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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 […]

Join Matt, Ynez, Poorty (and Sasha, the dog!) as they take you on a stroll through Sunderland’s Roker Park, sharing their personal stories and life experiences with the sounds of nature as their backdrop. Walk alongside them, exploring the park and the journey of life itself.

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 […]

In this episode, we explore the village of Ryhope and its local heritage sites, including The Engine Museum, the war cemetery and the colliery, comparing it to the villages of our home countries, Belarus and Scotland. We talk about traditions, families and why we chose to study in Sunderland.

Rollie & Hamish unload their backpacks and talk about coping mechanisms, both healthy and unhealthy. The lads also talk about checks and balances by asking themselves five important questions.

This week Rollie & Hamish are giddy because they’ve been nominated for Best Creative Speech Programming at the Student Radio Awards. They’ve been surfing the internet and entered the manosphere and The Toolbox fun fact: Rollie & Hamish both like a Nice Curry