Stall It with Darren and Joe

In big news/a warning to road users Darren reveals the impressive results of his Driver Theory Test and in typical form, he managed to somehow wrangle a free eye test out of it. It's Christmas party season and a glimspe of Pat Kenny in the wild soon descends into imaginary conversations with the great man at the work do and naturally, Christopher Walken presenting the Toy Show.Joe has seen ANOTHER alien conspiracy theory documentary so prepare yourselves for some earth shattering revelations and the boys get into how A.I is going to essentially end the entertainment industry as we know it. WARNING TO ANYONE WITH SMALLIES: THIS EPISODE INCLUDES DISCSSIONS OF SANTA SO PARENTAL GUIDANCE IS ADVISED!!! We'll be bringing a brand new show to Vicar Street on Feb 12th, so get your tickets from Ticketmaster now and join us on the night!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

As regular listeners will know, our Joe has some pretty wild opinions and there's little more in life he loves more than using his platform to spout them out. Thankfully you lot are on hand to show him the error of his ways but the unthinkable happens this week...it turns out he's RIGHT about something. Yes one kind listenere with even more time on their hands finally settles the 'bean juice is ketchup' debate and muching crowing ensues.Darren and Joe also get to suggest some brutal changes to I'm A Celebrity and it turns out Darren is ambidextrous....and not it doesn;t mean he's a dinosaur despite what he might think! Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

It's pod award season and whilst the lads came away empty handed, Joe won gongs for 'Most Underdressed' and 'Worst Prepared For The Free Bar' so that's something.Joe's winning streak continues with a spectacular return on a Troy Parrott punt and he also gets to recount one of the great 'knew them before they were 'Ireland's national hero' stories in the process and poor Darren and reveals he was brutally trolled after attending the match. Darren is ITCHING to get a call-up for I'm A Celebrity bit how can he get in? They work through the possible paths to the jungle for him.DON'T FORGET! We'll be bringing a brand new show to Vicar Street on Feb 12th, so get your tickets from Ticketmaster now and join us on the night!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe's preparing for the worst ahead of a parent teacher meeting and we hear about the creative use of a Frube to get sent home sick from school. A question from a listener has them raiding the infamous RTE canteen for some regulars and in what must be a first for this podcast, Joe shows some humilty and asks for a joke to be bleeped.It doesn't last long though as he gets rumbled causing absolute mayhem in the Phoenix park. Not his fault it seems.Judge for yourselves.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe and Darren are on high alert! A certain rival podcast duo are wandering around outside ON THEIR PATCH and the boys are keeping a VERY watchful eye throughout this week's episode.Speaking of keeping an eye out, Darren is parading a new pair of specs and he's delighted with himself. Although he is less delighted by the backhanded compliment Joe tries to pay him as a result. Hollywood heartthrob Glen Powell rears his gorgeous head and things get awkward when Darren reveal's he's Amy's not so secret crush.Joe recalls a recent press interview he had to do which isn't his finest moment behind the mic.DON'T FORGET! We'll be bringing a brand new show to Vicar Street on Feb 12th, so get your tickets from Ticketmaster now and join us on the night!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

With our regular producer absent this week, Darren puts the reading glasses on and takes over the duties of asking your questions, and he's enjoying the change of roles.The demands for the live show are coming in, but Joe wants some limitations on the requests, pointing out he can only break one world record per night. And we have one request for listeners to be allowed take the time to raise some sore points with Joe.And your questions have the lads giving relationship advice, for some reason, with Joe making a curious admission.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren isn't happy as he finds out he was left out of an invite only event that both Joe and Eoin attended. And it gets worse, as he finds out about some sneaking off between more friends of his. Overall he's feeling very left out, but it's OK because he has a new robot friend to keep him company now.We enter uncharted territory as Darren talks about seduction for the very first time, and Joe pitches an idea for a very adult themed documentary series hosted by Mr. Conway.There's some car talk, as Darren attempts some very bad wheeling and dealing over a new motor.Joe wonders why he's never seen an ad for some of the most popular types of crisps this country has even see, and we get a warning about the dangers of sourdough bread, plus some education on the realities of Irish prawns – a revelation that leaves us mildly stunned.We try to explain what exactly you can expect at a Stall It live show – and it proves hard, because it really is a strange thing, but one we know you'll enjoy. We'll be bringing a brand new show to Vicar Street on Feb 12th, so get your tickets from Ticketmaster now and join us on the night!Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Welcome to the top 100 club, where nothing goes according to plan and apparently corruption is literally on the table.We get a singing introduction to this episode and we talk for the first time about our recently announced live show (Vicar Street, Feb 12th – stall it!).One listener question has us wondering who would be the good cop and who would be the bad cop in a Darren and Joe partnership. What emerges is that we'd actually get two very low standard and very corrupt cops.Joe is telling listeners to shut up, with love – even when they're complimenting him.And Darren introduces us to his wildly inaccurate little robot friend.Send all of your questions. comments and request for things to call out Joe on at the live show then please send them to stallit@goloudnow.com

