The Whole Nine Yards Ep 277 17.5.26 Choice Cuts with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 277     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 17 May 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Choice Cuts

Today is a show about choices and decisions – that split‑second when the world holds its breath and you realise the next move is yours. On The Whole Nine Yards this week we explore the crossroads, the tiny pivots, the wild leaps, the quiet Oks and the loud forget-its that shape who we become. Every track is a turning point, every story a fork in the road, every moment an invitation to choose again.

Hour One is The Crossroads Hour about the wrong trains we board anyway, the hearts we give away, the futures we gamble on. The choices come fast – impulsive, hopeful, sometimes reckless – the kind that change you before you’ve even caught your breath.

Hour Two is The Consequences Hour, the dust has settled and the questions deepen. What do we carry from the decisions we made in the dark. Reminders that every yes, every no, every maybe shapes the person we become. This is the soundtrack of choosing, losing, learning, and beginning again.

Hour One

The Moody Blues – Question (A Question of Balance 1970)

The Fray –  All at Once (How to Save a Life 2006)

The Wombats – Can’t Say No (Oh! The Ocean 2025)

The Psychedelic Furs – Wrong Train (Made Of Rain 2020)

Apartment – Decision of Legomen (The Dreamer Evasive 2007)

The Heavy Hours – Take My Heart (I’ll Take Yours Too) (Gardens 2022)

Small Room 9 – I Have no Choice But to Love You (Small Room 9 2012)

Midnight Oil – Golden Age (Capricornia 2002)

Local Natives – When Am I Gonna Lose You (Violet Street 2019)

The Devlins – Big Decision (Waiting 1997)

Switchfoot – Twenty-Four (The Beautiful Letdown 2003)

Hour Two

The Beach Boys – All This Is That (Carl and the Passions 1972)

My Morning Jacket – Big Decisions (The Waterfall 2015)

The Radio Department – Where Damage isn’t already done (Lesser Matters 2003)

Puressence – Don’t Know any Better (Don’t Forget to Remember 2007)

Vanessa Carlton – Who’s To Say (Harmonium 2004)

Tristen – Complex (Aquatic Flowers 2021)

Shura – Indecision (2016 version) (Nothing’s Real 2014)

Brandi Carlile – When You’re Wrong (In These Silent Days 2021)

The Young Rascals – How Can I Be Sure? (Groovin’ 1967)

Beverley Knight – Shoulda Woulda Coulda (Who I Am 2002)

Rebecca Ferguson – I Choose You (Freedom 2013)

Foy Vance – At Least My Heart Was Open (live) (Joy of Nothing Live 2013)

Phil Campbell – When We Are History (Fresh New Life 1998)

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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