Stall It with Darren and Joe

Darren and Joe explore the consequences of psychic abilities and dirty kitchens. Darren argues that a world of vampires would lead to a better social life and Joe insists that he does not lie - And is instantly caught out in his dishonesty.

We go on an odyssey this week, as Darren chases dreams of glory as the owner of Charlestown Athletic F.C, with a motley crew of locals lads and bus drivers setting out on the road to sporting immortality. What begins as an innocent dream soon descends into a tangled web of board room betrayal, wayward footballing geniuses, dodgy signings from Kimmage, extortion and allegations of kidnapping. Can D...

Darren wrestles with impossible choices that will impact his ability to sit down for five years, while Joe realises just how much he wants to resurrect an iconic Irish venue. There's also calls for the rebirth of a kids TV classic.

We're joined by comedian Peter McGann this week. We look back at the most sinister and disturbing reality TV formats, from unsettling familial relationships to competitive car chases, and Peter predicts Darren & Joe will bring to life a film franchise set (largely) in a haunted house. Joe explains the concept of "the third man", and Darren reveals for the first time his secret past life as a wanna...

An unexpected visit from the Talking Bollox hosts. They manage to derail the lads from discussing which politician looks the most like a pack of rich tea biscuits, but also reveal Joe's dreams shared, in confidence, at the GoLoud Christmas party.

While Darren is fretting about the costs of a themed wedding, Joe is exploring the history of the sliced pan. There's a plan hatched to set a world record in a particularly Irish discipline, and the lads love of The Last of Us has them asking how the world would change without humans around for the upkeep. Plus there's the realisation that there is far more to the world of competitive Rubik's Cube...

Darren & Joe discuss Dublin's best pubs for visitors, a shrine to celebrity in the inner city, Darren's confusion over the finer details of how commerce works, how small moments can put you off a food forever, and their dreams careers in a Last of Us style apocalypse.

The lads are concerned with hereditary maladies and promises of eternal youth, or at least solutions to beat the cankles. Darren’s got Big Brother dreams and, simultaneously, nightmares that reality TV is going to catch up with him, and Joe takes a brief anthropological exploration into the world on app dating.

Your questions have Darren denying he is flexing his influencer status to secure big money discounts on luxury items, while the lads try to offer a listener their wise guidance on a big life problem, and inevitably end up suggesting Jenga.

Barry Keoghan's recent success has Darren questioning if Joe's currently unrequited friendship with Barry is a case of life imitating art, and if Joe might just be a bit dull. Joe counters the suggestion with a story about the daring and haphazard moving of a giant outdoor photo, in what was ultimately an act of (yet more) unrequited friendship. And the lads explore the world of cryptozoology, fro...

Bitter Oscar acceptance speeches and a life of luxury in the skies are on the agenda for this week's bonus episode. Darren argues blimps are commonplace, while Joe is drawing up a shortlist of targets for when the Academy finally recognises his genius.

Killer clowns, high priced feline artworks, and popcorn scented candles are the focus of the lads attention this week, with Joe bringing us back through the decades for some historical oddities and morbid curiosities, while Darren is brainstorming for a merchandising empire in the luxury interiors industry.

Darren & Joe have to weigh up which animal they would feel confident of beating in a foot race, and quickly come to an underwhelming conclusion. There's also ponderings on a career in a doorbell factory, and a literal million dollar question.

The lads take a journey through the world of international espionage, from the Cold War to mysterious code breaking, and they ask about the evolutionary origins of inexplicable body parts. And Darren plans a 5am carvery.

A listener offers the lads cold hard cash to swap accents, and Joe gets an unsolicited and very specific elocution lesson.

Mysterious princes, promises of riches and stolen identities - the lads have tales of fighting the scammers... and one story of taking a chance of a promise of millions from a mysterious stranger. There's also a strange (and upsetting) panto visit, and Joe can't find a pair of shoes, which somehow leads him down an existential rabbit hole and into the world of rare vision disorders.

Would you hand back a jackpot winning lotto ticket you found outside a shop? Darren and Joe ponder the moral and potential criminal implications of such a situation and find that when it comes to the kindness of strangers (including them), life is very much a lottery. And there'salso auditions for the role of humanity's ambassador upon first contact with an alien species.

This week the lads delve into a decades-old mystery from the old Soviet Union, and ponder the many theories put forward - including aliens, cold war combat and the involvement of a yeti.

A question about professional wrestling personas gives the lads the excuse they've been waiting for to build an entire backstory to a couple of particularly hapless superstars of the ring, and they have to weigh up which entertainment artefact most influences their daily interactions.

For the final Stall It over the year Joe uncovers yet more gaps in Darren's cover as a real human being, while between them they get lost down a rabbithole of graveyard holograms and 10,000 rental deals. We also have an excerpt from our recording with Killian Sundermann, in which Killian enlightens us on how he's gentrifying Joe's old area, and there's a review of Killian's show stealing turn in F...

A listener question has the lads considering their dream exit from the stage of public life, Joe wants to go back to the fifst time cinemagoers set eyes on Oz, and Darren weighs up the implications of a life spent drinking just one particular drink.

It's Christmas and Darren and Joe are getting in the festive mood by reliving (and in some cases re-enacting) their favourite movies, from Deck the Halls to A Christmas Carol. They also chat about presents and inventions that were discovered by odd quirks of fate.

On this weeks bonus episode Darren and Joe see how long it would take them to count to a billion, (spoiler, they gave up fairly quickly). They also chat about how many holes there are in a straw, it all kicked off...

Comedian Al Foran joins us this week and, between appearances of Mark Wahlberg and Michael Douglas, he aids Darren and Joe in plotting a memorabilia investment strategy and recalls a terrifying encounter with Mike Tyson. And in news that confuses everyone but Darren, he has a major breakthrough in his hunt for a bottle of the elusive Prime drink.

We're joined by special guest Al Foran this week, who helps the lads take your questions on everything from reliving childhood in anther era, to designing obnoxiously large historical monuments in their memory.