Stall It with Darren and Joe

Joe gives us the low-down on his weekend at EP including a suprise hello from a personal hero and a less pleasant run-in with another.Darren's reveals his hands on apprach to goldfish and ahead of his holidays we get a full itinerary from himself which may involve a pirate ship and a respectful ttitude towards whales.He also gets an extensive to-do list from Joe involving penis themed drinking utensils...naturally. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

In this bonus episode the lads dive into the curious world of Pokémon cards and Darren shares his own attempts at being a sports card shark. Joe navigates the complexities of kebabs, sauces, and the ever-contentious topic of MSG comes up again. Plus we learn that there's a quite shocking lack of sprouts in the shops and Darren is NOT happy man!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren almost has brush with a life threatening illness but still found time to go to go to Oasis where he has an odd encounter with a burger bun.We get to follow Darren's epic and incresingly drunken journey across town which leads to the discovery of Ed's fandom of Buzzballs.Amy gets a sent some weird emojis, Joe has a run-in with a dodgy builder and we finally settle the debate of who is better...Oasis or Robbie Williams.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

The lads are on Today Fm this week (well kinda) and naturally the age old question of whether you wash your legs in the shower rears its hairy limbs.Joe's pronunciation of a particular word gets called out and needless to say he deals with it calmly and maturely.In an effort to separate themselves from their doppelgangers, we learn what Darren's ramen noodle order is and they take the time to redraw the map of Ireland.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Does your business need a sales injection? Well sit back and marvel as one of Ireland's biggest internet sensations shows what he can do to bring your profits to the next level...especially if you're a fish monger/pool hall.Joe reveals what he'd envest his Lotto millions on and Darren reveals an awkward encounter whilst interviewing folks on the street.They consider their career options in the future and it's fair to say it won;t be the building trade for Joe.Also if you're thinking of going to the cinema they have some VERY honest reviews of the latest releases. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

This week we get to hear Joe's exclusive recipe for his thankfully niche 'Crack Beer'. Please do NOT try at home.A chat about prison brings up a legendary cornflake related viral moment and Joe has a typically unique view on life behind bars.A listener has a fascinating fact about 'Hillbillies' and Darren makes a shocking revelation about the whereabouts of his previous creations.Oh there may be some Spice Girls karaoke so fair warning.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

This week we get a mini deep dive into one of the greatest live TV moments in Irish history, their mutual love of Podge & Rodge and Joe reveals a potential collab with the legendary Dustin The Turkey.With Oasis in town the lads discuss ticket prices and the craft/dangers of bunking in.Darren's thirst for the celebrity circuit gets called out and things get tasty when he reveals the REAL reason he can't go to E.PSend all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

