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The Luke and Pete Show

Join Luke Moore and Pete Donaldson for an unplanned half hour every Monday and Thursday as they pull on the threads of the universe, seeing where each fascinating one takes them. From ancient history and modern phenomena to the week's events and everything in between, The Luke and Pete Show is your chance to share in the fun of two men with time on their hands and a good idea of how to waste it.

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Episodes

Episode 184: Stories from an onsen

This episode of The Luke and Pete Show involves a story from Pete Donaldson which beggars belief, and it involves a child at an onsen. An onsen is a hot spring in Japan. Trust us when we say it is remarkable. Listen out for that, but also listen out for a great email from a listener on the subject of wedding photos, some stuff about scientific discoveries, an interesting theory about the link between high altitude living and suicide and, if that gets too heavy, a story about a swan getting stuck...

Jul 11, 201924 min

Episode 183: Otterly ridiculous

In which we lament the passing of Eddie the Sea Otter, talk about the nature of time, wonder what's going on with the Stranger Things kids, and try to put together a comprehensive list of animals that have been known to masturbate. There's also something about Quentin Tarantino, but to be honest my notes for this episode are a bit threadbare because Pete wouldn't stop talking about bonobos and it was distracting me. We read a few emails as well though, I know that much. To send us an aforementio...

Jul 08, 201935 min

Episode 182: Back with a Boston Crab

After an extended break involving several 'best of' episodes, Pete and Luke are back in the studio and talking through all your old favourites, as well as some new stories besides. This time around we go over Pete's experiences in Japan (clue: it involved a lot of rain), hear about an amazing loophole in the law preventing driving solo in the car pool lane, and marvel at Pete finding himself on the end of a savage wrestling move at school. Elsewhere, there's a listener experiencing a disgraceful...

Jul 04, 201930 min

Episode 181: Back in a bath of Bannatyne

Pete and Luke return with their final summer best of. They'll be back this Thursday with more daft nonsense. In this special, Luke submerges himself in a bath of Bannatyne, and a man eats some seriously old scran. Have you ever eaten anything really old? Email us: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hos...

Jul 01, 201935 min

Episode 180: The molasses against the classes

Pete and Luke are taking a break for one solitary week (and one normal-sized day) this summer, so Pete's got his razor blade out and sliced up a cheeky little special. Warning: contains Stewart Donaldson, unleashed and in your ears. Have you ever been chased with by a man with a machete? Email us: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential li...

Jun 27, 201928 min

Episode 179: Dear sons and daughters of hungry bum ghosts

Pete and Luke are taking a break for one solitary week (and one normal-sized day) this summer, so the former has cobbled together a special look back at the first summer of the Luke and Pete show. Don't worry, there's a brand new email about drugs and vultures in the bag too, so don't make that face. Elsewhere there's Japanese yokai and Buzz Aldrin making a reappearance. To tell us how drugs have affected your vulture, email us: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and revie...

Jun 24, 201933 min

Episode 178: Do those sharks bite?

Lock picking. Fuelling cyclists. Bone conductors. Just three things you better prepare yourself for when you hit play on today's episode of The Luke and Pete Show. We also take in a truly incredible story about an ill-fated trip to an aquarium, hear yet more of your kebab-related stories, and Pete tells us about his favourite restaurant in Japan. Unsurprising hint: it sounds absolutely appalling. For this and loads more on your 178th instalment of the world's most untethered podcast, you know wh...

Jun 20, 201934 min

Episode 177: A mate called Fraggle

This is an episode of firsts for Mr Pete Donaldson. Within it, we hear of the first time his Dad left him adult-less with only a friend called Fraggle for company, the first time he rode a bike, and, more disturbingly, the first time he realised that elephants have huge breasts. And yes, you read that correctly. There's also time to take in a truly remarkable story about a search party, some further chat about kebabs, and yet more dolphin anatomy. We apologise in advance for that last one. Some ...

Jun 17, 201927 min

Episode 176: A Tunnock's celebration

Hello everyone! We're back, and celebrating Boyd Tunnock's knighthood. Richly deserved for a great man who's made a fantastic contribution to society (and Luke's waistline), we're sure you agree. Elsewhere, we find out why the Queen has two birthdays, hear of a man who walks everywhere backwards, debate self-driving cars again, and talk business class on transatlantic flights. There's also plenty of your stories too so listen out for them, and to send in a story of your own, it's hello@lukeandpe...

Jun 13, 201931 min

Episode 175: Wedding swelling

Hello there, nice to see you. This time around on your hot-off-the-press Luke and Pete Show, Luke's been to the Deep South and has come back as brown as a berry, Tom Cruise has had a gauntlet laid down to him by Justin Bieber, and we have a man who has suffered an unfortunate event just before his wedding. Elsewhere there's prosecco with watch batteries in it, Disney chat, and another story about The Levellers (at least we hope you haven't heard that one before...) All the very best, we'll see y...

