Stall It with Darren and Joe

The day has finally come. He had many doubters both on the podcast and beyond, but Joe has finally opened his food truck! In typical Joe fashion, he chose to do it at a charity match feeding the hungry masses his extra spicy spice bag allowing them to get as hot and sweaty as him and the other influencers on the pitch. While Darren was not and will not be participating in any team sports in the ne...

Hiding from one of cinema’s most terrifying monsters is the challenge for Darren this week. Joe is offered a road to karmic redemption via a niche 00s TV reference, but he has complicated feelings about it and thinks life as an incarcerated martyr might be easier than a simple apology. Biscuits prove a big distraction and Joe realises he had made himself very unpopular with one of Ireland’s bigges...

It’s a consequential week in the Stall It universe, as Joe’s losing battle with karma continues. The universe will not relent in its onslaught of petty revenge against McGucken. In fact, it’s got so bad that he’s been looking for a tropical paradise to escape to. And in a major, monumental change of policy, he has revised his policy on birthday celebrations. Darren is entering the world of athleti...

We find ourselves thrust into a serious debate about corn, on multiple fronts, as the much maligned vegetable has its reputation thrown in the gutter, only to bounce back empathically. We get a rare insight into the filtering process that clears questions for inclusion in the bonus episodes - and hear of some of the strangest ones we get in. There are some harsh truths for Joe about pet ownership,...

There’s a conspiracy theory afoot this week, as Joe arrives late to the recording and finds few believers of his official version of events. He’s been off schmoozing with the greats of Irish film and TV, and comes back to the studio sounding like he had quite the weekend. There are tales of roof hopping and Darren and Joe find wild eyed fascination in the most mundane details of Eoin’s daily life....

Joe needs to expand his pallet but are pickled pork rinds really the right way to do that? Maybe it would be the secret to surviving a beheading? Darren's true feelings about self checkouts are revealed and let's just say they're not positive. And that's not the only potentially controversial opinion he shares as he slates a much beloved TV show. They also wonder whether 24 hours of night or day w...

Joe's on a health kick that includes lugging around the world's biggest, and most passive aggressive water bottle. He won't be taking up jumping for exercise though and has something to say to any adults thinking of heading along to jumpzone. Darren's considering investing in a storage unit - either for his own stuff or full of someone else's potentially valuable junk, it remains to be seen. Joe m...

We attempt to design the perfect day, which takes us from pastries in bed, to a BBQ in Finglas, with some parachuting on the Amalfi coast, and a couple of trips into space. Joe remembers, with some disgust, the short lived availability of alcoholic milkshakes. The people have come out in support of Darren’s crocs, and making him feel very validated. We weigh up the differences between a world popu...

We return to one of the strangest, sleaziest reality TV shows of modern times, as Joe updates us on how they're delving to new depths for season two. We hear of an Ireland under Darren Conway, Finance Minister, out to shape the world in his own vision. And Joe has had a bad week, from being wronged to some public embarrassment, and he's not finding a lot of sympathy. But he's also brought news of...

The fate of humanity rests in the hands of our two resident comedians, and to save our planet (and the lives of all aboard) they must show a potentially murderous alien invader the best possible night on the town. The answers may leave some despairing for humanity. A question on ageing provides a window into Joe’s unique approach to the topic, including an eclectic mix of treatments and procedures...

Joe’s depressing dodging of karma for his many sins in the concert world lead us in a roundabout way to wondering if we could make a living selling merchandise outside gigs, which then leads down a strange path that ends with us browsing aircraft hangars and full sized rollercoasters. Darren makes  big footwear announcement, and Joe wants to partner up with Joe Exotic to achieve stardom. And...

Darren is going through more windows at 4 in the morning, there’s some deep consideration to the best time to wear a suit of bees, a listener gets on to us to fact check another listener, and the lads weigh up the pros and cons of writing their own story, or having someone pen their legacy for them.

