Stall It with Darren and Joe

Stall It with Darren and Joe

Darren Conway and Joe McGucken present Stall It. Whether it’s a deep dive into mystery, a dose of nostalgia or a wander through the strange worlds of Darren and Joe, Stall It is silly about the serious stuff and serious about the silly. It's the podcast that can go anywhere, with a conversation about an air fryer leaving you discussing your chances of survival in a zombie apocalypse, a childhood memory leading you to re-designing Dublin as a theme park, or a bit of historical trivia leading you down a mysterious rabbit hole. As Joe puts it, it’s “like falling asleep on the bus and waking up in Kimmage, you don't know how you got there."

Episodes

August 6, 2025 40 mins

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 t...

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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.

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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 in...

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July 28, 2025 16 mins

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.

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July 23, 2025 43 mins

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 go...

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July 21, 2025 14 mins

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!

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July 16, 2025 45 mins

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.

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July 14, 2025 16 mins

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.

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July 9, 2025 47 mins

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...

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July 7, 2025 18 mins

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.

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July 2, 2025 43 mins

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 ...

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June 30, 2025 17 mins

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 criti...

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June 25, 2025 45 mins

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 ...

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June 23, 2025 16 mins

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...

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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 fiel...

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June 16, 2025 16 mins

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 spon...

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June 11, 2025 44 mins

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...

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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 m...

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June 4, 2025 44 mins

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...

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June 2, 2025 18 mins

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...

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