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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...

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Jul 4, 2025

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Episodes

BONUS: Another Traumatic Hamster Story & a Nearly Podcast Ending Message 11.10.2024

Huzzah Shaggers! This week's Bonus Baw is jam packed with brilliant correspondence from our Resourceful Rascals. We woefully learn about iglooing, hear about a maniac microwaving a hamster and hear about a brilliant proposal story putting us to shame. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch,...

Dead Fish, Dreamt Songs & Stinky Surprises 09.10.2024

This week, Gordon and Martin sit down for a well timed catch up after a mishap in Jiu jitsu for Martin and a scaly death in the family. Plus chatting health, smelly presents left in toilets, Martin's songwriting career, overstaying your welcome, Gordon's dancing on tv again and more of your usual hijinks. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you...

BONUS: The Milky Bar Kid & Turned into a Vape with Will Best 04.10.2024

Welcome to this week's Bonus episode, which as is custom gives you a smidgen more from this week's guest. This week we've had the pleasure of Will Best in the studio with Gordon chatting all things Big Brother, Bloody Marys and more, and now's time for some proper podcast furniture: corridors of rejection, what to do with you once you're deed and who you'd want in the next hospital bed. Make sure...

Big Brother, Katie Price & Bloody Marys with Will Best 02.10.2024

This week Gordon is in studio with this brilliant Will Best. Will and Gordon chat the return of Big Brother, starting off at T4, uni club nights, being spray tanned by Katie Price, his Bloody Mary in a can and an embarrassing run in with Alexa Chung. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch,...

BONUS: One Ball & Anger at a Whirligig 27.09.2024

In this week's Bonus Baw... ONE BAW - the man who wont be jumping backies any time soon, Martin's run in with the laundry, an answer to what you want to do with your dead body and a sinister story. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Ple...

Tossing the Caber, Mark Cavendish & Bluetooth Sunglasses 25.09.2024

This week, we're back with the Clown and the Wolf for a catch up. Martin's back in Vegas, and we're catching up with Gordon's travels, meeting David Beckham and Mark Cavendish. Plus footie chat (this is not a football podcast), rehabilitation and tossing the caber. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to...

BONUS: Footie with Bob Marley and David Bowie's Goodbye with Alan Edwards 20.09.2024

Alan Edwards sticks with us for this week's Bonus Baw, to give us an extra snippet into what makes an icon an icon, what's the secret sauce they have. Plus last moments with David Bowie, Big Country and playing footie with Bob Marley. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to...

Superstars, Afghanistan & The Elephant in the Room with Alan Edwards 18.09.2024

Alan Edwards is a man with a remarkable story. From being adopted as a child, making his way to India as a 16 year old and ending up in Afghanistan, to rubbing shoulders with the greats, playing football with Bob Marley and working along side names such as David Bowie, The Spice Girls and Paul McCartney, he made a name for himself as the "godfather of British Music PR". And he joins Martin and Gor...

BONUS: Hamster Cremations & F*** The Gasboard 13.09.2024

In this week's Bonus we're catching up on lots of correspondence that's been building up in the Restless Inbox. We're chatting personalised coffins, Milton the Hamster meeting a smokey end, cracking a head with a harmonica, and misheard lyrics give us a new outro. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to...

ADR, Ghostwriting & Swimming in the Clyde 11.09.2024

This week Gordon and Martin are together in Glasgow in the time-space continuum chatting ADR, Martin checking out the first cut of Fear, ghostwriting secrets and would the boys ever write a memoir? Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Ple...

BONUS: Rowing & Sores with Mathew Pritchard 06.09.2024

We're bringing you an extra snippet of our chat with the fab Pritch from Dirty Sanchez for the bonus baw this week. Finding out what it takes to row the Atlantic, and what might be next on the cards. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com P...

Dirty Sanchez, 10 Ironmans & a Golden Chair with Mathew Pritchard 04.09.2024

Mathew Pritchard is a Welsh hero. A pro skateboarder, cook, endurance athlete, part of MTV's Dirty Sanchez and this week he joins the Clown and Wolfman to chat sobriety, extreme challenges, stunts gone wrong, a naked stint on an interesting gold chair and more. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get...