One listener asks Joe for parenting advice on how to be honest with a child growing up in a world as bleak as Joe sees it.Darren admits a deep fear of beans that uncovers a childhood trauma, and he takes great joy in a question about scrapping with a badger.There's a claim birthday cakes and parties are middle class and we have another strike over the buses and trains debate(s), which leads to Darren wondering about being stalked by a number 9 bus.There's call to bring back a 90s TV classic and we hear about Joe's encounter with a listener.And we ask, who's cleaning the Port Tunnel?Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We give you a bit more context on Darren's deep hurt over some critical comments from listeners.Joe's trying to explain elevenses but Darren's only interested in 4am ham and a smoke.We call for closing the internet at night and argue for the social benefits of shutter the information superhighway after dark.Darren reacts to PJ Gallagher's impression of him, and he's keen to get his own version of events on the record.Joe's been at the dog hotel and his pet's been upsetting the hosts. Now he's wondering if he should have got a Tamagotchi instead.We get all sorts of pet stories, from McGuckens walking rabbits around town, to urban legends about tigers in Dublin apartments, and a story of an out of control famous chimp.And one listener makes the point Joe has a bit of a claymation look about him.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren feels under attack from the listeners and we have responded by caving to pressure. And so we are bringing you our longest ever bonus episode. Are we intentionally dragging it out? We absolutely are.We wonder about the longest songs, podcasts and other examples of people taking far too long to get to the point, as we take a very long to get to the point, and all just to make a point.There's chat about eggs for breakfast, a claim Darren is the celebrity grim reaper, and one listener wonders if Joe and Darren might take on the work of doing a deep dive episode, which leads us to wonder if we could sit through Joe's version of history. And an awful lot more, because we have a lot of time to fill. We hope you don't have to be anywhere in a hurry.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe battles with an old foe this week, as Darren wrestles with adjusting to a whole new level of fame.We get to hear Joe's latest conspiracy theory, this one is about the trains and it goes all the way to the top (apparently).Darren's wondering how he can embrace global fame and still be seen as an ordinary man, and we wonder just how many people around the globe have seen his face.We consider a Face/Off style situation, with Joe taking over Darren's life for a week with the goal of supercharging his career with some shameless networking.And we look back at our sporting histories, from kids karate to underage football.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Daren encourages us to dive into a full episode of funny sounds and theme song games.Darren thinks he can make a snack box, but not a chicken ball.A listener's sighting of a stuck truck causing chaos has us remembering our own excruciating public humiliations, from Darren being trapped in a lift to Joe finding himself in a traffic standoff.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We get a real insight into the lifestyles of the internet famous this week as Joe and Darren give us a behind the scenes look into two very different events they were invited to with two very different results.Joe gets snared wearing a Liverpool jersey by some eagle eyed lisnteners and his excuse has him sweating...quite litereally.We discover one of Joe's ancenstors could have been a baseball player and Darren has an outrageous invasion of privacy issue whilst out eating Thai food. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Quite an eggy feel to this week's episode as the lads choose who they would want to mind them if they were both, well, eggs and we all know and love our George Foreman Grills but would you take a chance on a McGuckian Egg Steamer? Joes is FINALLY impressed by someone's achievement and we all find out where Hot Dogs got their name.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Did you know before The 'Coldplay Incident' there was similar scandal to be had in Lough Derg? Joe has the skinny on the scandal that rocked the holy retreat to its foundations.Darren has his own celebrity scoop about his encounter with his new bestie Robert Sheehan by way of PJ Gannagher's gaff and thibngs end on a sour note, literally, as we are 'treated' to the boys' new improvised pod theme songs.Fair warning....they are NOT good.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Things get off to a rocky start as Darren's voice seems to break 'live' in studio but he recovers quickly before getting into a philosophical discussion with Joe about the negativity of news and Joe throws out a trademark theory on whether happiness even EXISTS!! They also get to choose a new Olympic sport and things get tense as Darren reveals he doesn't know what Subbuteo is.IMAGINE!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren finds himself lavished in praise following his stand up set before a sold out theatre.Joe tells us of being struck by a car on his scooter, and the ensuing nightmares he had getting medical help, but it won't stop him concocting some money making schemes to turn a quick buck from All Ireland final day.All that plus the science of how music makes you but more.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

In the absence of 'Hollywood' Joe, this week Darren is joined by Ger who takes the throne only to be pummeled by questions and theories about lead poisoned serial killers, extreme ironing and getting de-pantsed by a border terrier.Poor Ger.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe is infuriated by people taking offense on behalf of sharks, and he (really) flies a plane.Darren remembers the scourge of pocket money jealousy and his many fleeting careers, from work experience in Dunnes to holding signs for furniture shops.Joe exploits a bat encounter for online kudos and somehow that leads us to learn of an ant apocalypse, while Darren stands up for trees and tree stumps. We also learn a genuinely life altering fact about the animal kingdom, and dispel a myth we had all believed until now.Darren's colourful past in the world of music videos is revealed, and he continues his mission to fall out with everyone in the Irish music industry – while also continuing to try to track down Robert Sheehan.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe is all vibrating atoms and he is delighted to be so,One listener attempts to turn AI against Joe and one of his big claims, but does Joe looks like he cares? Darren doesn't think so and giddiness soon takes over.We consider the legacy of our time on stall it and how our children and generations of the future will view us.And, in a surprise to nobody, it turns out Darren's brain is nothing but ads.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

The entire Irish music scene is a target for Darren, as he airs some grievances at 4am, and contacts Fontaines DC to ask (maybe begging?) for a favour.But that's not where the celeb name dropping ends, oh no. Darren has also been attracting new superstar followers, and is now considering bring a little glamour and star power to his newest ad (it's for wheelbarrows).Joe has word of a fledgling theatre career in his family, and he's got himself into a bit of a bind by accidentally ending up as a football pundit alongside a former Ireland manager – on live radio.Darren has been on the bus again, but his latest experience might scare him back to taxis – and Joe's head is full of numbers, too many numbers.We also have a rare and overdue mention of the City Imp bus.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe gets in a few tricky spots this week, and that's before he ends up in a chokehold in the pub.He was up to his old tricks and got spotted by an eagle eyed Stall It listener, who was good enough to pass that information on to us. Let this become the start of a trend.We have more surreal examples of people being caught watching porn in public, and it's changed the way Joe thinks about the oldest generation.There's a scathing criticism of something Joe has done recently, from one listener who is outraged and promising McGucken has given up his hopes of making it to heaven.We hear dreams of robot back scratchers and a listener uncovers a long lost piece of cinema horror we've been waiting for.Send all of your tip offs about Joe's activities to stallit@goloudnow.com

