The Whole Nine Yards Ep 292 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 30 August 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Mind over Music

This week we’re tuning into the part of music that doesn’t just move your feet – it moves your mind. Welcome to a journey through songs that wrestle with the big questions: who we are, why we’re here, and what on earth we’re meant to do with the time we’ve been given. These tracks aren’t just beautifully crafted; they’re philosophical companions. They explore identity, memory, morality, absurdity, connected humanity – all the things we ponder in the quiet moments, set to melodies that stay with us long after the needle lifts. So settle in. Let the music do the thinking. Welcome to the Thinking Person’s Playlist.

Hour One

Impermanence & Acceptance

The Cure – And Nothing Is Forever (Songs of a Lost World, 2024)

Non‑Violence & Spiritual Ethics

U2 – Ahimsa (Single release only, 2019)

Transcendence & Higher Consciousness

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

Kula Shaker – Tattva (K, 1996)

The Search for the Good Life

Marillion – Happiness Is The Road (Happiness Is The Road 2008)

Goldfrapp – Happiness (Seventh Tree 2008)

John Martyn – Sunshine’s Better (Talvin Singh remix) (May You Never – The Greatest 2009)

Wishbone Ash – Why Don’t We? (Here to Hear, 1989)

Life, Death & What Comes After

Swim Deep – She Changes the Weather (Where the Heaven are we? 2013)

Unity, Stillness & Eastern Thought

George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (All Things Must Pass 1970)

Hour Two

Nitin Sawhney – Sunset (Nitin Sawhney mix) (Prophesy, 1999)

Identity, Becoming & Self‑Realisation

Lauryn Hill – Everything Is Everything (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998)

Des’ree – You Gotta Be (I Ain’t Movin’ 1994)

Electric Soft Parade – Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone (Idiots 2013)

Nihilism, Absurdism & The Search for Meaning

Radiohead – Everything in Its Right Place (Kid A, 2000)

Chance, Fate & Social Theory

The Divine Comedy – The Certainty of Chance (Fin de Siècle, 1998)

Belle & Sebastian – Marx and Engels (Lazy Line Painter Jane EP, 1997)

Identity, Consciousness & The Self

Lauryn Hill – Everything Is Everything (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998)

Existentialism & The Meaning of Life

Sault – Masterpiece (5, 2019)

Time, Memory & Impermanence

The Moody Blues – This is the Moment (Greatest Hits and More 1996) (Orig. Jekyll & Hyde – the Musical)

Mike & the Mechanics – Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Beggar on a Beach of Gold 1995)

The Blue Nile – Family Life (Peace at Last 1996)