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Long episodes are one of the reasons that make you special

When I came across Luke’s podcast 10 years ago I couldn’t imagine where it would lead me in my life. I had been listening to the episodes primarily just for personal entertainment when suddenly I realised that my level is good enough to start my own teaching career😂 I quit my 9 to 5 job and embarked on this journey shivering from fear of standing in class in front of other curious people waiting for me to teach them new stuff. Now I’m experienced and yet still have moments of impostor’s syndrome. Living my dream life in a new beautiful country and enjoying freedom mostly thanks to Luke and his way of delivering facts and jokes. Probably Luke will never see this post but he has thousands of grateful listeners who can relate to the abovementioned. Thank you and keep it up!

Hi Luke, i rarely write any comments. I've been listening to your podcast only for one year but my English skills are growing immensely. Big thanks for being interesting and genuine person!

I feel very lucky to be a Luce's podcast subscriber. Thank you so much!!

Hey look, I've been listening to your podcast (mostly on castbox) since like, a year ago and you have helped me get a 8.5 in IELTS listening and learn about the U.K. and the English language and culture in general. I really love and enjoy your content. Love form Iran❤

The timer is a thoughtful touch and I had to say you are so nice and incredibly considerate to accommodate even most unreasonable request. You are just so nice.

The long episodes helped me alot to improve my concentration.

listening to you is just like chatting with an old friend, especially rambling ones, great job Luke

Hi Luke You are great❤ thanks for your rambling 😂

Thank you Luke for your valuable work. I discovered your Podcast through a recommendation. You speak very clearly, I understand you quite well. I enjoy the way howe you communicate . I didn’t like British English bevor, but now I do. Pay attention to the positive comments that others simply ignore. ❤❤❤

Congratulations for the award! You 100% deserve it!

Luke, you have a fantastic sense of humor!This is your distinctive manner of teaching and it makes easier for me to understand and remember.

In 2018, I traveled to the northernmost part of Siberia to teach kids in a small village. With only around 100 residents, there was no reliable mobile or internet connection, sometimes leaving me unable to communicate with family and friends for days. Fortunately, the school had Wi-Fi (not the fastest, but at least it was available) intended strictly for teaching purposes. I sneakily downloaded your podcast to my flash drive. It became a source of entertainment for me during the polar nights of winter. Thank you for brightening up my days, no matter where I am. You're the best Luke!❤

Congratulations!!!👏👏🎉😅❤ Great job! 👍Thank you!!🙏

I am an English teacher myself and I was amazed at how one can go so creative with the hair leaving their body 😅😅👍👍

Hello Luke, thanks for this new episode, I like to listen to you every now and then, telling nice stories with a friendly and beautiful voice. I saw you in Rome on Thursday 22nd February, surely you were recognized by Romans more than once! First I came across the two very blond ladies ahead, walking very fast and very busy talking to each other and then you, following with a pram. It was already dark, about six in the evening in Trastevere and I didn’t want you to be left behind, so I didn’t stop you. I still remember what it’s like to get lost with the rest of the family in a big city! Twenty years ago I got lost in Paris (in the Louvre!!) with a baby boy in the pram. I stopped for a moment at the toilet to change the baby’s diaper and when I went out half of the family (husband and an older daughter) has vanished!! The Louvre is a huge maze! I didn’t move from there but they had moved and weren’t able to find the place again. So, my seven years old daughter stayed at the museum reception where they made some announcements and my husband kept wandering around. At the time I hadn’t a mobile phone (and couldn’t speak any French) so I spent almost two hours waiting patiently and pushing the pram back and forth…

Sir, this three hour episode was very fascinating and useful for our enhancing listening skills ,thanks for your efforts in teaching us.

Thanks, Luke for this as long as engaging episode. I'm a 67-year-old lady; now, at the end of your "lesson" I'm not able to explain my feeling. Unfortunately my Englis is not good enough! That's a reason of mine reason ( to be honest my main reason is completely different) I follow you! In my humble opinion, you are a GREAT !!! Great teacher, great dad, great husband, long story short, a great person!

Thanks Luke, it was a great podcast as usual. You really deserve any award.