Is Mr Tayto in fact the alter ego of one of Ireland's most famous broadcasters?James Joyce's letters to his wife, which are not on TikTok and therefore brand new to Darren Conway.A content warning here, in case you needed one, but (thanks to James Joyce) there is some stuff in this episode that is absolutely not suitable for younger ears. Please, please don't play this around the kids.A listener sends us his own news report on the previously imagined assassination of Darren and paints for us a picture of a community in mourning – while also freaking out Mr. Conway.Glitches in the matrix that Joe should have spotted, from an unseasonable stew to a bizarre party bear in the middle of the flats.A fact checking of Eoin causes hysterical giddiness, and we have a deluge of criticism for Joe coming from listeners, which we're only too happy to encourage.Send us your comments, questions and love letters to stallit@goloudnow.com

Is it better to have a perfect memory, or the ability to forget any moment we choose? Somehow this ends up with a reminiscence of rotisserie chickens and half pounds of brawn.We get an offer of an archaeological escapade that seems too good to turn down – but will probably be turned down.There's word of a petition to bring classic ice creams back to the their former glory, and we have to be pulled back from falling down a deep hole of chat on crisps and ice creams.And ultimately we fall so far that Eoin wonders if this may be our worst episode ever, but Darren firmly believes it one of the best ever. Listen and decide for yourself.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Would it make the news if Darren was assassinated in the studio? How big would his funeral be? Would al of Finglas weep for their loss? Would influencers take over the ceremony?Would Joe climbing Mount Everest make the news? Is oxygen while climbing the world's tallest peak little more than modern day softness?The comments section on the podcast has taken off in popularity, and to reward that newfound engagement we're going to field some of them. Darren takes great offence to one that comes after his driving skill.We wander into a cul de sac of researching cannibalism through the ages, from humans to animals – and Joe is accusing all animals of being guilty of the worst of behaviour.That leads us to hearing about the youngest rulers of empires throughout history, some tyrannical, some hysterical and (somehow) we end up fact checking if there were sharks in the colosseum.Joe has been delving into the deepest waters of trash reality TV once again, and once again brings us his personal review of his latest obsession – this time it's on a boat, with ignorant millionaires berating a hard working crew.Darren announces his retirement from the vlogging circuit, to great public despair.And we wonder if it is illegal to watch porn in a pub, or just hugely frowned upon.Please send all of your comments, questions and deep dive suggestions to us at stallit@goloudnow.com

As usual, we get some questions that leave us exasperated and confused – thank you for them.Darren admits he'd love nothing more than lasers in his eyes and it emerges he has a strange fixation with punching walls – or having the ability to do it anyway.We field a question about a sunburned bullock and a flimsy excuse, and display a general ignorance of the farming life.Darren tries to use the podcast to finagle his way into a sponsorship deal with a very particular sponsor, and some that have us blackening the reputation of many animal species.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe finds himself in yet another curious situation, as a local priest makes good on a seven-year promise to call over to play the PlayStation. And Joe, somehow, manages to make it utterly underwhelming for the visiting Father living out his lifelong dream.Darren's tale of eight frozen chickens in his ma's freezer leads us into the peculiar world of cryogenic freezing and bizarre mountain town festivals celebrating the (almost) dead.Joe admits his boxing career may be over before it really got going, as the fear of life in the ring dawns on him.Darren brings us back to Las Vegas as we hear of his wedding at the hands of an Elvis impersonator, and how he made an artform of the haggle to save every cent he could.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

After his controversy and shame of aligning himself with Margaret Thatcher last week, Darren has been riding the bus in an attempt to re-establish his credentials as a man of the people.We have questions about an Irish Stonecutters secret society, from the fringe benefits to a weekly song of worship to the leader.One listener strikes back at Joe's criticism, and proposes a new nickname for McGucken.And Darren is happy to debunk a myth about the number of hands he has.Send all of your questions and everything else to stallit@goloudnow.com

We start off with a reminiscence on Joe's favourite Peugeot hatchback and quickly find ourselves in a spiral of illuminati accusations against one another.Joe goes schmoozing at the very top of the celebrity pile, and in the process discovers Darren has a famous fan of his vlogs. But even with all of that schmoozing Joe can't track down his greatest target, as Barry eludes him suspiciously well in a very small town.Darren thinks he'd like to get back on the film festival circuit, so he's sketching a blueprint for a gangster epic to bring him awards glory, and we wonder who would be the dream celebrity companion for a few pints.We hear a tale of Darren laying down the law with some wedding crashers, and your suggestions come in for where Darren should go to continue his life as a travel vlogger – there's a surprisingly high percentage of requests to abandon him on a cold, wet rock in the north Atlantic.Send all of your questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

