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Is the Culture House worth the city’s £27million investment? Join us – James, Aura and Taz – as we debate this by talking to nearby businesses and people working in the creative industries. Is there enough of a buzz about the Culture House for it to become what it’s dreamed to be? And do the […]

Hello, I’m Kira. I’m originally from two hours away in West Yorkshire, and moved to study journalism at the University of Sunderland. I want to explore why people like me choose to move away from home, and travel across the country to study at university. Join me as I chat with Nicole and Emily, students […]

Influencer style boxing has blown up over the last six years. A one-off event between KSI and Joe Weller changed the course of the whole sport into something that we’ve never seen before. And now, with characters such as Jake Paul fighting some of mainstream’s ,arrest figures in-front of sold out arenas, low-level boxing has […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

The Stadium of Light is more than a venue for football: it’s a place to foster togetherness. Here Stuart and Anthony start their walk around the ground feeling like very different people but end up realizing they have a lot more in common than they thought – and that football has the power to reawaken […]