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Last episode’s discussion about performative art consumption continues. Now it’s time to analyse blokes in their 20s walking around with a Penguin classic under their wing. They’ve got ulterior motives, Luke reckons.
Also on the table today: clothing and confidence, the brilliance of Danny Kelly and some illuminating listener correspondence about drones.
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Look at My Diseases
31:00|Luke reckons Jude Bellingham’s handsomeness is going underreported, Pete’s got iTunes on the brain and Mitch McConnell is having to prove he’s still alive. And that’s just the first five minutes of today’s show.Elsewhere, Luke’s just watched some good vox pops and Pete has a disgusting idea for a get-rich-quick scheme.Finally, we’ve got listener correspondence concerning batteries, melons and (potentially false) childhood memories.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.The Pubsman Litmus Test
31:25|Top five Daves: go. Once that’s squared away, Luke and Pete get down to the business of boozer etiquette and methodologies for sorting the true pubsmen from the pretenders.Also on offer today: late-night football watching habits, the tedium of Steven Bartlett and a welcome return to the subject of Flat Earthers and the tangled web that is their belief system.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.Doggerland and Diggerland
28:51|Prompted by the subject of air fryers, Luke reflects on the tension between his working-class and middle-class self and encourages Pete to do the same. Naturally, this leads to some chat about prom cars (and prom tractors).Plus, we return to the subject of Britain past and present to discuss Doggerland, Michael Hesseltine and the Spice Girls. Finally, never underestimate the horribleness of water companies.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.The Asthma Hour
31:59|Pete’s use of an elliptical to ease his asthma has got Luke considering a treadmill purchase. Staying on the health train, Luke confesses that while he eschews intensely caffeinated products he’s got no problem putting away copious amounts of Jaffa Cakes chocolate digestives. Also on today’s show: Pete has a food fad prediction, Steven Barlett goes off the deep end and the Bayeux tapestry is on its way to England.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.The Unkillable Soldier
29:43|On another sweltering day in the UK, Luke and Pete’s weather and air conditioning chat prompts a wider discussion about two-tier systems for the have and have-nots in society more generally, plus some tales of burglary. Elsewhere, we return to the subject of war to learn about the most bonkers soldier ever and American Civil War pensions. Finally, it’s listener correspondence time once again. Pete’s been put in an improved barrel, and ants are being destroyed in vast quantities.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.An Aristocratic George Bush
29:27|After a quick Mick Jagger impression, Pete struggles to remember the name of 2026’s 'it girl' and Luke is forced to come to terms with the fact that cultural life is passing him by. He hasn’t even heard of the meme featured on Pete’s new T-shirt.Also on today’s show: lookalikes, the case for tribute acts and a big promise made to the Flat Earthers.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.Two Hours Late for the War
28:47|Pete finds himself outnumbered in his fight against the accusation that he’s a point-scorer and Luke takes the opportunity to explain his lateness to the second Football Ramble World Cup Watch Party. Conversation then turns (inevitably) to smelly capsule hotels and submarine warfare.Finally, it’s time for a battery offering, an email about advanced tyre technology and news of an Australian mouse plague.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.Claude's Awful Drawing
31:33|Luke recently enlisted Anthropic’s Claude to draw him a picture and the result was truly awful. He freely admits he’s a man out of time and doesn’t know how to use this stuff.Remaining on a similar path, it’s time for a chat about the miserable phenomenon of AI-generated music and “art” more generally. Plus, which so-called stand-up comedian has got Pete’s dander up this fine Monday?Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.An Inedible Melon
27:17|Luke’s advising Pete to proceed with caution vis à vis chlorinating his own paddling pool, but Mr Donaldson insists it’s all under control. It’s the rubble and cement-based tasks you have to worry about.In other news, Luke’s attempt to support the local produce market left him sorely disappointed and Pete may well have fallen victim to a Del Boy style scam over some posh honey.Plus, we hear all about the first Football Ramble World Cup Watch Party from the perspective of the man in the papier-mâché Richard Keys head.Send us your latest stories, questions and comments here: hello@lukeandpeteshow.com.