In a hugely unfortunate moment, Darren accidentally aligns himself with one of history's most unpopular leaders – and he's not happy about it, but also not backing down one bit.Meanwhile, Darren the Clown is working hen parties, while Joe is tugging boats across the port.Eoin is factchecked over his big, bold and wrong claims on geography, and in the same breath Joe dives head first into a glaringly inaccurate claim.And Joe takes a hardline stance on one listener's quite impressive treehouse.Send all of your questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren is drunk and looking for a lift to the Oscars, we're canvassing comedians about height related air travel, and we're subjecting everyone to some very dodgy Russian accents.We attempt to design the perfect blend of danger and comfort for Darren's dream life as a travel vlogger, from death defying football tourism to potentially lethal hikes.Meanwhile Joe takes us on a strange trip through the hills of Donegal on the hunt for a quite interesting ceremony.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Your questions are as always challenging, illuminating and a bit confusing. While we begin to suspect some of you may be winding us up, we endeavour in good faith, and Darren crosses the line with the way he speaks to his producer.We find 100 ways to get out of minding an iguana, 100 ways to explain a head stuck in some railings, and 250 reasons to live in a tree house for a night. And Joe sticks out his chest and fully rejects one listener's praise. Send al of your questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

At long last we are all reunited in the studio, and there's a lot to get through.We hear about Darren's wedding and his honeymoon, from his bombastic wedding entrance to a speech so over the line it had to be cut short, and how Joe was causing controversy at dinner. Darren fills us in on his strange time in Las Vegas, from luxury dinners to meeting famous cardboard cutouts.There's also a strange chemist interaction and Joe is planning to get in to the boxing ring. And he's now considering becoming a pilot. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

After a lengthy wedding induced absence, the boys are back in pod town and for their glorious return they get into some red hot takes about there they would choose to be from outside Dublin. Darren declares his lack of love for The Simpsons and does Joe finally settle the Gorilla vs 100? You'll wish he hadn't. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We have a yearning for a good pub quiz, while Darren is realigning himself with life back in his old chair in the studio. Joe wants to become a biker and Darren wants to become a wedding planner – but he's worried about getting his spelling right.Joe unveils a controversial t-shirt and there's a lot of talk about the passing of Pope Francis, with Darren fondly remembering the time the Pontiff me the Yup Bros, and there are some odd ideas for was to select the next leader of the Catholic Church.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe makes his long awaited return to the studio, as his theatre odyssey comes to a close. He is greeted with unsettling ASMR routines form Darren, an update from one of our most devoted listeners, and the rare joy of a Stall It sing along.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Terence power returns to once gain fill the gap left by Joe making his White House visit, and we are rapidly thrown into a confused delve into the theory of evolution, with big questions around the origins of Jack Russells and how evolution led humanity to walk upright, use tools and at long last to making podcasts.There's an issue raised with someone blowing up the moon to make a statement, and the claim humanity got carried away with the amount of languages on offer.All in all it leaves Eoin screaming for a bit of common sense and Darren falling back on his most surefire, quick fire joke.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

With Joe making a last minute visit to the White House we draft in friend of the podcast, Terence Power, from Talking Bollox.It's not long before Darren and Terence are plotting longer term plans and prison escapes.Terence breaks a cardinal rule of Stall It around birthdays, and gives us some information about birthday weeks that would enrage our absent co-host.Darren strikes back at some listener criticism and oversees a royal rumble in the comments.And we consider the best ways to spend a million quid on a wind up.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

And so here we are, 200 episodes in and after over 10,000 minutes of podcasting, are we stuck searching the GoLoud offices for a tin whistle? Yes we are.Beyond the hunt for a wind instrument that fits the occasion, we enjoy a retrospective of the past two ton of shows, with everyone from Stadium the Stadium to the Joe's mate Barry getting their mention.We hear a bleak update on the future of the Very Good Spice Bag, but Joe proudly stands over his record of undertaking ridiculous tasks inspired by podcast content, and Darren has a song or two (or more) for us to mark the moment.Send all of your questions, comments, favourite Stall It memories and song requests to stallit@goloudnow.com

We have the option of some noisy shoes and a lifetime option of tracksuits, and Darren has grown sick of bean juice even as conspiracy theories float around the great controversy.And there's a strongly worded reply to a question about the physics of sandwich consumption.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We pit the global AI giants in a battle of which computing superpower has the greatest knowledge of Stall It, and find a clear and decisive winner – and a snarky loser.Joe is almost deported, or thinks he is, as he falls to victim to an exquisitely executed hoax.Joe longs to have a stalker and Darren plans for questioning by border authorities on his honeymoon.We hear about the disappointing realities of theatre life and Darren wonders if everything is a game changer.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

The bean juice and ketchup debate rages on and Joe is, unsurprisingly, not backing down.We completely lose our composure as we remember the Eurosaver menu.And we outrage ourselves over your questions about drinking tea from a glass and old wives tales.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com