As it turns out, Conan O’Brien had to “run and gun” a lot of the great bits and segments for the special Conan in Cuba episode.

So, to further explain the whole experience, Conan sat down with writers Jose Arroyo and Jessie Gaskell as well as Aaron Bleyaert at Team Coco’s digital arm and getting punched by Conan in the Clueless Gamer series to talk how they managed to pull of the feat of going to Cuba and making the special as great as it was.

Watch the hour long Q&A here.