BONUS: Slang & Superpowers 30.08.2024

For this Friday slice of Restless Natives: a quiz on teenage slang, pissing on electric fires, Mario Kart & superpowers. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-poli...

Mementos, Ring Bang Skoosh & Ronan Keating 28.08.2024

In today's ep Martin is joining Gordon in studio after an "eventful evening" chatting taking mementos, living in the moment, being humbled, a 'Florida Man', Ring Bang Skoosh being ruined by Ring cameras, Ronan Keating being mistaken for Compston, and a few more bullet points on Martin's list. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a re...

BONUS: Specs & Filming a Tape on a Train 23.08.2024

On today's bonus, Craig Parkinson stays on for a bit more of a blether with Martin and Gordon talking filming tapes in strange places, specs and more. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://glo...

Voiceovers, Running & Reality Shows with Craig Parkinson 21.08.2024

This week sees the return of the brilliant Craig Parkinson to the podcast. He speaks to Martin and Gordon about voiceovers, the anniversary of Craig's appearance in Nuts High LIVE, reality tv, the realities of work life at the moment, running, being told your ideas don't work and OnlyFans. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resou...

BONUS: Milking an Injury, Electric Shocks & Asking for the Belt 16.08.2024

A brilliant piece or correspondence from listener Linda leads the path of today's Bonus Baw. We're chatting milking injuries, childhood trauma, sibling rivalry, and more. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy...

MRIs, a Drink with Simon Cowell & Face Waxing 14.08.2024

It's a proper blether this week with Gordon and Martin in studio in London chatting MRIs, what to do once you're deed, the power of fame back in the day, Simon Cowell, tan injections, face waxing, phone addictions and giving up drinking. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email...

BONUS: Slicing your Thumb & Parts that Never Quite Were with Solly McLeod 09.08.2024

It's the Friday Bonus Baw and this week we've squeezed out an extra 15 minutes with the brilliant Solly McLeod to go through some podcast furniture; a terrible audition, promised parts that never quite got over the line and some words of fine wisdom. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch,...

Orkney to London, Attention Seeking as a Job & Viggo Mortensen on a Horse with Solly McLeod 07.08.2024

You'll be glad to hear the mics are working this week and thank god cause we've got a cracker of a guest in studio. Solly McLeod, a brilliant young talent and another one of Martin's colleagues he's managed to cajole onto the podcast joins Martin and Gordon to chat grandparents, coming from Orkney to London, fitting in because of your differences, the 'plan', meeting Viggo Mortensen, first impress...

BONUS: Greggs Wrappers & Take me to the Catalogue 02.08.2024

More microphone mishaps for the bonus this week, but we do finally get round to some of your fabulous correspondence. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy

Theatre, Grey Chest Hair & Someone come get their Da 31.07.2024

We've finally got the Clown and the Wolfman back together in studio... all for gremlins in the system to mess with our audio. Apologies Rascals! Stick with us and you'll hear the lads catching up after a few weeks away, chatting doing theatre, the anniversary of our Edinburgh shows, Martin's Pride in Soho experience, golf, Trnsmt, a grey chest hair, new slang & Jimmy's a man. Make sure you sub...

BONUS: Jumanji and Leaving Set to Have a Baby with Greg McHugh 26.07.2024

This week Martin's been sitting in studio with Greg McHugh. Here's an extra clip from the chat chatting Fresh Meat, Jumanji and having a kid. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/l...

Ecuador, Zola & The Rare Raging Greg McHugh with Greg McHugh 24.07.2024

The one and only Greg McHugh is back! Gordon's still away enjoying some well earned time with the family, and Martin's called in Gary: Tank Commander himself to go through Martin's random bullet point list of talking points. It's a cracker. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an em...

BONUS: Robin Williams and Social Media with Tony Curran 19.07.2024

It's your lucky day because for today's bonus we've got an extra snippet of Martin's chat with the one and only Tony Curran. Make sure you subscribe and leave a 5 star review!  If you'd like to share the times you've been a resourceful rascal, or want to get in touch, send an email to Hello@RestlessNativesPodcast.com Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-poli...

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