call.
- 01The full episode YouTubeWith chapters and its own thumbnail.
- 02Short clips captionedCut from your best moments, ready to share.
- 03Shared posts InstagramCollaborations that run on your profile and ours.
Tap to apply, or keep scrolling to see who we look for first.
Apply to be a guest"... a tobacconist doesn't sell you a cigar. He guides you."
Ernesto PadillaFounder, Padilla Cigars · Ep. 012
What you get
Your story, told properly.
The full episode
On YouTube, with chapters and its own thumbnail.
Short clips
Captioned, cut from your best moments.
Shared posts
Clips go out as Instagram collaborations, on your profile and ours.
No slides
We ask about the story. You tell it.
Who we look for
People with a real cigar connection.
You don't need a big audience. Bring a story you can tell well.
Makers and blenders
You grow, blend or roll, and you know why each leaf is there.
Lounge owners
You built a room people come back to.
Collectors
You keep a humidor and know where every box came from.
Founders
You run a company, and cigars are part of your story.
Your host
Anatolie Clevan
- Runs Breaking Cigars: 64K+ followers and 17M+ views across Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.1
- Founder of LeadsACE, a growth agency.
- CMO and co-founder of Caesar Health.
- Also interviews founders on ContentStash, and helped build Caesar Health's Operators Podcast.
- Waterloo Engineering. Former engineer officer, Canadian Armed Forces.5
Has sat down with the founders of Cigars Daily, Padilla Cigars and Privada Cigar Club.
Apply
It starts with a short call.
- Pick a time. A 30-minute intro call, shown in your timezone.
- Answer a few questions. They're listed below, so nothing is a surprise.
- Talk it through. If it fits, we plan the recording together.
Booking the call doesn't confirm an episode.
What the booking form asks
- What do you do in the cigar world?
- Company, brand or lounge name?
- Website or social profile link?
- What story would you tell on the show?
- Any past podcast or video appearances? Share a link.
What to prepare
- Your story in two lines. The moment that got you into cigars, and where it led.
- A link. Your brand, your lounge or a social profile.
- Past appearances. Any podcast or video you've been on.
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Sources
- ¹ Followers and all-time views summed across Instagram, YouTube and Facebook (Instagram: the higher of Vista Social and the public count for each reel. Facebook: Vista Social. YouTube: public counts), pulled 19 Oct 2026. Followers can overlap across platforms.
- ² First post 13 Oct 2025. Instagram plus YouTube passed 50,000 followers on 29 Mar 2026, day 167. Vista Social follower history.
- ³ Top Instagram reel: 7.5M views, 19 Oct 2026.
- ⁵ leadsace.io, founder profile.
- Guest credentials: Ep. 010, Ep. 012, Ep. 008. Cigars Daily subscriber count from YouTube, 12 Oct 2026.