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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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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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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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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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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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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Jimmie Allen sits down with host Byron Kennedy over a burning piece of Nashville Hot Chicken as they chat about Jimmie’s music career and hitting two #1 singles, going on a bus tour together for three months and possibly working together on Jimmie’s potential comedy career! 

You'll also hear about...

• Jimmie breaking Blake Sheldon’s record 
• Finding inspiration in the one and only Steve Harvey 
• Finding an excuse to make stops while on the tour bus
• The Bang Bang Shrimp waiter hack 
• Jimmie entrusting Byron to promote his band when they were starting out
• And so much more …

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Country star Brett Eldredge graces the presence of the first episode of Hot Chicken and Cage-Free Conversation with host Byron Kennedy! From ghosts, jumping out of planes, shark diving and bonding over a pickle-back, Brett and Byron go way back. 

You’ll also hear about:

• Falling in love with travel and adventure
• Brett’s photo op with sharks with his #1 Plaque 
• A snake in the toilet 
• Bears showing up on different vacations
• Overcoming anxiety 
• And so much more...

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