Jun 10, 201931 min

Episode 174: Vegan power

Hear the one about the vegan man who turned meat-eater? It's not gone down terribly well, as you can probably imagine. We discuss that on today's episode and lots more - some new kids games are brought to the table including the legendary Kerby, we get a Muswell Hill Hostelries update, and we chat about Quentin Tarantino. There's also some Richard Ashcroft debate, and the recommending of another podcast in the Radio Stakhanov stable, the excellent Set Meals. Don't sleep on it. Got something to g...

Jun 06, 201929 min

Episode 173: Kebab shop etiquette

What's it like to live off-grid for nearly 80 years? And could Pete Donaldson do it? Just two of the things we're investigating on today's episode, along with a man who went the extra mile to ensure his children always enjoyed their birthdays, and an impromptu edition of Kids Say The Funniest/Creepiest Things. Elsewhere there's a lot of kebab shop chat, including Pete predictably trying to order an off menu item. How very on-brand... To tell us about your kebab shop order, email us: hello@lukean...

Jun 03, 201929 min

Episode 172: Soft water and quicksand

Good morning and a very warm welcome to your latest instalment of The Luke and Pete Show. To take you through to the end of the working week, the two chaps are handing out their usual anecdotes and listener stories, which this week include an encounter with the Royal Family, a beluga whale update, and a woman with very dry eyes. There's lots more besides, so get your download on! To get in touch, as ever, it's hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podca...

May 30, 201927 min

Episode 171: Puffer fish drugs

How would you like to be disposed of when you're dead? That's the Alan Partridge-esque question the chaps attempt to answer on this, your all-new episode of The Luke and Pete Show. And, in addition to that, we hear from a man who is descended from a great reservoir founder, we discuss animals getting high, and get some insight into the current situation regarding Julian Assange, There. There's loads more of your emails as well, so make sure you stick around for that. See ya on Thursday! To get i...

May 27, 201929 min

Episode 170: Endings

This time around on what the kids are affectionately called 'LAPS', we hear of a bunch of school kids that got to spend their time hanging out at a theme park rather doing exams, we hear of a plastic poo practical joke that went horribly wrong, and we also hear what Pete thinks about darts. Elsewhere there's a discussion about how to end a successful TV or video game project, a few good pointers on the difference between Patsy Palmer and Patsy Kensit, and Luke's been to Santorini. To get in touc...

May 23, 201933 min

Episode 169: A Townshend warning

Is Pete Donaldson the Champagne Papi of podcasting? Answers on an email. And if not, what is he? This time around on The Luke and Pete Show, despite proclaiming himself to be the Drake of the podcast game Pete announces he spent almost an entire weekend in Cardiff Wetherspoons a few weeks ago which, however you slice it, has to be seen as rascal behaviour. Speaking of rascal behaviour, we also take the time to run the rule over Pete Townshend, hear about a nice little wager between two of Hollyw...

May 20, 201931 min

Episode 168: That pigeon will not hang

Thursday's child doesn't have that far to go guys because it's almost the weekend. Allow Luke and Pete to guide you there with chat about reservoirs full of bromide, a chance encounter with a gameshow stalwart, and news of Pete's new favourite sketch show. And if that isn't enough, there's celebrity crushes, a stunning piece of trivia about eider down and an impassioned retrospective of some of Jarvis Cocker's finest work, courtesy of young Peter. Wrapped up in all that are of course the best of...

May 16, 201929 min

Episode 167: Intercom games

Luke and Pete muster back in the studio for another audio missive, delivered fresh to your ears like a new piercing from Claire's Accessories (are they still around?). There's a Peter the Dolphin update, a touching gift for Peter from Luke, and some, dare we say, quite good Louis Theroux impressions. Elsewhere, we talk a bit about TV shows and Bryan Adams before hearing about something quite chilling that's manifested itself on Pete's intercom at home. To continue the recent run of frankly excel...

May 13, 201930 min

Episode 166: Queen cubicle

We're back and ready to bother you within an inch of your lives with 30 more minutes of premier nonsense. This time around, we pass comment on the new royal arrival before Pete chats about someone encountering the actual Queen in a toilet, and there's an absolutely ludicrous amount of emails about brands of cheap cider. Elsewhere Luke takes Pete to task quite literally by setting him a quiz about urban myths, and after that there's a showstopper of a story about a woman trying to teach a dolphin...

May 09, 201929 min

Episode 165: What is your location?

Hi all! It's a bank holiday but that doesn't mean the hustle stops for your two eponymous heroes. No sir. Luke and Pete are back in the studio and discussing, among other things, a row they had this morning, how radio schedules are populated at Christmas, and what it's like in a hot air balloon. Elsewhere, there's an ingenious new system invented for how to tell someone your location, we hear of another school trip gone badly wrong, The Elephant Man, and plenty more. *** THERE IS A SMALL GAME OF...

