I get browned off, swamped by stories and dull speeches (8)
I believe the answer is:
litanies
'dull speeches' is the definition.
(litany can mean a tedious list)
'i get browned off swamped by stories' is the wordplay.
'get browned off' becomes 'tan' (get a tan).
'swamped by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stories' becomes 'lies' (to tell stories can mean to lie).
'i'+'tan'='itan'
'itan' going into 'lies' is 'LITANIES'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for litanies that I've seen before include "Recitals of lists, in church perhaps" , "prayers of supplication" , "Prayer sessions" , "Prayers with series of responses" , "Series of invocations to saints" .)