The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly

The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly

The Bonfire is a live daily show on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk channel, hosted from New York City by veteran stand-up comedians Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly. With their trademark blunt humor and unfiltered honesty, Jay and Bobby invite listeners into hilarious, no-holds-barred conversations about life on and off the stage, the comedy scene, pop culture, entertainment, and sports. Regular guest appearances from fellow comedians, actors, and musicians keep the show spontaneous, and unpredictable. SUBSCRIBE NOW for the best of The Bonfire w/ Big Jay Oakerson & Robert Kelly and listen live every Monday through Thursday at 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific only on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk, Channel 103. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bonfire ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Episodes

Marcus King Fishbowl Event

October 17, 2025 • 55 mins
Marcus King just released a new album "Darling Blue" and plays songs before an intimate audience in the SXM fishbowl. Jay and Bobby have many questions about Marcus working with the mysterious, musical guru Rick Rubin. He wrote many songs about the love of his life and others about his spiral into addiction. It's the Bonfire's first event in the SiriusXM studio called "the fishbowl" because you can see inside from the lobby. Go ...
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Crazy Ex-Wives with Tom Arnold

October 16, 2025 • 38 mins
Legendary comic actor Tom Arnold returns to stand-up comedy and visits the Bonfire for the first time. Tom is not shy talking about his many marriages and turbulent life with Roseanne. He has stories about getting stabbed, being an older father, and a wild psychic prediction. Tom openly talks about his sober journey and once hunted down his childhood abuser to confront him in public. Tom Arnold's "My Crazy X-Wife Tour" is happe...
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The Soul Behind Jay

October 15, 2025 • 40 mins
Jay watches "A Grammy Salute To Cyndi Lauper" and he falls in love with her all over again. Bobby can't understand his infatuation because of her wild outfits and baby speech. | Christine brings a book into the studio and it triggers Jay into remembering the bizarre incident where he was pulled off stage by an audience member. "Not Funny: The Soul Behind Joel" recounts the adventures of opening a comedy club during the pandemic. ...
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Saudi Cheesecake Factory

October 14, 2025 • 54 mins
Some comedians are returning to the states from the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. Jay would never travel that far for comedy but Bobby would go because he believes it promotes change. Jay and Bob go through the list of performers to see who actually needed the big payday from the festival. | Jay watches a documentary about Tekashi69 and can no longer defend the beleaguered rapper. | The Bonfire performs a special show ...
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DJ Lou Sober Celebration

October 10, 2025 • 60 mins
Longtime Bonfire producer and maestro DJ Lou has one year of sobriety, so the gang surprises him with gifts, treats, and a poem by Jacob. | A former member of One Direction performs in the lobby and Jay is unimpressed by all the commotion caused by young fans at SiriusXM. | Big Jay has a sexy idea for Christine this Halloween. He wants her to greet trick-or-treaters without pants and give them a holiday thrill. *To hear the full s...
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Robbed In Rio with Matt McCusker

October 9, 2025 • 39 mins
Matt McCusker of "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast" is back without Shane to promote his new Netflix special "A Humble Offering." He brings his publicist in studio who is dressed like a tennis instructor. Matt tells a tale of getting robbed on the beach of Rio De Janeiro while on vacation. Jay and Bob also have stories of prostitution and danger in Latin countries. Bobby and Patrice O'Neal found themselves in hot water in Brazil...
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Shadow People w/Sean Donnelly & Dan St Germain

October 8, 2025 • 37 mins
Sean Donnelly and Dan St. Germain are back to get to the bottom of strange happenings and supernatural wonders. The host the number one U.F.O. podcast in America called "The Burbs Bros." Bobby admits that his space saucer sighting may have been a cluster of balloons. | Dan shares the news that a meteor may be headed to earth by the holidays and shadow people exist in Florida. Follow The Burbs Bros anywhere you get your podcasts! ...
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Forced To Embrace

October 7, 2025 • 42 mins
Jay's favorite witch-rock band is back with a new tune about wizards and nonsense. Hekate's Torch casts a spell on the ears of the Bonfire as they deliver a masterful opus. | Jay and Bobby perform arena shows in Florida with Shane Gillis. Bobby gets confused while on stage because the clock doesn't count down and he can't do math. They also gamble and play football on the beach where Bob finds a father figure. | Theo Von reporte...
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Failed Influencer

October 3, 2025 • 52 mins
On his walk to work, Jay witnesses a heinous act and fails to document it because his has no influencing skills. A homeless woman did something disgusting in the New York streets and there is no video of it because of Jay. | Bobby saw his friend in a different light and realizes that it's sad when people change for the worse. | Jay is an expert on certain subjects and rarely needs to be corrected. Christine remembers the one time...
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Judgement Night with Jeremy Piven

