The Whole Nine Yards Ep 260 18.1.26 Just Say Yes with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 260     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 18th January 2026 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Just Say Yes

Yes Man was a Danny Wallace book and a Jim Carrey film.

Danny Wallace’s memoir begins with a simple challenge: say “yes” to everything for an entire year.

The results are chaotic, hilarious, occasionally disastrous — but also life‑expanding.

The message isn’t blind positivity; it’s about breaking the gravitational pull of habit, fear, and inertia.

The film adaptation exaggerates the comedy, but the heart remains: saying “yes” opens doors you didn’t know existed. Saying yes as rebellion / Saying yes as awakening / Saying yes as messy, chaotic growth / Saying yes as connection / Saying yes as self‑permission / Saying yes as a way of stepping into your own life.

The possibility that yes doesn’t guarantee safety, but it does guarantee movement.

Saying yes doesn’t have to be a doorstop, it can be a door opening.

Hour One

Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes (Up to Now, 2009)

Alkaline Trio – Hell Yes (Remains, 2007)

Frightened Rabbit – Yes I Would (The Winter of Mixed Drinks, 2010)

Gang of Youths – Say Yes to Life (Go Farther in Lightness, 2017)

Tokyo Shoegazer – Missing (Missing 2020)

WhoMadeWho – Yes (Brighter, 2012)

Boy George – Yes We Can (Ordinary Alien, 2010)

Bel and Quinn – Say Yes (Fanm nan dife, 2023)

Johannesen – Yes (Single 2012)

Nujabes – Yes ft. Pase Rock (Spiritual State, 2011)

Iyeoka – Say Yes (Say Yes, 2010)

Hour Two

The Shins – So Says I (Chutes Too Narrow, 2003)

The Flaming Lips – Do You Realize?? (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002)

Joni Mitchell – All I Want (Blue, 1971)

Jane Birkin – Yesterday, Yes A Day (Madame Claude OST, 1977)

Lana Del Rey – Say Yes to Heaven (Original Version) (Single 2023)

Radiohead – Yes I Am (B‑side My Iron Lung, 1994)

Floetry – Say Yes (Floetic, 2002)

Tame Impala – Yes I’m Changing (Currents, 2015)

Diana Vickers – Just Say Yes (Cover of Snow Patrol, 2010)

Kate Bush – The Sensual World (The Sensual World 1989)

The Swell Season – The Answer is Yes (Single 202

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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