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Way With Words

Nick chats to comedian and actor Aziz Ansari about his new film Good Fortune. Plus, Nick revisits the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop on 6 Music from 2023.

Nick chats to comedian and actor Aziz Ansari about his new film Good Fortune, which co-stars Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer. Plus, to celebrate 6 Music's Way With Words on National Poetry Day, Nick digs into the BBC archive to revisit the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop on 6 Music from 2023, in which they talk about poetry in their lyrics. Plus, as always Nick has plenty of wonderful music to start your day, including the Cloudbusting mix to banish the grey skies.

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2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 2 Oct 202507:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • SAULT

    Wildfires

    • Forever Living Originals.

  • Kojey Radical

    Expensive (feat. Planet Giza)

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • Island.

  • Danny Brown

    Starburst

  • Nilüfer Yanya

    In Your Head

    • ATO Records.

  • Coach Party

    Disco Dream

    • Chess Club.

  • Stevie Nicks

    Stand Back

    • The Wild Heart (2016 Remastered).
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 6.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Higher Ground

    • Motown.

  • The Charlatans

    The Only One I Know

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Tweet

    Oops (Oh My) (feat. Missy Elliott)

    • Goldmind.

  • Sigur Rós

    Hoppípolla

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.

  • The Fall

    Touch Sensitive

    • Artful Records.

  • Soulwax

    Run Free

    • Because Music / DEEWEE.

  • The Cult

    She Sells Sanctuary

    • Beggars Banquet.

  • Denzel Curry

    Black Balloons

    • PH Recordings/Loma Vista.

  • Nuyorican Soul

    It's Alright, I Feel It (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

    • Nuyorican Soul.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 3.

  • The Phenomenal Handclap Band

    15 To 20

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Tummy Touch.
    • 1.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Diane Young

    • XL Recordings.

  • Foster the People

    Pumped Up Kicks

    • Columbia.

  • Camp Lo

    Luchini Aka (This Is It)

    • Luchini Aka (This Is It).
    • Profile Records.
    • 1.

  • Ghostface Killah

    Metaphysics

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Kae Tempest

    Statue In The Square

    • Island Records.

  • Little Simz

    Don't Leave Too Soon

    • Netflix.

  • Tom Waits

    Downtown Train

    • Island.

  • Foxy Brown

    Oh Yeah

    • Broken Silence.
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 3.

  • KNEECAP & Paul Hartnoll

    Sayōnara

    • Heavenly.

  • Tim Reaper, Mantra & Decibella

    Magpie

  • Self Esteem

    How Can I Help You

    • Fiction Records.

  • The Dare

    Tambourine

    • Polydor.

  • Inner City

    Big Fun

    • PARADISE.
    • 10 Records.

  • Tyler, The Creator

    Sugar On My Tongue

    • Columbia Records.

  • HAAi

    Stitches

    • Mute.

  • The Smiths

    William, It Was Really Nothing

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 6.

  • Geese

    100 Horses

    • Partisan.

  • clipping.

    Change the Channel (6 Music Session, 29th September 2025)

    • Dead Channel Sky.

  • Mechatok

    Expression On Your Face

    • Young.

  • SPARKLING

    Two Lovers (Liebe Die Uns Vereint) (feat. Digitalism)

  • Gurriers

    Erasure

    • No Filter.

  • Sinéad O’Connor

    Jackie

    • Lion and the Cobra.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Oct 202507:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music