Hello, Luke, I am listening to this mega long episode for the second time. I've also listened to your last one. It's a pleasure to me to listen to such long episodes.

I think you should warn your audience that listening to your podcast can be very dangerous. After just a couple of episodes I’ve got completely addicted and now I can’t stop. I love your short stories and I like so much your rambling episodes too, no matter how long they are. With your beautiful voice, your lovely British accent and your sense of humor you could read your shopping list and it would be interesting, amusing, useful and totally enjoyable From now on I will stop watching Netflix movies that I can’t completely understand, it so frustrating. I will listen to your podcast instead, so hopefully my old-fashioned-miss-Marple-English (I’m a big fan of Agatha Christie novels) will become more modern and more fluent. Thank so much for your great podcast, Luke.

Congrats for your 1million milestone! Teacher Luke.

We love you with or without beard bro 🤘🏻 There is no need to be worry :) 👍🏻

Hi Luke! I'm one of the rare LEPsters who started listening in 2015, but I'm so sorry there was a break from about 2017 to 2023 because I was trying new professions. But now I'm here again ❤ And I'm so happy to watch your podcast on KZfaq now! And the episodes are still long, and you keep rambling sometimes that makes me feel you're talking to me, and you keep inviting people as Lucy, Kate, Amber, so that I listen to natural conversations easy to understand. I' ve tried different KZfaq channels, but yours is the best because it makes words and expressions stick in my mind. Thank you so much ❤❤❤

FINALLY!!! HEY MAN, very happy to see and hear you!

Hi Luke Your explanations about the length of the episodes totally make sense. I stop whenever I want to think about a word or a grammatical structure or I need to stop for any other reason. Autonomy and freedom for all listeners, jeah!!! And as for the beard, I quote Roald Dahl from his book "The Twits": "When a man grows hair all over his face it is impossible to tell what he really looks like...". And that's just his harmless introduction to the subject. I'm a newborn LEPster and am currently skipping through the episodes. I start each day with a continuation of your entertaining and informative episodes and have already hooked a few friends. Yesterday I listened to the episode about the birth of your son and was really touched. I would love to be a child in your family. Best wishes and a thousand thanks! Su

This was a great informative video conveying lots of information that I might not find them all in one place🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thanks Luke🙏🏼

Congratulations,i wish you all the best.

Hey. You truly deserve that medal. I will be waiting for you platinum medal too. I can't register for your premium section because 😢😢😢😢😢 I'm from Iran and the sanctions. But as I hear your voice it makes me focus on English! You look much younger without beard about 10 years. Hope you had a great time in your family vacation. Much love from Iran ❤❤❤ Btw it'll be a great pleasure for me if you want to have a sunny vacation here to be your host. We have as much sun as you want here.

OMG, the Jackie Chan part is amazing!😂 Best performance!

Dear Luke Nobody can please everyone. I am a language teacher and your podcasts are intriguing and of the highest quality. Continue the same way as you did up to now. Thank you so much for your precious work

Hey again teacher Luke 👋 I just want to add something, while I'm listening 🎧 to this episode you've mentioned that you might cut this episode in parts and so on .... But I believe it's totally okay to keep it one long episode, in fact we shouldn't mind but on the contrary, we should be thankful! And yes, it might be challenging to listen to the whole thing on one go, but that's where the technology comes, just like teacher Luke explained! Actually, I don't have the luxury to watch attentively on KZfaq, however; i find it soothing and therapeutic to listen while doing house chores after a long day at work! So I listen on Castbox, and whenever I wish , I stop and then carry on again whenever it's convenient 😀 So yeah 😊 With love and peace from Algeria 🇩🇿❤

Hi Luke!! I am one of your listeners from China. As you asked in the episode have any of us been here since the very beginning. My answer is yes! I absolutely love the your podcast and it's been being with me for all days since I started to learn spoken English. I didn't listen to your latest episode from the beginning, instead, I started from the very first. Now I just reach to the 286th episode The wedding episode. For me, it's just like I am doing some sort of time traveling every time I listen to the podcast. It's like I am with you but from the future. For most of the episodes, I will listen to them for up to 3 times and I must say it's really really helpful if your listen them again and again. Whoever asks me why I have a kind of British accent, I would recommend your podcast to them. Your podcast is really really helpful and informative. I enjoy listening to it because it's funny and they are great. Laughing at the jokes that you made years ago, which really makes me feel like I am an idiot when they are people around me. I can't fully express my gratitude. Hopefully, I could catch up with you by keeping on listening to the podcast. Thanks for your time and effort!! Sorry for so many words.