The lads are the victims of police profiling and, at the exact same time, meet a legend of Irish music – and we wonder what would happen if Darren was arrested and taken into custody.We return to Joe's idea he has a chance of attracting Lily Allen - but many remain to be convinced.Joe brings footage of us an Irish UFO sighting, and he's not buying any debunking.We hear about an encounter with an adventurous stray dog in eastern Europe, and get Darren and Joe's brief history of local stray dogs. Some happy, some sad.Joe considers adding some pet chickens and a llama to the dinosaur in his garden, and he wonders just how fresh Darren likes his food as he paints a picture of a very disturbing dinner party at his house.Send all of your questions, comments, stray dog tales and duck facts to stallit@goloudnow.com

You know we love a deep dive here, we've gone down the rabbit hole on JFK, the Unabomber, and all sorts so when something serious lands, we're all over it.We want you to get on a podcast we think you'll really be into. It's called Lines of Enquiry, a brand new GoLoud Original, and it's proper Irish true crime. None of the mad Facebook theories, Janine from Tallaght trying to solve a 43 year old cold case in Alabama. This fella actually did the work.John Sweetman is the host of this podcast, he is a former Garda forensic detective. He's been at murder scenes, disappearances, the whole lot and now he's telling the stories from the inside. The evidence, the small details, and the moments that cracked cases wide open.It's deadly, real stories from someone who was actually there. The first episode's out now.... stick it on, you'll be hooked.https://open.spotify.com/episode/3EzGXohKAgAo9iu9ADiHgU?si=oTnSuNyoRsePnLBeK9iSag

Is Joe as grumpy as he seems? Or has his daily meditation/astral projection practice calmed his mind? You could nearly believe that he's a changed man until his tirade about ketchup being childish and immature. Darren and Joe attempt to unmask an 'anonymous' listener after their question has Darren revealing some cheeky personal details that no one really wanted or needed to know. Get in touch and send your questions to stallit@goloudnow.com!

We are welcomed this week by Darren the bingo caller, before we get into some questionable speculation on mysterious intergalactic objects, hear about Joe giving back to the world through charitable acts, and get around to making the case for the coolness of wearing glasses.Darren recalls one of his worst social interactions, and Joe tries to bring back an old style tip, but is quickly shut down – before we go through the recent history of religious merchandise as fashion.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

This week we hear how Darren (almost kind of nearly) literally saved someone's life thanks to recent podcast with one single question.We also get to learn some very boring facts for the next time you want to unimpress your pals down the pub.They also get introduced to Lindaland...a strange but wondrous place where anything is possible and it wouldn't be an eiposde without a random conspiracy theory thrown into the mix.Be warned...you'll never look at The Spire in the same way again.Send all of your questions, comments and rage bait to stallit@goloudnow.com

