I occasionally listen to the PM podcast, Brian is always entertaining.
I also like to listen to debate podcasts, especially theological in nature. Modern Day Debate has been doing some good work for a while and there's a topic on there for everyone.
I go through phases of higher activity, but I've lately been smoking basically the same thing whenever I smoke a pipe, either GL pease Embarcadero or c&d Briar Fox, so I don't want to just keep posting the same thing over and over.
I've always been more interested in the tobacco side of things...
Virginias can definitely get that unpleasant ashy taste when pushed too hard, but I've also found that most people that complain about something tasting like cigarettes, haven't/don't smoke cigarettes. So whenever I see that as a flavor profile, I take everything else they say about taste with a...
If this thread continues there won't be any blends left unmentioned. That speaks greatly to Pease as a blender. Pick the blends that sound good to you and order with confidence.
I don't really notice any ghosting by the Orientals, but I do smoke a lot of Va/Or and Vabur blends, so any ghost usually doesn't stick around for long.
I've heard Jeremy assert that it's all the same tobacco in many of his videos. I will look some up after work, usually he gets asked this question in interviews and clarifies that it's the same tobacco. I could be mistaken.