9 episodes

On the road to realizing his standup comedy dream, Byron Kennedy found that being a funny guy kept landing him in gilded corporate traps. First from on-air radio talent to a lofty executive in the radio industry… then as a glitzy music executive. Now, he’s living the free-range dream night after night across the country. 

In between being funny with his own unique brand of humor and dodging insults hurled from the audience he spends quality time interviewing other comedians, musicians, and interesting people on this podcast “Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation”... all while they chow down at his favorite hot chicken restaurant in Nashville, Party Fowl! Who can blame him? He’s Cage Free now!

Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation Byron Kennedy

    • Comedy
    • 4.1 • 15 Ratings

On the road to realizing his standup comedy dream, Byron Kennedy found that being a funny guy kept landing him in gilded corporate traps. First from on-air radio talent to a lofty executive in the radio industry… then as a glitzy music executive. Now, he’s living the free-range dream night after night across the country. 

In between being funny with his own unique brand of humor and dodging insults hurled from the audience he spends quality time interviewing other comedians, musicians, and interesting people on this podcast “Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation”... all while they chow down at his favorite hot chicken restaurant in Nashville, Party Fowl! Who can blame him? He’s Cage Free now!

    Jelly Roll

    Jelly Roll

    On this episode of Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation, Byron Kennedy chats with his new friend and rapper, Jelly Roll over a delicious plate of hot chicken!


    Mountain fairies, dime sacks and pizza
    Taking those special kinda naps
    A movie about Jelly Roll's life in the distant future
    Going in and out of jail as a teen and young adult
    Selling mix tapes out of his trunk
    Plan A
    Breaking out of the cycle and changing his future
    The "art" of bombing on stage
    Jelly Roll's emotional Opry debut
    Crying in the shower
    Plus... find out what kind of hot chicken Jelly Roll and Byron ate on this episode.

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    • 44 min
    Adam Craig and Jordan Walker

    Adam Craig and Jordan Walker

    On this episode of Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation, Byron Kennedy chats with his two friends and favorite songwriters in Nashville, Adam Craig and Jordan Walker!

    They talk about:


    Making lucky bets -- the kind that wins you $20k+
    Going on a West Coast radio bus tour with Byron
    Moving from the band life to songwriting life
    Working with Luke Combs
    From onesies to undies on stage
    Betty White -- "too soon."
    Selling out at Zanies
    Byron, Adam and Jordan wrote a song together!
    Drugs
    Comedians and country musicians
    Sony revisiting their back catalogue
    And a whole lot more very cage-free topics!

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    • 36 min
    Willie Barcena

    Willie Barcena

    On this episode of Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation, Byron Kennedy chats with his mentor, coach and comedian William Barcena. While they’re not sitting over a plate of hot chicken this time, the conversation is truly cage-free. 

    They talk about:


    Willie on the Tonight Show
    Comedy Bits
    Getting coached by Willie and dissecting the bad
    Audience energy vs Comedian energy
    Is Willie Barcena a comedy bully?!
    Willie, Byron's morning show guy on the radio back in the day on KSFM in Sacramento
    Building a studio in his house so Willie could work from home but the studio was "never working"
    Byron firing Willie...
    Willie encouraging Byron to do standup 20 years ago
    Dentist visit or a porno?
    And a whole lot more very cage-free topics

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    • 41 min
    Robert Deaton

    Robert Deaton

    The executive producer of all things good like the CMAs, the BBMAs and the AMAs, Robert Deaton, joins Byron Kennedy for some cage-free conversation even with Robert's insanely super busy schedule.

    They talk about:


    How he stays calm in stressful situations and staying positive
    The CMAs 50th Anniversary and how that all went down
    Being exposed to music and television as a five year old thanks to his dad
    Chris Stapleton
    Old school entertainment
    And more...!

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    Recorded at Party Fowl in Nashville, TN
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    • 35 min
    Parmalee

    Parmalee

    American country band, Parmalee joins Byron Kennedy for a cage-free conversation and some burning hot chicken! From being confused as the band Slip Knot to a terrifying experience after one of their shows, this convo takes a bunch of turns.

    They talk about:


    A Terrifying experience that involve gunmen and Scott getting airlifted
    The Mac Daddy Bidet
    Their Blanco Brown collaboration
    Losing Barry and partying a little too hard during a golf tournament
    The radio industry crowd
    Working with Byron
    The Umbrella Method of eating hot chicken
    And more...!

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    Recorded at Party Fowl in Nashville, TN 
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    • 42 min
    Lainey Wilson

    Lainey Wilson

    Country musician Lainey Wilson joins Byron Kennedy for a chat along with her manager, Mandelyn for a truly caged-free conversation. From a wet, wild and nasty 13th birthday party thrown by her mom to a “White Trash Bash” boat party before her set in Peoria, Illinois things in this conversation get weird. 

    You’ll also here about: 


    Lainey’s favorite comedian  
    "Lainey Pronunciations"
    What “chase a rabbit down a driveway” REALLY means … 
    Tik Tok challenge 
    Taking a bite of the the Poltergeist Nashville Hot Chicken
    And more… 

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    Recorded at Party Fowl in Nashville, TN 
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    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
15 Ratings

15 Ratings

sooozin ,

Love it!

Love the conversations Byron gets into with the artists, sometimes they’re super serious, sometimes super weird. I prefer the weird!

Mikp17 ,

Hilarious!

Great conversation among fantastic humans! Thanks for including us!💜

lilpinto916 ,

Byron Kennedy is absolutely hilarious

This guy is the best story teller there is and one of the funniest guy on the planet! Do yourselves a favor and subscribe to this podcast!

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