Brit Pop, Being Whisked & Uncommon People with Miranda Sawyer

Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart

Global

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In one famous podcast review, a here unnamed journo labelled Gordon a 'civilian'. Well, today Martin and the civilian whom he sprinkled stardust upon are joined by an author, journalist, broadcaster and our preferred veteran podcast connoisseur and reviewer, Miranda Sawyer.

Miranda, Gordon and Martin chat Brit Pop, Glastonbury, the challenges of reviewing, cauliflower chests, being "whisked" and her new book 'Uncommon People'.

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0:00.0	this is a global player original podcast.
0:14.3	Welcome! This is Restless Natives. My name's Gordon Smart. Or as one horrible, cruel podcast reviewer
0:20.8	once described me,
0:22.0	the civilian in this partnership.
0:24.2	But as always, I'm very grateful the talent is here.
0:27.0	In fact, if we go back to that review, it said,
0:29.9	The Man Who Sprinkles has Stardust all over this partnership.
0:33.1	Martin Comstice is very generous with his friendship.
0:36.0	And today we've got an actual...
0:37.6	I thought it was a very good review.
0:38.4	It was a good review, actually.
0:40.0	I mean, look, it was accurate.
0:42.1	It was accurate.
0:43.3	But today we have an actual veteran podcast connoisseur and reviewer.
0:47.0	A music journalist who played a part and inspiring me to do what I've done in my career.
0:51.8	She's one of the best writers on the planet, I think.
0:54.7	The way she turns her hand to write about bands and interview people is magical.
0:58.7	Oh, Gordon, you are lovely.
1:00.2	One of my favourite.
1:01.4	It has been since 1990, I'm going to say 94-95.
1:05.8	It's the one and only Miranda Sawyer who joins us today.
1:08.3	Hello, hello, hello.
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