In his typically humble way, Joe makes the case he can win a fight with one of the great apes, and Taylor Swift can’t hold a tune. And it all, somehow, stems from him being disappointed that Dublin Zoo is just too damn good these days. A listener tips us off about the fascinating origins of eels (turns out it’s quite a mystery), and Joe has an audience with the Pope in the Vatican. Which means he...

There’s big news coming in of a major feat of athletic endurance in west Dublin, and there's cause for celebration as Darren is finally made aware of it. Joe puts out a call for someone to create a dance track for “The Conway” – all submissions will be very gratefully received. With the offer of performing at any music festival throughout history on the table the lads take two very different paths...

A consensus is reached this week, as we decide to bring back some good, old fashioned traffic. Joe has a rare moment of self doubt as a conversation in a pub unleashes the fear he may look older than he actually is, and he comes to the studio looing for reassurance. Darren is set for the chance of a lifetime and the chance to live out his dreams of managing a real football team, and it’s none othe...

We get another listener tribute from the mountains, with very high production values, and we receive a disgruntled communication from across the Atlantic - as Joe's lack of gratitude does not go unnoticed. A gross ignorance of sheep is exposed, life in Siberia is compared to life in a haunted house, and Darren reveals a potentially controversial new character.

We find ourselves wandering through the world of mass hysteria and moral panics this week, from dancing plagues in medieval Europe, to meowing nuns, and on to satanic panics. Joe proudly confesses to a low level, shameless scam, while Darren has been schmoozing at the top tiers of Irish sport and stands on the verge of having very high friends in high places. Joe tells us, strangely for the first...

We pause for some time travelling this week, as one listener’s question offer options for leaping forward in time, where anything is possible, from witnessing the apocalypse to Joe scoring a tap in at an elite level of competition. Meanwhile, one listener drags us back into Stall It’s past. There’s talk of iconic, and shite, landmarks. A very kind listener sends Joe a potential logo for his spice...

Darren has a rant about chemists, reveals why he'd prefer to buy tampons than condoms and rebrands a common disease. Joe has a run-in with the Gardaí at Dublin airport and accidentally almost gets himself a night in the locker. He also goes on a deep dive into a documentary he just watched featuring one of the most incompetent ship captains in modern history, hits us with a mind bending Abraham Li...

We’re thrown into the deep end with a question that offers a choice between penguin herding in the most inhospitable conditions, or a stint as an undercover duck. Joe is asked for his most maverick marketing plans for the spice bag truck, and settles on a strategy that carries significant risk. And when posed with the chance to become King of the Town (any town) we’re derailed by castle shopping.

Darren admits to a grave fear of moths and butterflies, which leads us to Joe making what might be the most stunning comment ever made on this podcast, Joe admits to a staggering ignorance of everyday local insects. And we hear the fascinating story of Rasputin of the Bronx – an incredible Irishman in New York in the early twentieth century.

Darren realises his only nemesis is a man he once went belly to belly with, while Joe could put on an entire festival of enemies. We accidentally wind down a strange road asking questions about human cannibalism, and find ourselves facing a deeply tricky moral conundrum. Joe almost admits flying a plane is a skill, before rowing back on it, while Darren dreams of acquiring the skill of instant sle...

Inspired by another of Joe's strange adventures, Darren takes us on a tour of his hometown this week. It's a day out with everything from famous flooring shops to abandoned airports and famous sausages on the itinerary. Joe is left shocked after he meets people who don’t know Banksy, visits yet more tombs, and also proudly proclaims his powers as a prophet of minor public delinquency. We give the...

Is it weirder to want to marry Nala from the Lion King or Cat Dog? Darren and Joe debate as they look to answer one listeners question inspired by Joe's recent tale of discovering hentai via his mother's new T-shirt. Another listener wants to know what mundane experience we will come to miss in the next ten years in the same way we miss renting a video from Xtra-vision - And of course, there's no...

Joe has been on an odyssey, travelling across Dublin in a day filled with ever more bizarre, curious and excruciating people, places and situations. His day of adventure brought him from underwhelming escape rooms to midday strip clubs, and left him wondering what lay behind Dublin's closed doors. He spent some time in the company a gang of urinal destroyers, more time being harassed by a flock of...