I really appreciate your rambling episodes!

I've been one of your rambling episodes fans for years, but this time you spoke a lot faster, so I couldn't sleep well. 😉😅❤

YES! We finally got a new episod of ramdling!!

Congratulations for getting free silica gel and gold shiny thing! Proud and happy to be a member of LEP community.

Hi Luke, Have been listening to your podcast for three years now and I‘m still enjoying it a lot. Whenever you are curious about checking out a Somatic Therapy approach to our nervous system I‘d be more than happy to show you what that is about. For example exploring why negative comments still trigger us and how to get to a state we are so well connected to ourselves and eventually care less about somebody else’s opinion emotionwise… You are doing good work. Period. Greetings from Bavaria

Luke you are real star of youtube now🥳

Hi Luke, it’s nice to have celebrated with you on the day, and now I celebrate again the day you received the prize. It’s wonderful to have a friend who is an English teacher to be honored. I truly understand what it means to celebrate our achievements. Great, really great to be with you in these moments.

Hello, too good for me :) I have no words and not only in English to say, how good it is... Thank you :)

I've just given myself 100 points. I started listening to your podcast more than 11 years ago :P Makes me feel old actually!!! But one of the best decisions of my life.

Hi teacher Luke! I haven't yet got to the point of this episode where you talk about your 4 days in Rome! I am from Rome and a Lepster "since ever". Hope you enjoyed Rome and will visit again. Thanks as always for your priceless help that keeps my English up! Congratulations for the plate! Grazie! Alessandro.

Thank you for your work. I am listening to your podcast to improve my listening skills, as English is not my native language.

Thank you Teacher Luke.....It is sound BEARD and BEAR!!!

Mr. Luke's I know that there are many podcasts, but yours are very helpful.Thanks!

You are doing a great job dude👍🏻

Hi Lucke, many thanks.

I have been checking any new videos for the last 2 days😂, Thank You Teacher Luke.

Luke you are great. The way you continue, which is very helpful for us.

Luke! Please keep doing your podcasts!!! They are incredible! My congratulations on your award 🥇 👍🤝🎈🌷🍾🥂🎂☕️🌺✊👏

3 hours of rambling, this is the way to go!

❤Luke love you so fucking much ❤ I am learning a lot with you ! Greetings from Brazil

Hello, Luke! Without your beards you look great and more younger but with them like an actor or a knight😊

Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐

Hi Luke! I’ve just seen you commenting ( and correcting 😅) my comment about your remarkable work. As I’ve got so many likes (97!) I assume that you must have lots of elderly people watching your episodes and following you. Good to know, isn’t it? Congratulations once again

Every topic is spoken in English so there is no problem 🙂

Absolutely gripping episode ❤ Greatest english teacher ever😊

"Lovely(!)beautiful shiny hair" :))👍👍 You are amazing, Luke!

Wow! 03 hours of vídeos, it means, i will have whole week to listen to it, i will divide it in 40 minutos a day. Thank Luke.

Congrats Luke for that golden award!

Wonderful! Even when you are reflected in the mirror!

Hi Luke, great video, listening while working Thanks a lot

Relatable! It’s all a matter of hard work.

It's always a pleasure to listen to you speak

Thanks for your great job!🎉🎉🎉

"I wandered into your wonderland with eyes open wide..."

Thank you Luke. It is great job

Congrats, Luke !!!

I must say, you look younger without a beard, Luke, definitely 😊 Thank you for everything you are doing on KZfaq!👍🏻👍🏻

Hello luke am from Ethiopia i like you podcast

And the Pink Gorilla Story is still my all-time favourite episode

Listening to you is very interesting . That's why your bear story going on and on and never seems dull .

