With the announcement our next live show, we talk about the process of rehearsal and reveal some of the more stressful moments from the days and weeks leading up to the last show. There’s a new Joe-proof system for rehearsals in place and Darren has concerns about the split on takings from a spice bag truck that has ended up embedded in a wall at Vicar Street. Darren and Joe are left proven drastically wrong as Joe defeats the odds and makes a roaring success of his spice bag truck. He even breaks the habit of a lifetime by giving away something for free – but he still can’t get a tip, even from his own producer, or a curry sauce recipe from his co-host. He’s already fearing disillusion with the food truck game, as multiple forces conspire to make the whole endeavour very tasty, but very stressful. Send all of your questions, comments and anything else to stallit@goloudnow.com

Is Darren Conway a modern day prophet of pop culture? One keen eared listener has spotted a potentially hidden talent, although there are signs his gift could be waning, if he ever had it. The question over Darren’s oversized shoes makes a return, as a second listener trawls the archives. We’re considering which gig from history we would most like to play – while also being quite surprised by some of the acts who have played to mind bogglingly massive crowds. There’s another WWE/Stall It crossover hypothetical and Joe is, unsurprisingly, now a member of the fast food lobby, making false claims of the health benefits of spice bags. Send your questions and everything else to stallit@goloudnow.com

Recently ejected from their life among the rich and famous of the LA elite, the Manson Family find a new home – at an old movie set from the western era – and find a new purpose. As Charles Manson feels his music dreams slipping away, and experiences a very public humiliation, the Family’s focus shifts to apocalyptic visions and dreams of violence. A terrifying prophecy of doomsday emerges, inspired by Manson’s belief that The Beatles were speaking directly to him through their new album. Email your questions or comments to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren is getting himself caught up in mass public hype of the Oasis reunion, but doesn’t want anyone to know he’s just there for the hype. Joe discusses the morality of taking tickets from diehard fans, even if you just want to go along out of FOMO. We explore the curious history of Irish gameshows – some more disastrous than others – and Joe finally meets a reality TV show that he thinks goes just too far. And Darren is caught in wardrobe limbo, with too many clothes but not enough outfits. Send your questions and everything else to stallit@goloudnow.com

Darren has been spending time with some bad influences and it’s having a knock on effect on the podcast as he brings a new, tough attitude to the studio and a refusal to accept any and all criticism. There’s some rejection of very good advice and severe butchering of motivational quotes. And Joe accepts a listener’s challenge and formally announces he will run the Dublin Marathon, but will not be adhering to conventions around things like registering or paying to run on what he sees as his streets.

We begin a deep dive into the incredible, barely believable story of Charles Manson and the Manson family - and how the cult's crimes changed the world. In this first episode we hear about how the seeds for the murderous cult were sown in the early years of a young Charles Manson, and how he warped a bundle of religious texts, Beatles songs and self-help strategies into his own bizarre philosophy – and then drew in his army of followers, who believed he was the man to save a troubled world. We delve into the early years of the family, and explore how they crossed paths with – and even lived with - the Hollywood elite, as Manson obsessed over both the coming apocalypse, and his own dreams of stardom.

How many legs does a crab have? According to Darren, who doesn't include his thumbs when counting his fingers, it's 8 making the crustaceans a distant relative of a spider. Why does it matter you ask? Well, they obviously need to know so they're fully informed when deciding if they'd rather crab legs or T-Rex arms. A close ally of Joe's gets in touch with a complaint about a recent trip to the fishmongers, inspired no doubt by all the recent talk of mussels on the podcast. His tale of woe leads Joe onto his latest whinge - Having his total rounded to the nearest 5c at the till, even when not using coins. And there's talk of boutique funfairs, Darren's imaginary podcast, and Joe's short film debut. Send your questions in to StallIt@GoLoudNow.com.

Darren is misidentified as British by a robot, while Joe races full tilt into the warm embrace of Artificial Intelligence authoritarianism Could Darren return to the dating scene? He worries he may never be able to; even if he was dating Amy. His plan for romantic success involves eggy bread and a spray painted dog. And maybe a disco. Joe visits London and returns home to announce that Dublin is a desert of entertainment. Can the lads change the city with scary mazes and axe throwing? Joe rages at Darren for missing a Bucket List moment right on his doorstep. There's a guest appearance form Darren's ma, as he tries to get to the bottom of a personal mystery (of sorts). Joe's collection of fake Rolex watches is expanding, but he feels this time he may have fallen prey to the scammers. Send any questions, comments or anything else to us at stallit@goloudnow.com

Joe’s silent defenders emerge from the shadows this week to defend his honour and fact check the fact checker on everything from hair care to the global availability of black pudding. There are strange childhood recipes pored over, and  a historic tale of a strange end has one listener asking us what would be the most undignified legacy to leave behind. Joe proves himself surprisingly conventional in a couple of ways, but retains his all-round pessimism even in the face of a fairly staggering stat from one listener. Send your emails and questions to stallit@goloudnow.com

We bring you the incredible tale of two notorious Irish serial killers in Scotland, and the world famous skeleton they left behind after their shocking spree came to an end. Joe has been to a parrot show, and comes back to report it may be the most depressing form of bird entertainment ever performed. The parrot show is just one part of another hugely underwhelming holiday for Joe, with explosive illness, hostile hosts and overcrowded caves all getting in his way of a good time. He comes back to us with the newfound insight that everything is underwhelming and the rest of us just need to be more honest about that. Darren recalls a near death experience where nobody came close to dying, and Joe has made a grand romantic gesture – that he knew wasn’t wanted. Send your emails and questions (and names for the Stall It dog) to stallit@goloudnow.com

Listeners Christie and Jay have fired in two very different but equally thought provoling questions for Darren and Joe to chew over this week. One involves the real life pros and cons of having a friendly bear as a best pal and the other has Joe falling from space from a great height. They also hear from an irrate punter who claims they almost killed while he was on a treadmill recently. Yeah, there's a lot going on. Send your questions to StallIt@GoLoudNow.com

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 near future, he too worked up a sweat going on his first ever 5k run. There's also talk of obsolete jobs like Xtra-vision workers and knocker uppers. And a discussion on the pros and cons of life in a castle.

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 biggest music stars. And Joe's churning stomach becomes a surprise guest. Send your questions to StallIt@GoLoudNow.com

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 athletics and worrying about if he can cut it on the 5k circuit. The lads are communally panicking about baldness and Darren is offering Joe a lint roller for his hair. And a Stall It listener or two have been reporting sightings of Joe having a very bad time at IKEA. (Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before Joe's latest moves with his famous spice bag truck - we'll have more on that next week) Send your questions and anything else to stallit@goloudnow.com

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, and a fact check on a trampoline, and one listener is out for us as a Stall It related bout of exhaustion led to a very unfortunate incident. Send your questions to StallIt@GoLoudNow.com

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 plays the role of a lifetime, at his son’s birthday party while Darren reveals a very fancy Sunday dinner tradition, and we hear of bizarre gameshow prize from around the world And we hear some revolutionary ideas in the sports merchandising arena.

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 would be better, and ask if Joe would get a Neuralink off Temu. Send your questions to StallIt@GoLoudNow.com

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 might be getting a dog, or else he's been scammed again, and after hearing Darren's tale of a recent trip to the vets with Frank, he might prefer the latter. There's no trips to the vet with a pet rock though, only awards ceremonies. There's also talk of some great inventions that never came to fruition and some bizarre ideas that made their inventors millionaires.

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 populated with Vampires or Zombies, with Joe enticed by the chance at eternal youth (relatively speaking).

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 most opulent, indulgent midnight snack in Stall It history.