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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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  • The Final BONUS Ball: Space Hoppers, Tumble Dryers & One Last “F**k the Gas Board”

    The Final BONUS Ball: Space Hoppers, Tumble Dryers & One Last “F**k the Gas Board”
    Jul 4 2025

    For the very last time, it’s your Friday Bonus Ball – with Gordon Smart, Martin Compston, and one last spin through the madness. No guests, no script, a bit of a plan – inanimate object rage, terrible auditions, words of wisdom and the sort of unhinged nonsense that somehow made this podcast magic.

    Thanks for joining us on every weird, wild, hungover, heartfelt Friday. We love you. FTGB.

    If you'd like to send one final email, please do to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com

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    12 mins
  • Leave Now: A Final Kenny Ho

    Leave Now: A Final Kenny Ho
    Jul 2 2025

    After 280+ episodes, two live shows, a music festival that never quite happened, and a podcast friendship forged in squirrel suits and hangovers… it’s time to say farewell. For now.

    In this episode of Restless Natives, Martin and Gordon get brutally honest about why they’ve had to hang up the mics, and take a look back at some of the stand out moments: the live shows; Germany; standout guests and the wild listener stories.

    There’s laughter, there's near-tears, and there’s plenty of gratitude—for the listeners, the Lesmahagow truck stop, and each other.

    It’s not the end forever. Just the end for now, or at least til the bonus episode.

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    54 mins
  • 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
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