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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

Another problem eels don’t need

It’s Thursday which means we’re back with a brand new episode of The Luke and Pete Show! Today we’re expanding on Monday’s conversation about anechoic chambers, as well as discussing a certain substance that has been wreaking havoc for eels in the River Thames. Luke also has another bash at quantum physics, we get excited for the Tony Hawk remaster and Pete’s got some top tips for a better night’s sleep. Drop us a line at hello@lukeandpete.com! ***Please rate and review us on Apple or wherever y...

May 21, 202038 min

Doorstep surprise

Today’s episode features lost Deliveroo orders, a man plagued by his next door neighbour’s disgusting habit, and drag racing in electric cars. That's right, it’s another eclectic week on the Luke and Pete Show! Also on this episode, we discuss career-ending behaviour, Jumanji and the Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival. Plus, the email section has us reminiscing about some classic 90s drinks, and we hear from a man whose dad has gone to unspeakable lengths to avoid paying the full price for printer c...

May 18, 202038 min

Swimming inside a whale

Today’s episode begins with some admiration for legendary musician Florian Schneider who sadly passed away last week. Elsewhere, Pete’s dreaming of building a soundless room, and he introduces us to the wonders of the YouTube channel ‘Look Mum No Computer’. Plus, there’s some art critiquing, as we look back on the glory days of drawyourdad.com, and one of the listeners has found an Italia 90 t-shirt which has been stuck in the darkest depths of his childhood bedroom for thirty years. All that, a...

May 14, 202033 min

Out in space on a big string

On today’s show Luke and Pete are reflecting on the amazing life of Little Richard, as well as discussing a curious floating hotel and the possibility of a huge tube which could take us from Earth to outer space. Strap in for a heady mix of rock and roll and Luke’s quantum physics. Also coming up, Pete’s being confronted for wandering the streets with bananas in his pockets and there’s the question - how much would you pay to go for a pint with Matthew McConaughey in a British pub? Thanks to eve...

May 11, 202040 min

Quest to find the strangest person

Welcome back to today's LAPS! This time around we’re talking about how Elon Musk managed to wipe $14bn off Tesla’s value with a single tweet, and Luke managing to wipe roughly the same amount off his personal brand by playing The Witcher and talking about it! There's also accents, TOWIE, radio voices and a story about what zoo animals have been getting up to since lockdown hit. All that, plus the boys share what they would do if they swapped bodies for the day and we’re reading an email from a l...

May 07, 202035 min

It's Been's back

Since the lockdown started, memes have got danker, Kanye’s become a billionaire and Pete’s grown confident enough to challenge Post Malone on his drink selection. That's right, it’s another episode of The Luke and Pete Show! Also, there's Nike tennis socks, more on the flaming tar barrels in Ottery St. Mary, some bits and pieces about Dave Grohl, and a delivery for Flat 3... Get in touch with us hello@lukeandpeteshow.com, we always love hearing from you! **Please take the time to rate and review...

May 04, 202037 min

Happy Birthday Pete!

Pete turns 39 today! As a birthday treat, this show features an email about a red fireman’s thong, a story about a man experiencing a particularly bad midlife crisis and tales from Pete’s days working at the zoo. Also on today’s episode, we’re talking about iPods, mountains and a man whose given himself a new tattoo every single day of the lockdown. All that is soundtracked by D:Ream’s 90s track ‘Things Can Only Get Better’, which has apparently been blasting out all over Nottingham. Happy Birth...

Apr 30, 202028 min

Dishonest master of coin

Today’s email section has been described by Luke as ‘the best week since September 2018’, which is high praise indeed. We’ve got people running through the street with flaming barrels of tar, potato guns, and the discovery and exploration of a long-neglected shed! Also on today’s show: Rugrats, aggressive lemons, and a questionable depiction of a bunch of superheroes bowing down to some nurses. Meanwhile, Pete’s become more woke than ever and Luke’s *still* drinking from his Nalgene. We’d love f...

Apr 27, 202032 min

Pop it in your mouth

Today’s episode starts with Pete holding in a burp, and goes downhill from there... The boys are discussing the resilience of the humble tin foil hat vs the powerful waves of 5G, plus great sporting memorabilia, skitching and yet more batteries (we’re nothing if not consistent). Also on the show, Luke recounts treasuring a water bottle from a performer at Haven holiday camp and shockingly, Pete persuades Luke to do something unspeakable to a Nintendo Switch cartridge. Get in touch with all your ...

Apr 23, 202030 min

The humble pumpkin

This episode features pumpkins, cradle snatching, a violent medieval ball game and a discussion about what constitutes a real ale. Also on today’s show, Luke’s got news on the return of the ‘last cruise ship on Earth’ and Pete’s received a DM about borrowmydoggy.com. It’s another big week for the Luke and Pete Show! Get in touch with your lockdown strategies at hello@lukeandpeteshow.com , we’d love to hear from you! Pete’s gone even more mad, so he needs all the lockdown survival tips he can get...

