In this episode today:

Shedder in the Spotlight: Graham Edwards from King Lake in regional Victoria.

On the Pulse: Stuart Torrance is learning about Music for Health with Jason Tenner a music therapist

On the Road: Lance from the Palmerston Shed in the Northern Territory

Special Guests: Russell Westacott And Uncle Benny Hodges from the Council of Elders talking about the upcoming changes to the aged care system.

Nailed it: In Rip Woodchip is sharing a few thoughts about dealing with the impact of natural disasters

In this Men’s Health Week special episode:

I chat to Stuart Torrance from AMSA about Men’s Health Week itself—what it’s all about and why it matters

Our special guest today is someone I used to gig with back in the day

none other than Normie Rowe, one of Australia’s biggest pop stars of the 1960s.

In On the Pulse, Stuart’s back to talk about one of those ‘bloke things’ that doesn’t get enough air time—your prostate.

He’s talking to Ruth Logan from the It’s a Bloke Thing Foundation to bust some of the biggest myths around prostate cancer

And the one and only Rip Woodchip shares who you should turn to when it comes to health info.

Trust us, only Rip can say it like Rip does!

In this episode today:

On The Tools:

Marty talks to Gosford Men’s Shed about their impressive Tech Room – full of 3D printers and laser cutters.

On the road: we chat with Ian from Grumpies Blokes’ Shed in Adelaide about why you should visit, not least because they have the largest men’s shed mural in the world!

On the Pulse:

If you’re like most of us, you’ll be interested especially interested in this segment - Stuart Torrance talks to from Creaky Joints about how to make travelling with arthritis easier!

Nailed It!

Finally, it’s National Volunteer Week this May, and with many of us enjoying retirement, giving back through volunteering has become a big part of our lives. Our resident handyman Rip Woodchip talks about why volunteering is so important.

In this episode today:

On the Tools - Pinnacle Hardware tells us about their new range of garage and shed storage solutions

On the road - we meet a shedder who belongs to five sheds and travels a lot between them!

On the Pulse - Stuart learns more about Liver disease in and how we can take care of this important organ

Shedder in the spotlight - we meet Jim Clarke, a 100 year old from Streaky Bay in South Australia

Rip Woodchip’s gives us his spin on banter and mateship in the shed.

In this episode today

We talk to a few men’s shed supporters in Canberra

What we’re doing differently in On the Road this season

In On the Tools, Guy Michela from the Sandford shed in Queensland tells us about his whale tail sculpture

In On the Pulse, Stuart finds out about the new safety equipment required for welding

Marty talks to Michael Maxworthy in Pambula for Shedder in the Spotlight

In Rip’s Tip, Rip Woodchip is going to give us some tips on looking after your noggin!

In this episode today:

We turn the tables and interview John Paul Young as our Special Guest Derek Bullock from the Australia Motorhome and Caravan Association has a surefire Christmas Recipe for us.

Our resident handyman Marty is talking to Mal Watts, who tans furs and skins for On the Tools!

In Shedder in the Spotlight a couple of blokes from the Coolum Men’s shed tell us about the music festival they put on. And they have a bit of a treat for us – a Christmas song!

Rip Woodchip is going to give us some tips on the dreaded New Year’s Resolutions.

In this episode today:

Our Special guest today is Jeremy Phillips-Yelland from Movember to tell us about what they are doing this November.

Shed in the Spotlight: Jurien Bay Community Men's Shed, who won the Innovation in fundraising category at the National Shed Awards!

For On the Pulse,

AMSA’s Stuart talks to Kaz Kavanagh from Initial Hygiene about male incontinence

On the Tools,

The Lake Monger Community shed’s pottery group.

Nailed It!

Rip Woodchip tells us his thoughts on love and marriage

In this episode today:

• Our Special guest today is Kate Cotter from the Resilient Building Council to talk about how to make our homes and communities safer from bushfire and floods.
• In Shedder in the spotlight we talk to AJ from the Tatura shed in Victoria, where they are making wine!
• Bob Hartley joins us again, this time for On the Tools who has quite an eclectic range of past times: converting a minibus into a campervan, hand making ropes and plagues for the Navy!
• And we go On the road with Derek Bullock down the South Coast of NSW
• Get ready to rock around the clock Mac’s Music Shack as we take a trip back to the best rock tunes of the 50s and 60s. Who will reign supreme?
• Rip Woodchip is visiting the Henty Field Day and getting put over the pits in the Spanner in the Works tent!

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