Episodes
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There’s a lot of singing this week, from Nirvana to Shaggy. Continuing the music theme we consider a life as a boyband reject or a boyband interloper.
We then continue the continuation of career talk with Joe offering Darren the chance to star in a remake of a cult comedy classic.
And in attempt to give us a dramatic story of crime, Darren unveils an utterly uninspiring but unintentionally hilarious anecdote.
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It’s finally happened, Joe has got his big break and he’s off to join the theatre crowd as a part of a very high brow (and very, very serious) production. Somehow his explanation of this turn of events leads us to hear about a toupee with international consequences.
Darren believes he has what it takes to become Ireland’s number one celebrity impersonator, and Joe thinks Darren could become the national voice of the sliced pan.
We hear about two interactions Darren had with Keith Duffy, and while the first interaction is a moment of great reflected celeb glory, the second is a brutal humiliation.
We have a significant dinosaur update. The beast has found a home, too close to home, and Joe is wondering what long term impacts a dinosaur in Coolock might have on his life – from fighting with the neighbours about the beast in the front garden, to the children of the area being cursed with weekly visits to see the dinosaur, and even a potential backlash from the local youth.
And Darren reveals a deep distress about discarded mattresses, from their smell to their potent threat to life.
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A ball to the face or ants for friends? The Stall It listeners continue to ask the big, big questions and give us a lot to chew over.
We get a question that offers all good options and the chance to double our time in life, or gorge ourselves on greasy foods with zero consequences.
Darren takes time to come around to the concept of covert break ins around Joe’s house, but we eventually explore the most devious yet subtle tactics for driving each other insane with midnight break ins. Everything from swapping chihuahuas to unlocked doors and running taps, and even some cement toothpaste.
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Darren and Joe offer their sincere apologies to anyone affected by the poor time management that meant the episode was late this week, and if Darren’s DMs are anything to go by, there were lots of you impacted. Unsurprisingly, Joe gets a lot of blame.
They consider some iconic male beauty trends like spiky hair and frosted tips and Joe reveals his TV makeup mishap.
Darren turns down the chance at an Oscar over his fear of Joe’s scooter and there’s an argument about the definition of a couple.
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Darren has major boiler disasters and it’s led him to the world of cold showers, which has opened up a route to becoming a wellness influencer.
Joe treats us to some very dad accents and even worse reality TV, and speaking of reality TV, Joe can’t seem to get off First Dates Ireland.
In the latest update on Joe’s dinosaur, we receive a potentially lucrative offer to take it off his hands. – and he recounts some more adventures at Dublin port as the piss-takers emerge to mock his dinosaur conundrum.
There’s a strange segue into the crossover world of bucket bongs, insanity workouts and baths.
We hear about Darren getting a ferocious football in the face from Wes Brown, and we return to Darren’s obsession with football player cards.
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Darren decides he could hunt a rabbit but not a bear, but he has no problem with mixing sardines and chickatees.
The great bus debate turns hot as Joe responds with vigour to the latest salvo from the bus drivers of Ireland.
One listener places before us a strange encounter with an extraterrestrial in a pub, and he has something to offer us.
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Joe has received perhaps the strangest notification of his life - there's a giant dinosaur in a big wooden crate addressed to him waiting at Dublin Port. How did it get there? Why does he need to pay €350 to have it released? Would he get away with having in the front garden of his home in Coolock? We answer all of these questions.
A listener sets a challenge, which Darren and Joe gladly accept - to take Stall It into the world of late night call in radio. There are some strange disturbing results.
And Joe points out something to Darren that may very well ruin his wedding night.
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Joe came for the bus network, so the bus drivers have now come for Joe - and they have not shown up empty handed, as Joe finds himself on the end of a brutal fact checking. Of course, he refuses to back down.
One listener suspects he is living inside the Stall It version of The Truman Show, while Joe has a theory about Truman Show style goings on in our own world.
And we make the case for one of the greatly underrated dishes of our time.
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We conjure up a vision of a revamped extreme version Winning Streak with death defying leaps and potentially lethal box opening blended with sponsored car chases and overall a lot of risk of death.
Continuing the theme of competition, there’s a multi-disciplinary contest between podcast hots, ranging from crazy golf to bowling, with the risk of death (at the hands of a celebrity singer and an international banker) again looming large.
