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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]