Now, if you just don't want to listen, I'm not going to try to convince you, but to just be fair, the radioshow isn't anything like youtube. It's not a guy talking about smoking a pipe or how to smoke a pipe. It's news from inside the tobacco industry, with people who work in the industry, more like news. What blends may be changing, company buy outs, new blends coming and going. It's much different than a bunch of us know-nothings setting around speculating. Brian used to work for Sutliff, Mac Barens, etc... He knows some people on the insides of these companies. Tobacco blenders talking about what it is to be a blender, how they work, new blends in the works. Different leafs, different blends... insights into the world of where our tobaccos come from.
Then you have people who work for pipe makers, factory discussions. New pipemakers discussing their designs or engineering. Briar harvesters. The pipe market, what's changing in how pipes are distributed. Pipe collectors, and how they got into it.
Then sometimes it's just great interviews with interesting people who smoke pipes, authors, artists, truck drivers. Interesting insights into how they see their pipe hobbies, or just their work. It's like meeting someone from here. Sometimes they are people from here.
If someone enjoys the posts on here, then I would think they would enjoy listening to Brian and his guests. He has "our" sense of humor, and he doesn't force an opinion. He is very openminded and funny to listen to.
But, yeh... I can't bring myself to watch a YouTube. Most of it is... really boring. I would rather read most of the time, mostly because I can read faster than Youtubers can get a point across. And, I am not as dedicated to listening to the radioshows as soon as they come out. I usually get behind by a few months, and the peruse the ones that seem like they would be the most interesting and listen while driving or working, most days.
But, like I said, I am not twisting arms. I just wanted to make sure the show wasn't misrepresented as just another youtube with someone talking about different packing styles or which freakin' lighter works the best for pipes. Or, trendy stuff like which tobacco is "hot" at the moment or such. It's just a fun, funny little show which has better information than we all can get about stuff that appeals to most of us, instead of just bantering about it on here.