We also get an update Darren’s wedding menu and his fears over shedding tears at the altar.
And in a Stall it first, Joe makes the case for why Darren should eat some dog food, and he gives it a very hard sell.
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Your questions have us considering Darren’s thoughts on bringing back smoking in shopping centres, Joe making public transport free, living life with three legs (or arms), and the mystery of airport suitcase shops.
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We return to the chaotic world of Charlestown Athletic football club, as Darren Conway makes his return to the dugout for the long awaited sequel to the silliest story in world football.
Fleeing loan sharks and fame, our maverick manager has found a new lease of life delivering kebabs in four minutes, until one day a call comes in. Charlestown Athletic is in trouble and there’s only one man who can save them.
As Darren accepts the challenge to lead his club back to glory, and win the East Finglas Men’s Shed League, he sets about building a new team and reluctantly welcomes back to the fold an old partner from the glory years.
If you haven't heard it, the first part of our odyssey in the world of Charlestown Athletic is Ep 85: The Impossible Job.
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Chocolate sauce or ketchup on every meal for life, the chance and danger of bringing your dreams to life, a future of unfortunate nicknames for someone close to the pod.
There’s a challenge to eat as much ham as possible in 60 seconds, and the offer of an extra hour in the day to better yourself finds surprisingly little enthusiasm.
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We hear future predictions from the past, Joe is seduced by the potential to get in the ground floor of seaweed. We wonder how far away humanity is from living life under the sea, and there’s a few ideas thrown around in the hunt for a new online trend to rival Dublin’s cherry tomatoes bridge.
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Darren has been spotted out in public and he’s been making a great impression on the general public.
We’re asked if we would be happy to eat baked goods delivered by a well-meaning neighbours, and recall the weirdness of sitting in a friends house while he eats chicken nuggets but offers none.
We accidentally go down a rabbit hole on the 90s phenomenon of Ernest films
There’s a chance to craft our very own (fictional) conspiracy theory, and we choose what one song we would choose to have written.
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Is the magic of TV being intentionally dispatched with to accommodate our addiction to our phones? Could Darren and Joe resurrect Irish TV with some very unorthodox ideas?
We educate Darren on Nollaig na mBan, and hear about Ireland’s windiest night.
Darren bemoans the ingratitude of dogs getting gifts, but gives us an insight into the world of doggie Christmas.
Joe brings us news of jellyfish aliens and he also has some ideas on how to make darts a more competitive spectacle, including allowing blocking your opponent’s attempt to throw a dart.
And in a major turn in the new year, Eoin takes Joe’s word for something.
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A listener contacts us in need of advice about a strange, potentially dangerous situation involving an enraged pensioner and ice cubes.
Darren sings the praises of cute rats in a glass case and we contemplate an eternity without the sun or the stars.
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We bring you another guest appearance from Terence Power – recorded during his recent stint standing in for Darren.
Joe’s rogue eyebrow hair gives him an idea to forge a brave new path for men’s grooming.
One listener’s dedication and geographic location leave us stunned, and we hear a peculiar quandary of utmost awkwardness
There’s some discussion on cult uniforms, with Terence going for an outfit loyal to his roots, while Joe argues we’d all be warmer and more comfortable without any clothes.
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We decide there has been enough about Christmas and we get back to the grind with a classic would you rather – involving a very public tribute to one of the superstars of 1990s wrestling.
And then the offer arises of a sandwich date with JFK, Charles Manson or the Pope – a trickier decision than we’d have imagined, and a slightly more predictable imagining of how it might go if Joe went for a ham and cheese sambo with Manson.
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We learn about the real Saint Stephen and his pretty grim end.
Darren is amazed to learn there is mass on Christmas day and Joe tells us about how he once considered a life in the priesthood.
One listener wants to know how much of Joe’s time is lost to complaining.
We find ourselves exploring the history of capes, assessing our own cape tolerance, and discovering Darren wants to wear a cape.
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Joe finds unmitigated joe in the segue of a lifetime, before he reverts to form as Christmas cheer gets on his nerve.
Darren resolves to double down on nicotine and Joe is inspired to join him, and there’s a moment of appreciation for the magic of sliced ham.
One listener hopes Joe finds no cheer in Christmas, but presume he doesn’t want it anyway and Joe, of course, goes on about the many miseries of the festive season, from the anxiety of the overflowing green bin to the stress of dressing.
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