• Best bits with Auburn Langley!
    Sep 10 2024

    Friend of the show and radio tour de force Auburn Langley comes in to talk to the boys about The Toolbox. Why it started, where it is and where it's going.

    Rollie, Hamish and Auburn recap some key moments from The Toolbox and play clips for a best of show with a difference.

    The Toolbox returns on 6 October 2024, only on Spark!

    The Toolbox fun facts #003: Rollie and Hamish have matching tattoos of Marge Simpson riding into Sunderland on the back of Jake Chappell.

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    1 hr
  • Balls to that!
    Aug 27 2024

    In an UNO reverse on last week, Hamish sails the good ship Toolbox into the waters of men's health. Jump aboard with Hamish as he plays interviews with prostate cancer sufferer Nick Lambert about advances in prostate testing, and revisits an interview Rollie had with Professor Scott Wilkes about testicular and prostate cancer.

    The number for Samaritans is 116 123.

    The Toolbox fun fact #002: Rollie & Hamish like beans on toast so much they hang out just to eat cheesy beans with sausage on toast.

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    43 mins
  • Ageing & insecurity
    Aug 20 2024

    Rollie pines for Hamish, who is back in Scotland recording for his Masters degree final project. Rollie talks ageing, facing up to your own mortality and how targeted ads go after our insecurities.

    Toolbox fun facts #001: Hamish is scared of onions

    Follow The Toolbox on instagram @thetoolboxradio

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    35 mins
  • A peek behind the curtain, stress & body image
    Aug 13 2024

    Rollie and Hamish talk about their routes into radio, stress and body image with fellow Sparky and University of Sunderland graduate Matt McGough. They also delve into their invisible backpacks and tease a future collaboration.

    Follow The Toolbox on instagram @thetoolboxradio

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    48 mins
  • Knife crime & violent disorder in Sunderland
    Aug 6 2024

    Rollie and Hamish talk about knife crime, an issue that has dominated the news cycle in the past few years and seems to be only one degree of separation away from most people. Rollie spoke to Simon Brown from the Connor Brown Trust.

    The lads also talk frankly about the violence and disorder that descended on Sunderland on Friday night, and discuss helping with the clean up on Saturday morning where they also spoke to residents and business owners from the city of Sunderland.

    This episode also includes an interview with MP for Sunderland Central Lewis Atkinson.

    If you would like to support either the Connor Brown Trust or Citizens Advice their website links are below.

    www.connorbrowntrust.com

    www.citizensadvice.org.uk

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    55 mins
  • The Olympic Gold in Paper Rounds
    Jul 30 2024

    Rollie & Hamish unpack their invisible backpacks and talk about success, side hustles and the Olympics.

    Would Rollie make a good hammer thrower?

    Would Hamish look like one of the 118 men?

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    40 mins
  • Weddings, Ferraris & The Toolbox on the BBC
    Jul 23 2024

    Hamish emotionally supports Rollie after he returns from a wedding in the Cotswolds. The lads are joined by friend of the show Jake Chappell as they check in on their invisible backpacks, talk about going live from a wedding, Ferraris & The Toolbox on the BBC.

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    40 mins
  • Mens spaces & catharsis
    Jul 16 2024

    Rollie and Hamish are reunited after Hamish's trip to Scotland.

    The lads do an invisible backpack check in, speculate on the outcome of England vs Spain in the Euros final and talk about the erosion of men's spaces, as well as the power of catharsis.

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    35 mins