The builders are at the studio doors and the drills are on full blast, with the lads gazing out at the work underway.We somehow start off with a chat on history's most grisly serial killers and their skin lamps, and Darren shows he's not entirely against the idea of mannequin love. Joe tries to sabotage some essential infrastructure work outside his house and we end up needing the liberal use of bleeps to cover up his wild accusations. Eoin leaves Darren deeply wounded as he accuses him of having gone one dimensional. He also let Darren and Joe go to the official Stall It photoshoot unsupervised and now realises this was potentially a major mistake. We discover, to nobody's surprise, that Joe is a big fan of the enhanced games and wants to see more drugs in sport - but he draws the line at robot racing. And amidst the conversation about athletic performance Joe's marathon record is caught in the crossfire. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Have you noticed that celebrities don't use earbuds anymore? No? Well Joe has and needless to say there's a conspiracy behind it.Also this week they get to imagine what a bus would say if it could talk (farts get mentioned naturually)and we accidentally stumble upon a previously unexplored side to 'public transport' Darren. The animal attraction to lads wearing Snickers is investigated and it's painfully obvious Darren is living in serious denial. Send all of your questions, comments and rage bait to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren Conway has suddenly become a man of high stakes gambling, as he pulls off an audacious surprise party plan, with fictitious gala dinners and local community events all concocted to weave his precarious web of deception.This leads to Joe recounting his own miserable past with surprise gifts and trips, when all he wanted was a pint with the lads.We get a request to become the architects of a conspiracy theory, and end up going from as mundane as suspecting mechanics are scamming Joe, to claiming the flats are all part of an intergalactic Cold War plot.And we hear the incredible tale of the man who ate a plane. A real one. Ate the whole damn thing.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We hope you're sitting down for this week's bonus because something very weird occurs. People are in agreement with one of Joe's rants! Yes his outrage over the wanton destruction of the legendary 123 bus route has struck a chord and the people will have their say. Needless to say this powerful moment descends into discussions about farting (and other bodily functions) on the bus. A listener describes, in graphic detail, his unfortunate run in with a guinea pig in Teneriffe and Joe reveals his plan to avenge his Spice Bag Truck nemesis' plans.We also take a trip down musical memory lane as the lads recount the glory days of the trusty MP3 player.Send all of your questions, comments and rage bait to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren is a newly minted fan of the NFL, and he's got the merch to prove it, and maybe someday he'll understand the sport too.Joe's trading life is laid bare, as he gets a bizarre trio of bidders on his spice bag trailer, and he also recalls his history as a street trader.Darren calls in help to defend his claims he can cycle a bike, and Joe makes an embarrassing admission about his own life on two wheels.Our two over-sponsored podcast hosts/comedians wonder why the mega famous are doing ads, and Joe wonders if Darren might secretly be huge in China.And we question the need for historical exhibits about Dublin traditions that still exist very much in the present day.Send all of your questions, comments and bids for the spice bag trailer to stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe McGucken goes full professional talking head this week, and Darren is only too happy to wind him up and let him go.And it all begins when one listener baits him into making the case for getting rid of traffic lights, which Joe needs no second invitation to get right on board with. It's not long before we end up with the rules of the road being everyone gets the right of way, no buses and a city mired in chaos and confusion.And that's before we get to the death of the 123 bus.The rats are back, and being given far better press than we gave them last week – although things take a somewhat sad turn. Sad and silly, and we also get some strange Michael Jackson rat trivia.Send all of your questions, comments and rage bait to stallit@goloudnow.com

There's a wave of plagiarism hitting our ever original hosts, with everyone from Keanu Reeves to James Corden under suspicion. They're exploring their legal options, armed only with some vey amateur legal counsel. Overall, Joe is just dying to sue someone.We receive a very thoughtful gift from a listener, and Darren has a stunning update on his pursuit of Fontaines DC.That's just the tip of the celebrity schmooze iceberg this week, as it becomes apparent there has been a fundamental shift in the Stall It universe.Joe delves into the data on marriages and somehow that leads to Darren declaring a strange attraction to the Eiffel tower.And there is much curiosity about Eoin's time away, which was suitably low key – low key enough for Darren and Joe to create their own version.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

We're pretending to be dentists, drinking the wrong things, considering tennis and golf as healthy new starts, and thanking the listeners for giving us brief breaks from the misery of daily life.Darren makes a tough call on a questions about life with a rat and we take on the world of talent shows, with the help of some loyal friends. And we wrap it up with a tour of strange Irish town names and get reminded of a very interesting piece of Dublin street name trivia that links Coolock to the Moon landing.Send all of your comments and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren's back from his holliers in Tenerife with a full review and it's a mixed bag and almost getting mowed down by mobility scooters was a real issue. There were 'dick mugs' though so all was not lost. Joe comes across a food eating challenge and they debate the best techniques for taking on a two foot burger and we got to hear about his poor Mam's trip to the hospital thanks to soem didgy hair dye.Remember the show 'Goosbumps'? Well Joe introduced it to his little fella and it does not go well. Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

If you put ice in your milk, there is help out there...just not on this week's bonus episode. It seems it's a thing and Darren also gets to introduce Joe to 'microwave milk film'...yum!The lads get to be anyone for a day and Darren's dream to be Roy keane ends up in contract negotiations with the F.A.IA listener reveals she met Joe at EP and further lets the cat out of the bag regarding his real personality. Has he been lying to us the whole time? Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Poor ol' Joe falls victim to an audacious crime and proceeds to get stuck into clampers while he's at it and Darren gets to re-tell his famous story of The Great Chicken Roll Robbery.On the back of accidentally almost doing a runner, Joe takes us down memory lane to Mosney and the infamous bar where you could enjoy your chicken and chips whilst being mooned at.A documentary about superfans gets the boys musing on the Irish attutude to celebrity and there's not one but TWO mentions of Marty Whelan.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Thanks to a listener question, the lads get to nerd out on some fo their favourite Fr Ted lines and episodes.They also get to imagine their lives in the Royal Family/Mexican drug cartel which results in a tear inducing rendition of Cadle In The Wind.A listener accuses Joe of being an agent of chaos and needless to say...chaos ensues.Send all of your questions and comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

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