The Bar
We start where the room starts. The humidor, the wrapper, the origin story — and why this particular cigar belongs to this particular hour.
A Podcast for Men of Purpose
The bar. The cigar. The convo.
Every Sunday we sit down with men of purpose to talk mental health, faith and community — over a cigar worth the hour.
Premiere Target
September
20, 2026
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The first conversation is on its way. Playback will appear here once published.
Good cigars. Real conversation. @sundaysandcigars
Pull Up a Chair
Half lounge.
Half confession booth.
Half the show is the lounge and the cigar of choice. The other half is the conversation men don't usually have out loud.
Host Ian Bennett opens every episode at the bar — the humidor, the origin story, the pick for the hour. Then the room gets quiet and the real conversation starts: mental health, spiritual health, and the health of the communities we're all trying to build.
We don't perform conversation. We honor it. Ian Bennett, Host
The Format
Three acts. One conversation.
The Cigar
Every pick carries history. We trace it back, then find the parallel between where that leaf came from and what we're about to talk about.
The Convo
The reason we sat down. Mental health, faith, fatherhood, purpose, and the things men carry quietly — said out loud, on the record.
Ep. 001 · The Cigar of Choice
Hemingway
Short Story
Arturo Fuente named the Hemingway line after the author's spare, deliberate prose, and the Short Story is the smallest cut of it — a four-inch perfecto that spends the better part of an hour making you reconsider what a small cigar can do.
That's the whole thesis of the show in one stick. It's short on paper and long in the chair. A closed foot that makes you slow down and light it properly. Cameroon sweetness up front, cedar and cocoa through the middle, and it never turns harsh on you at the end. Roughly forty minutes — the exact length of a conversation worth having.
Every pick carries history. This one's named after a writer who said more with less.
Ian Bennett, Host
Watch / Listen
Season One
Pull up a chair for the full conversation. Watch the film or take the audio with you.
The first chair is waiting
Good conversation.
Worth the wait.
The first episode is being prepared. Published conversations will appear here.
Latest release
Inside season one Planned conversations
A look ahead, not a list of published episodes. Guests and release dates may change.
Ep.EpisodeThe CigarDate
Why we sit down on Sundays
Ian Bennett · Host
Hemingway Short Story
Planned premiere
The elder's chair
Guest to be announced
To be selected
Coming soon
The breakthrough
Guest to be announced
To be selected
Coming soon
Culture & context
Guest to be announced
To be selected
Coming soon
The craft
Guest to be announced
To be selected
Coming soon
Room for many voices
Ensemble episode
To be selected
Coming soon
COMING SOON
A Cinematic Short · Coming Soon
The Roaring Lion
He took the cigar. He got the photograph.
An upcoming cinematic short exploring the story behind a portrait, a cigar, and a moment that says more than words.
The film is not available to watch yet. We'll share it here when it's ready. Until then, consider this a first look at the mood.
A LIFTED production × Sundays & Cigars
The Other Half of the Show
The Sunday Side
Not every conversation belongs to the lounge. Some of them happen in the morning light — high desert out the window, one chair, one cigar, and nothing to prove. These sessions run in daylight and get released as the quieter cut of the show.
Daylight Sessions
Shorter, softer, one guest. Recorded in natural light with a single camera and no studio lighting — closer to a conversation you overhear than one you tune into.
Two Rooms, One Show
The lounge is the night room: leather, lanterns, the full three-act format. The Sunday Side is the morning room. Same host, same honesty, opposite light.
Booking a Session
Daylight sessions are booked one weekend a month. If a full studio episode feels like too much for a first conversation, start here.
Request a Sunday session
The Guest Chair
Pull up a chair.
Bring a story.
If you're a man of purpose in this community with something worth saying out loud, the chair is open. Tell us the story you would bring to the conversation.
Ask about being a guestEmail Ian with your story, the topic you would like to explore, and your availability. This opens your email app; no submission is collected on this page.