October 2, 2025 • 62 mins
Actor & comedian Jeremy Piven joins the Bonfire for the first time and walks into the studio to find a pile of flyers with his face on them. Jay explains to him the Piven currency system they has become a favorite bit on the show. | Corey Feldman gets thrown off Dancing With The Stars and Jay knows why. | Jeremy has been on stage his whole life but his first stand-up gig on live television did not go well. | Bobby shows his embarr...
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Chasing Kelly with Michael Che

October 1, 2025 • 37 mins
Saturday Night Live is returning and so did Michael Che to the Bonfire! Michael promised Bobby that he can deliver his crush- Kelly Clarkson to him. Bobby is so excited that he won't stop hounding Che about when he will meet the love of his life. | Michael reveals that he once had his life threatened by a stalker at SNL and didn't even know about it. A video of him trying to talk some sense to Kanye West went viral. Che disclos...
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Pageant Face

September 30, 2025 • 58 mins
The news breaks that Jimmy Kimmel will return to television and Jay goes through all the talk show hosts from the last ten years. Bobby hates actor Mark Ruffalo and his political rants even though he cannot pronounce his name. | The campers are encouraged to vote for Corey Feldman on Dancing With The Stars but Robert Irwin is beyond talented. His moves are elite and he posses the skill of selling the performance through his face....
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Pervert Park

September 26, 2025 • 61 mins
There is a park in Florida where convicted sex offenders go to congregate and it is no surprise that no one wants to live near there. Jay wonders if actual kidnappings are down because all the predators are online and getting caught by pedophile hunters. | Bobby meets mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa on the subway in NYC. He thinks that Curtis would have a better chance of winning if he got rid of his beret. Jay tries to join the ...
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Billy Squier Pants with Colin Quinn

September 25, 2025 • 40 mins
Jacob buys new pants that Billy Squier would dance in and is too shy to model them in front of the great Colin Quinn. | Bobby tells stories about the famous table of The Comedy Cellar when comedians would fight each other. The same comedians would also gather for pick-up basketball games. | Jay and Bobby debate who has the better suburban home. Jay has convenience in New Jersey and Bob boasts about his cozy historical town. | Jay...
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Fun Black Church

September 24, 2025 • 58 mins
The gospel music of Kirk Franklin memorizes everyone so much that Jay is moved to dance and Bobby wants to join a black church. | Jay has a theory about what happens when Diddy gets out of jail. | Bobby knows a lot about the Dane Cook scandal in which his brother stole all of his money and when to jail for it. | Corey Feldman is on Dancing With The Stars Tonight and the Bonfire needs the campers to vote for him. *To hear the full ...
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The Stoned Age

September 23, 2025 • 56 mins
Cardi B is at SiriusXM for an event in the lobby and the Bonfire tries to poach her as a guest. Jay practices his twerking just in case she shows up. | Jacob and Jay have a deep love of the 90's movie "The Stoned Age." They research the sexy actress in the movie only to find that she now shouts about the government on her Instagram. | Javier Bardem makes a political statement at the Emmy Awards. | Jay has a horrible flight home fr...
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Meatballs and Sex

September 19, 2025 • 63 mins
DJ Lou gets bombarded with 90's slow jams and now hates the genre. Jay loves R&B and knows all the songs that Lou despises. The sexy music leads into stories of young love. Jay lost his virginity after a meatball meal and had an accident that almost ruined the milestone experience. Bob was very young and seduced by an older woman. Both guys grew up in schools that resembled prisons. Many of Jacob's high school teachers took a...
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Pump Up The Volume

September 18, 2025 • 39 mins
Jay loves the Christian Slater movie "Pump Up The Volume" so much that he impersonates the Hard Harry character throughout the show. Jacob and Bob always thought the movie was trash. | Jay invents the word "Qweenis" for the English speaking lexicon and owns the copywrites. | Bobby tells a story of when he met the acclaimed actress Chole Sevigny. It was years ago at a star-studded party by Louis C.K. It did not go well and he sti...
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Moonwalking With The Stars

September 17, 2025 • 57 mins
The Bonfire's favorite crooner is joining Dancing With The Stars. Jay speculates on which Michael Jackson song Corey Feldman will dance to first. | A camper calls in to scold Bobby for chewing food on the microphone. | Bob watches the new Spike Lee movie with Denzel Washington and is appalled by the ending. | The guys research fat pad removal for their cheeks and judge which celebrities look good with the surgery. | Jacob takes no...
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Jay's House Party

September 16, 2025 • 58 mins
Jay and Christine host a little party for opening day of the NFL season. Comic Keith Robinson is invited and arrives in an Uber that has extra amenities. Jay goes to Philadelphia to bring an abundance of sandwiches back to the party. | Bobby tries to expand his musical taste but is still in love with Yungblud. | Josh Adam Meyers is spotted hanging out with two rappers gone country; Post Malone and Jelly Roll. | Tom Segura and Ber...
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