May 06, 201931 min

Episode 164: Irn Bru bars and bustrains

Yes, that's right, BUSTRAINS. Listen in to find out more, but rest assured that it's not a typo. Also featured in this all-new episode, a beluga whale has been spotted wearing a harness and so is obviously some sort of cetacea spy, but how intelligent are whales and dolphins *really*? Listen to two completely unqualified men to find out. Elsewhere, we discuss people being abused at the London Marathon, the technical proficiency of Game of Thrones (don't worry, no spoilers), British awkwardness y...

May 02, 201931 min

Episode 163: Paulo the Heartbreaker

Luke and Pete are back from Lisbon, and quickly warm up into telling some tales of their experiences there. There's also chat about watching movies when we were underage, Pete introduces us to the weird world of Lasagne Cat, and we marvel and wonder at the point of hotel safes. For your part, you guys wade in with emails about Pete's attractiveness, an awful handshake scenario, and plenty more besides. See you on Thursday for more of this guff! To make a contribution on any of this stuff, it's: ...

Apr 29, 201932 min

Episode 162: Sid the racist neighbour

Want to know what you can expect on this, the latest episode of The Luke and The Peter Show? Well, I'll tell ya: Abbey Road, racist neighbours, baseball, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, perverted tree surgeons and much, much more. What's not to like? In addition to all this, there's national treasures and yes we know we've done that before but it's a fresh take, and we hear from a man who has been frankly disrespected in his place of work. Nasty. To get in touch: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please ta...

Apr 25, 201932 min

Episode 161: A walrus in free fall

Hello all! We know you're probably not commuting today as it's Easter Monday but don't let that stop you listening to the latest instalment of this fine podcast. You don't get to the dizzying heights of 188 in the UK podcast comedy charts for nowt, you know. This time, Pete's received a towel through the post and he's not sure why, we reopen the great B'n'B v Airbnb debate, and there's a close run encounter with a polar bear (on TV that is, we live in London for goodness' sake). Elsewhere, the g...

Apr 22, 201932 min

Episode 160: Hands off my Tabasco

What a lovely day it is outside (if you're living in the London area)! But don't let that stop you downloading and listening to this, the 160th edition of our collective midlife crisis. Perhaps stick it on while you're having a lovely walk around the park. The subjects that feature in this episode include but are not limited to: flies, The Peckham Terminator, The People's Republic of Fuseland (a nation invented by one of our listeners), beards and free alcohol or a lack of it. To tell us about y...

Apr 18, 201935 min

Episode 159: Superglue your hands together

Happy Monday y'all! The terrible two are back! On the agenda today: Stewie D's weekend in The Big Smoke and his unorthodox moisturising technique, a man that's sued his family for destroying his porn collection, and Pete's guide to tech, wires and storage. Those items are all unrelated, by the way. We also take the time to appreciate Tiger Woods' recent achievement in winning the Masters a colossal 22 years after his first victory, and take in emails on imaginary childhood games, more dogs in sc...

Apr 15, 201935 min

Episode 158: Locked out by your Dad

They said it wasn't possible, but our 158th instalment of this vanity project has landed, and GOODNESS ME it's a doozy! There's bees in a woman's eye, the first ever photo of a black hole, Julian Assange vacating the Ecuadorian embassy, and a bit closer to home, Pete has been locked out of his flat by his own Dad. Elsewhere a teacher gets in touch about a dog in his classroom, we cover Take That and their alleged crimes, and a man from Norway gets in touch with a few complaints. Fair enough. To ...

Apr 11, 201932 min

Episode 157: A Morph-less London Marathon

Greetings all, we're back on this drizzly Monday to offer you half an hour more content to help pass your commute/gym session/run/whatever it is you do while listening to us. In fact, what *do* you do while listening? Let us know. Our resident doctor gets back in touch to answer Pete's medical questions, both Luke and Pete talk about their exploits with fake poo purchased from the joke shop, and then Pete announces he's incurred the wrath of the online alt-right brigade somehow. All in a day's w...

Apr 08, 201930 min

Episode 156: Toenail removal

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to this, your latest episode of The Luke and Pete Show! You're very welcome! Come in and make yourself at home. On this occasion we cover a plethora of different subjects, including but not limited to, celebrity spots, Pete's Dad's obsession with comedian Rich Hall, dining etiquette, international carrot day, and having one's toenail removed. And if you can't find something to enjoy in that little lot, God help ya! To get in touch: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com...

Apr 04, 201937 min

Episode 155: A dog in the playground

Welcome back to your all-new shiny episode of The Luke and Pete Show. Spring has sprung, so what better way to get out there and enjoy the sunshine than to pop this episode in your headphones? Don't answer that. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. This time around, there's talk about foreign food when we were growing up, there's a bit on April Fool's Day, a truly baffling Tom Hiddleston advert, a wonderfully boring school trip, and lots, lots more. To get in touch, it's he...

Apr 01, 201930 min
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