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    Server Issues?

    This is hilarious!!!!!!! It should finally be fixed now.
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    Rick Newcombe on Danish Pipe Making Legend Jess Chonowitsch - Radio Show Dec 9, 2025

    On tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show Rick Newcombe reminisces about Danish pipe making legend Jess Chonowitsch. Jess passed away on November 28, 2025. The impact he had on artisan pipe making is immeasurable. Rick is likely one of the first American pipe collectors to meet Jess going back to...
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    RIP Jess Chonowitsh

    A Monumental Loss: Jess Chonowitsch Passes by Chuck Stanion
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    RIP Jess Chonowitsh

    RIP Jess. I met him back in July 2010 when Sykes Wilford was nice enough to invite me to go on his annual trip to Denmark with him. On tonight's Pipes Magazine Radio show we will have Rick Newcombe reminiscing about Jess.
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    Pipemaker JD Wolf on Radio Show of December 2, 2025

    Our featured guest on tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show is artisan pipe maker JD Wolf. JD just started smoking pipes a little over a year ago, and he started making them at about the same time. His impetus for becoming a pipe maker came from the problem that his preferences in artistic...
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    Updating the History of Sasieni Pipes and Their Subsidiary Brands

    https://pipedia.org/wiki/Sasieni_Pipes_and_Their_Subsidiary_Brands
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    Holidays are Made for Pipes and Tobacco: The Ser Jacopo Insanus

    It seems that we never run out of things to talk about when it comes to pipes and tobacco with the ranges of both being quite deep and wide. The Ser Jacopo Insanus is Fred Brown's new obsession. He talks about that and more in his final column for 2025. Check it out right here: Holidays are...
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    My 5 Year PipesMagazine Anniversary

    Thanks for sticking around everybody!
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    Pipe Maker Patrick Kehler on Radio Show of November 25, 2025

    Our featured guest on tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show is artisan pipe maker Patrick Kehler from Marchand, Manitoba Canada. He grew up in a strict religious environment where his behavior was restricted and smoking (and drinking) were frowned upon. One day, when he was older and in the...
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    So Much Information Everywhere, Yet..

    I DID look into it. Here's what I found. 1. Did William Paley run U.S. “book burning” operations in Germany? No. This is an invented conspiracy theory. William S. Paley, the head of CBS, did serve in the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) and later as a psychological operations officer...
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    So Much Information Everywhere, Yet..

    None of this is true. This is antisemitic propaganda that distorts or invents history. We will not tolerate this here. Be careful what you post next.
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    Taking My Leave

    Thank you so much for all of your contributions here, Duane. The place won't be the same without you. Safe and tranquil passages.
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    Pipe Maker Ryan McCawley on Radio Show of November 18, 2025

    Our featured guest on tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show is Texas-based artisan pipe maker Ryan McCawley from Smokin’ Barrels Briars. Like many of us, Ryan was attracted to the scent of aromatic tobaccos. Also, like many new pipe smokers, he burned the heck out of his tongue. That was a long...
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    Pipe Maker Evan Wiseman on Radio Show of November 11, 2025

    Our featured guest on tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show is Canadian pipe maker Evan Wiseman. Evan has been making pipes for ten years (minus a two year break) and is quite well-known and respected in the field. His path started with cigars in college, but they became too expensive, so he...
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    Mike Murphy on Radio Show of November 4, 2025

    Our featured guest on tonight’s Pipes Magazine Radio Show is the founder of the Pipe & Tamper Podcast, Mike Murphy. Mike started his podcast in 2018 and turned over the show to new co-hosts Bo Parker and Jay Furman in January 2025. Now that Mike hasn’t been doing the podcast, he has even more...