Apr 20, 202032 min

Every day we're skitching

Happy Thursday to you all! On today's Luke and Pete Show we discuss the chilling development that Pete might be renting a dog during lockdown, before apologising to the entire state of Illinois for forgetting about them last week. Yeah, sorry about that. Elsewhere there's Coolish, cheese rolling and Chinese takeaways before we listen to your stories about MSN Messenger, bids to impress girls, and plenty more besides. Oh, and stick around until the end for a textbook Donaldson meltdown about, of ...

Apr 16, 202033 min

Rubbery Eggs

The boys are back in their barracks and Pete is fresh to the party with some wicked whispers about MailOnline and a certain pop star. Ooooh, who could it be? Tune in to find out. Elsewhere we discuss what certain movie characters should be doing to help the world during this pandemic, our general problems with photography, and Pete dishes out some much-needed cable advice. A proper public service. To get in touch, and we'd love you to, it's: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Apr 13, 202034 min

Whale explosions

Welcome back to The Luke and Pete Show where two grown men who used to sit inside talking to each other about the mundanities of life have been forced, due to the lockdown, to sit inside and talk to each other about the mundanities of life. This time around, we hear of a listener who thought he was going to die, another listener who genuinely thought he had died, and then a handful of whales that were, in fact, unequivocally dead. There's also fake news, 5G, and the world's slowest work canteen....

Apr 09, 202030 min

Spying on Tony Blackburn

Hello and a very happy Monday to you all! On today's episode of The Luke and Pete Show, our two eponymous antiheroes discuss the films of John Hughes, facial hair (or lack of it), and Pete tells us a story of a man who made a clay guitar. Elsewhere there's the social impact of a certain swear word, the time Pete popped an entire bottle of champagne to himself before going to bed because he felt light-headed, and finally we hear a truly chilling tale involving an elaborate CCTV set up and Tony Bl...

Apr 06, 202032 min

You do the meth

As promised on Monday's episode, today we share with you an adorable twitter account run by a security guard at a cowboy museum. Check it out now, before things inevitably go south. We also deliver our verdict on the hit Netflix series Tiger King, and wonder how on Earth anyone could have predicted a combination of methamphetamine and wild animals would be so explosive. Elsewhere there's a man making essentially the same mistake twice trying to impress a girl, there's talk of the most handsome m...

Apr 02, 202030 min

A tennis sock full of Chicken McNuggets

Happy Monday! It's another day under lockdown, another day in the corps, and what could be better than listening to the latest missive from two degenerate bedroom dwellers like Luke and Pete? This time around, the show covers the following: the role of socks in porn, the prevalence of Dadsapp chats and their content (including key jpeg compression information), classic sitcoms, the three golden rules of sitting around your house, and we hear from another man who's spent time in a beer bath. To g...

Mar 30, 202030 min

A doomsday prepper in a digital furnace

Happy Thursday! Another day in paradise/lockdown. As the isolation starts to take its toll, Pete spends a lot of this show talking about cables and USB devices from within his tiny recording box. In a new world order where electronics are the currency, would Pete be king? The boys also run the rule over Gerard Butler, the perils of the sofa industry, a debate around the lending of money one night in Berlin, and finally, we hear a frankly ridiculous story about one of our listeners having a tete-...

Mar 26, 202027 min

Deafened by an oil drum

Pete is back from his latest overseas sojourn and, let's be fair, he's walked right into the middle of an absolute shitshow. Soho is deserted, save for a few blokes wandering around taking photos of the deserted streets, and poor old Luke doesn't know when he's going to get to see his pal again next! But, nevertheless, we press on regardless. Today, there's chat about online dates, a listener in Japan has found money on the floor, and a drunken couple have taken a bath in some beer. There's load...

Mar 23, 202032 min

Man eats phone

In this second episode of The Laura and Luke Show, Laura talks about what it's like living with an Australian man (spoiler: it appears to be pretty much *exactly* how you'd imagine), we find out what her parents really think of her, and there's a harrowing story about her mother encountering what she thought was a dead person on a flight. We also spend quite a bit of time talking about how important it is to be domestically competent, and there's plenty of your stories as well. To tell us about ...

Mar 19, 202032 min

A female voice

In the absence of Pete, Luke is joined by Laura Kirk of Stakhanov's Revisiting to discuss some tales in the life of Florida Man, why she likes going to the cinema alone and just what it's like living with an Andrew Flintoff obsession. We also hear from some more listeners whose drunken shortcuts have gone awry, try to understand why cryptic crosswords are so hard and discover an entirely new type of beer situation that will probably leave you with a sore throat. To get in touch, it's: hello@luke...

