The Toolbox

Rumours have been flying and word on Main Street is that this is the last The Toolbox for a while. Rollie saddles up the horses and lights the beacons to signal for help because between cancelled trains, lost phone chargers and malfunctioning tech Hamish isn't able to feature. Fortunately great friends of the show, Andy's Man Club Lead Co-ordinator George Donnelly, and the Dewsbury Duke Jake Chapp...

Rollie saddles up his horse and rides out to unload the invisible backpack, tired of being a lone ranger he has sent a telegram to Chinni to come and save his bacon in the radio desert. If you urgently need to speak to someone the number for Samaritans (UK) is 116 123

Rollie misses Hamish and ponders on grief and transitions in the wake of losing a friend. For anyone affected by issues talked about in this show the number for Samaritans UK is 116 123.

Rollie presents a bumper episode all about testosterone, speaking to Professor Scott Wilkes, GP & Head of the University of Sunderland Medical School, and Dr Beccie Owens, evolutionary psychologist and Head of the University of Sunderland Psychology Department

Troubled skies are forming over Toolbox Towers, Hamish has been struck down with a pox and is confined to his quarters with a box of tissues and a bottle of Calpol. What is Rollie to do? Fortunately Jake Chappell and Oliver Ross step in to save Rollie's ass. They unpack the invisible backpack and welcome Dale Briscoe onto the show. Dale has a long, and very personal, history with negative male men...

The lads load up the invisible backpacks once again with friend of the show Dominic "Chinni" Copeland drummer of alternative-punk band Dead Wet Things. Chinni opens up to Rollie & Hamish about his struggles with his health anxiety over the past several months, and educates the lads on the helpfulness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Rollie & Hamish saddle up and head out once again with an invisible backpack check-in. Then they buy 2 tickets for an excursion to Virgin Island, as they talk about Channel 4 reality television show Virgin Island.

Rollie is a lone ranger this week as he rides the plains of Toolboxahassee. As he does he unloads the invisible backpack and ruminates on the events that unfolded at the Liverpool parade.

The lads ride out once again to unload the invisible backpacks and check in with each other. This week Hamish brings an important public safety announcement and Rollie & Hamish present The Toolbox guide to apologies. The do's, the don'ts and the definitely don'ts!

Join Rollie & Hamish as they talk about loading up their actual backpacks for the epic walk they took with friend of The Toolbox Monday Lunchtime's Jake Chappell. Setting out on a beautiful sunny day from Penshaw Monument, the boys followed The Way of Learning all the way to Durham Cathedral. Of course they unpack the invisible backpack along the way. 35.8km Over 45,000 steps 3 pairs of very t...

Rollie & Hamish load up their saddlebags and ride out once again. Unloading the invisible backpacks, they talk about the mental benefits of having things to look forward to.

Rollie rides solo this week but never fear he brings with him his invisible backpack to unpack. He also weighs in on famous men saying and doing inappropriate things as well as a one off return of Papers Please, the news review just for you to get Rollie's take on the government intervention in British Steel. Toolbox fun fact: Hamish's favourite meal is cheesy pasta!

Rollie & Hamish unload the saddlebags once again as they welcome Greg & Jordan, two facilitators from the Sunderland Kayll Road branch of Andy's Man Club to celebrate the branch's first birthday. Andy's Man Club offers peer to peer support for men struggling with their mental health with groups all over the UK meeting every Monday at 7pm except for bank holidays.

Rollie finds himself bereft without his rotten soldier, as Hamish is back visiting his family in Scotland. Rollie unsaddles the invisible backpack and then poses questions that come out of having watched the hit Netflix show Adolescence . What can be done? How do we reach these kids? Are we really free? Follow the show on instagram @toolboxradio

Rollie and Hamish unload their invisible backpacks once again and have all bases loaded on this weeks The Toolbox. First they have a chat with MA Mental Health Nursing student Eddie about an upcoming mental health awareness event at the University of Sunderland. Rollie then chats with the Head of the University of Sunderland Psychology Department Dr Becky Owens about the role of testosterone on ma...

Rollie & Hamish unload the invisible backpack and catch up on their new years resolutions. Rollie talks to Professor Scott Wilkes, a practicing GP and Head of the University of Sunderland Medical School to ask questions about testosterone. What is it? Does it only exist to tell men to shag it or fight it? Can testosterone replacement therapy be used as a workaround for doping in sport? Profess...

Saddle up and get your talking boots on as Rollie & Hamish unpack their invisible backpacks with two top queers, Jay Sykes & Kosti Tsapanidis, who share their experiences of coming out and also how their younger selves navigated their identities in a heteronormative society. Jay is an audio producer whose work has been played on BBC Radio 4, and Kosti is a performing arts student. They are...

Rollie unloads the invisible backpack this week with Sam Clark of Lights, Camera, Action! The movie show on Spark. The lads talk about depictions of mental health on screen and how it's improved over the years.

Rollie & Hamish unpack the invisible backpack once again after a hectic week. They talk about targeted ads and how ridiculous they are and why people should laugh at them. They also delve into their Christmas stockings and talk their favourite Christmas films. The Toolbox fun fact: Rollie & Hamish's dream is to co-own a monster truck called Big Boy

On the show this week Rollie & Hamish talk about feeling festive, reactions to suicide and also give out the phone numbers for organisations that help people having a tough time of it during the Christmas period.

Rollie is a solo polo this week as he drops some ice in his Baileys and opens up about loneliness heading into Christmas, through the wild world of bad Christmas films as he counts down to his first Christmas away from home. He also speaks to Dave Taylor from the University of Sunderland's Wellbeing team.

This week Rollie & Hamish unload their backpacks and talk about their time at the Student Radio Awards and their upcoming graduation. Then Rollie gets personal as the lads talk about antidepressants and his relief once he was medicated.

Rollie's rotten soldier, his sweet cheese, his good time boy Hamish isn't with him this week so he's drafted in Grace and Michaela Jane from In Her Element , Spark's women's' show. They unpack the backpacks and ask each other questions in an episode of The Toolbox like none ever seen before. The Toolbox Fun Fact: Hamish likes a nice curry

Rollie & Hamish are back unloading the invisible backpack before Rollie chats to mental health researcher and ex-teacher Dave McPartlan about a whole school approach to mental health. If you want to donate to Rollie and Hamish's Mo-space the link is on the link tree in The Toolbox instagram bio @toolboxradio Just because the conversation stops doesn't mean the conversation stops. The number fo...

Rollie & Hamish unload their invisible backpacks once again and reveal the caterpillars on their top lips as they start Movember. The lads then talk about lad culture in the wake of the recent announcement of the Oasis reunion, and what men can do to make everyone safer. If you want to donate to Rollie and Hamish's Mo-space the link is on the link tree in The Toolbox instagram bio @toolboxradi...