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Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart

Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart

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 Restless Natives is a cult Scottish film from 1985 featuring two scallywags – The Clown & The Wolfman. It’s iconic. Two resourceful rascals who take on the ambitious task of holding-up tourist buses in the Highlands… They were Robin Hood, only Scottish and on the back of a motorbike. Gordon Smart & Martin Compston are sampling that spirit - inspired by The Clown & The Wolfman - and distilling it into a podcast. They are setting themselves lofty ambitions before setting off in pursuit of tasks and goals they have absolutely no right achieving. A bit like their careers in TV, movies, newspapers and radio… Join them as they recount some of their ridiculous scrapes and adventures from the past while they plan even more ambitious, unreachable schemes for the future. Some of them will be achieved and others will crash and burn spectacularly. They’ve got lots to talk about, lots to share with you and nothing but time. As the film once said: “Is this the end of the story or a beginning of a legend?” For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.comGlobal Social Sciences
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  • BONUS: Bro & a Brush with Evil

    BONUS: Bro & a Brush with Evil
    Jun 27 2025

    It’s a solo mission this week as Gordon Smart flies the Restless Natives flag alone while Martin “Turbo Banana” Compston is somewhere between Vegas, Greenock and Dublin. But fear not—there’s no shortage of brilliant listener stories, wild detours, and even a wee tearjerker or two.

    We've a misheard lyric that may forever ruin a Nelly Furtado classic, tales of disastrous new car day and a chilling story involving a near-miss with Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.

    Plus we welcome a Restless Natives rainbow baby to the world.

    Don’t miss next Wednesday’s episode – it's an important one.

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    10 mins
  • Blessed Shower Partners, S**rting next to Andy Murray & Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios

    Blessed Shower Partners, S**rting next to Andy Murray & Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios
    Jun 25 2025

    This week, whilst Martin's back filming, Gordon's only gone and roped in the most resourceful of rascals, a man who embodies what Restless Natives is all about, the sporting hero, maverick and icon, tennis' most loved bad boy, Nick Kyrgios.

    Nick and Gordon chat having a peak at shower partners, eye watering bills, sharting next to Andy Murray, maintaining a sense of normality whilst at the top of your game and Nick answers the important questions: did he have a lunchbox? And, should fish be skin on or skin off?

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    46 mins
  • BONUS: Dua Lipa, A Lion's Push & Germany Memories

    BONUS: Dua Lipa, A Lion's Push & Germany Memories
    Jun 20 2025

    It’s your Friday Bonus Ball – and the boys are still together, but apart, Martin in Dublin and Gordon in Tisney Studios, opening up the inbox to find more brilliant correspondence from our resourceful rascals at home and overseas.

    They're reminiscing about Germany and Greg McHugh's wine chat, more new car day nostalgia, the never-ending wrath of being the “Scottish guy on set” and will Dua Lipa re-ignite the gnome business?

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    21 mins
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Chemistry and laughter abounds as two weeny Scots waffle antidotes of life and loves.

Comic genius from North of the border

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fantastic listening cheers for the giggles, I hope there will be more on the future. x

Brill

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Love it makes me look like a nutter laughing out loud walking the dog

amazing banter

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