Mar 16, 202034 min

Do not insert the frozen potato slice

On this episode we’re discussing bull fighting, ‘dining & dashing’ and a problematic home remedy which utilises frozen sliced potatoes. Also coming up, we’re reading some of your near death experiences, including a hazardous tale from a noughties trip to Malia and a man who, despite all the odds, survived a drunken encounter with a horse. All that, and something about bath beers! Do your homework and slip us a DM at hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and review us on A...

Mar 12, 202027 min

A digested pedometer

It’s the start of the week which means a brand new episode of the Luke and Pete Show. On today’s show, we’re talking about the coronavirus, crufts and a pig who managed to set fire to a farm in North Yorkshire, using nothing but feces and a digested pedometer. Also on the show, Pete’s taken a trip to Southampton, Mel Brooks has a thing or two to say about The One Show and we’re considering whether or not to test the waters with explosive lithium batteries and eating uranium. Plus we’re catching ...

Mar 09, 202033 min

Return of the Hobgoblin

Back in April of 2009, three men were unceremoniously ejected from their London-based radio show and asked to never return. Something they'd said on the airwaves? Possibly. Or was 'the man' worried about the unwavering grassroots support (dare we say love) for the trio amongst the swell of G20 protesters that stamped past their window that spring morning? We may never know. But they're back for one last half hour of shouting and awful language. Listen to Clash Of The Titles with Alex Zane here: ...

Mar 05, 202029 min

The ex-Xfm breakfast show

Not sure where to start with this one to be honest. If you were unlucky enough to experience the Alex Zane breakfast show between 2007 and 2009 you'll probably be on nodding terms with this nonsense, but for everyone else - Luke is away this week so it was Pete's turn to bring in some buddies. Listen to Clash Of The Titles with Alex Zane here: http://hyperurl.co/Clashpod And get Pete and Marc Haynes on Wrestle Me here: http://hyperurl.co/wrestleme Slide into our DMs: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com **...

Mar 02, 202034 min

Florida Man records podcast

We're here to gently usher in the weekend with another episode of The Luke & Pete Show. Come on in, get the kettle on and put your feet up. Today we take a whirlwind tour through the likes of Tyson Fury, new Netflix series The Stranger and the mad escapades of general Floridian men. Plus, ever wondered about the battery capacity of drones as they battle against the wind? We've got you covered. Send us your homework answers and your best 'Florida Man' headlines to: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com *...

Feb 27, 202033 min

Pharaoh admin

We've got another round in The Luke and Pete Show chamber, ready to fire it at ya on this drizzly Monday. Luke's been to the Tutankhamun exhibition this weekend, so we discuss the unrelenting admin involved in burying a pharaoh alongside a multitude of prized possessions. We also hear from Tyson Fury's spiritual coach on his LinkedIn page and a listener emails in with heartwarming tale of his baby called John. Slide into our DMs: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com ***Please take the time to rate and revi...

Feb 24, 202032 min

Episode 199.98: A grandad, a spade and an innocent heron

It’s Thursday, which means a brand new episode of The Luke & Pete Show. Luke’s bought a new video game and Pete’s unimpressed by his choice. Meanwhile, Pete enlightens us with some rather alarming age gaps in Disney characters’ relationships. Elsewhere, there’s some chat about a Lou Reed playlist, a new type of beer enters the conversation, and we run the rule over reality television. We’re also talking about weird things you’ve found in your gardens, and there’s a particularly shocking stor...

Feb 20, 202031 min

Episode 199.97: Freezy Slicers

Pete’s back baby! And he’s already had an undignified ride on the back of Luke’s Lime bike, an image the people of North London are unlikely to forget anytime soon. He’s also got a present for Luke from a Japanese capsule machine and he shares some amazing tales about his trip, including a story about the Japanese tsunami of 2011, and spending some time seaweed farming. Also on today’s show - we’re hearing about some of the things your parents hate the most about you (and yes, you can hear what ...

Feb 17, 202031 min

Episode 199.96: A chat with Uncle Jez

Jack’s stepped into Pete’s shoes once more, and has joined Luke for one final guest episode of the Luke and Pete show. On today’s show, we’re talking Valentine’s Day plans (or lack thereof), how to get a million subscribers on Youtube and why Jack’s grandad can’t resist shouting ‘snowflake’ or ‘fake news’ at any opportunity. There’s also some discussion surrounding the age old conundrum of what to do when faced with a blocked toilet, and Jack tells a story about accidentally shouting some explet...

Feb 13, 202031 min

Episode 199.95: For sale, emoji trainers, never worn

With Pete still in Japan, we’re kicking off Monday with special guest Jack Dean, also known as the driving force behind ‘JaackMaate’s Happy Hour’! Jack sat down to talk about what it’s like to be a Youtuber, why Norwich is way better than London and to justify his habit of dunking toast in his tea. There’s also more debate to be had about the ultimate beer, as this week the rather questionable suggestion of a ‘hospital beer’, courtesy of a listener, comes under scrutiny, and there’s some serious...

Feb 10, 202038 min
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