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations🎉

Hi Luke, I congratulate you with all my heard 💖🧿🎊🎈✨

Hi, Luke! It's awesome to have another long episode! I love them! Please don't break them into parts. The more listening to your voice, the better for my English! You're fantastic! And I like you more with no beard)

Hi Luke, I am your new fan here, two weeks but never stop to watch your program by KZfaq. After shaving you look much younger younger... ❤

Thank you, Luke for the certificate 3:08:05 ❤ it's amazing listening to you

Congratulations! The KZfaq CEO letter is nice to hear.

I love these long episodes.

I've been listening to your podcast since 2013 (yes, I've got very good memory 😂). Even though I'm of an bit intermittent listener, I always recommend it to other spaniards who, unlike me, need to improve their English 💪🙃 So congratulations on this new and super important milestone and we'll soon be celebrating episode 900 and so on 🎉

I am most definitely a pre-covid LEPster...way way way back teacher Luke, and thank you❤

Dot worry they are not aware how helpful and supportive are you in our journey to be confident in English as second language ,

I hope Jackie Chan appears 🙏

OMG, I feel so rewarded! Awesome, Luke! LOL

Hi Luke, thank you for this great new rambling episode, as enjoyable as always ! And congratulations for your stunning and well deserved KZfaq Gold Creator Award, it looks beautiful 😊 As requested, I’m pleased to enlighten you hereunder regarding the pronunciation of “Les Halles”. First, I think there is no need to worry about making pronunciation mistakes when learning a new language, it’s totally fine and normal. Who doesn’t ? Even in your native language ? It’s hard to know all the pronunciation rules by heart when learning a language and listening and speaking practice over and over again is the key to improving whatever the language you learn. In French, there are two types of word beginning with the letter 'h': those with a silent 'h' and those with an aspirated 'h'. The aspirated "h" prevents linking and elision. The difficulty in French is that the aspirated “h” is barely more audible than the silent "h"... Only the etymology can justified why a “h” is silent or aspirated… Words with a Latin origin would usually have a silent “h” and the Germanic origin gives an aspirated “h”… and according to the Littré dictionary, “la Halle” is coming from ancient high-German giving therefore an aspirated “h”. A word beginning with an aspirated "h" is never linked with the preceding word. Here's a little tip: to know whether it's a silent or an aspirated "h", look at the definite articles: "le / la" or " l' ". The words requiring the definite article " l' " are those beginning with a silent "h". This is for example the case for "l'histoire" (history), "l'huître" (oyster) or "l'homme" (man). For these words, the linking sound /z/ is added ; for instance you have to pronounce the “z” in "les /z/ histoires", "les /z/ huîtres", “les /z/ hommes”. The aspirated 'h' is found on words requiring the definite articles 'le/la'. This is for instance the case with the following words: "le hibou", "la hauteur", "le haricot" and… “la halle”. For these words no linking sound is required. No "n" should be pronounced when saying "un hibou" (owl) and no “z” should be pronounced when saying “des haricots” or "les halles”. I hope these explanations will help a little bit “pour éclairer les lanternes” 😊

I watch all the episodes at one go. They're so immersive that I don't notice time passing. Thank you, Luke. Cheers from Brazil!

Not that anybody asked, but I found you after getting to know Jamie Campbell Bower in summer of 2022.😅 I wanted to get more into British English as opposed to the American accent I was mostly used to.🤭😍🥰😇

Good work Luke

You looks very nice today ❤️❤️❤️ enjoy his video thank you so much ☕️☕️🍀🍀🍀

Hi, Luke, I found the podcast really soon, looking for an appropriate one for improving my English. I'm very happy of that, but at the same time I'm a bit sorry I discovered it so late… I would like to watch so many episodes and even more (I mean the upcoming new ones). I hope I’ll have enough time as I found them very useful. Many thanks for your efforts and accuracy!

Greetings from Uruguay, South America!

Congrats 🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Hey, Luke. For a long time, I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I had a very troubled upbringing: my parents separated, I changed schools several times, which made me lose a year and led me to drop out of school and work in minimum wage jobs. I returned to studying years later. I've always considered myself somewhat intelligent, curious, tried to learn everything on my own, and enjoyed reading (digital books through illicit means, due to lack of money). However, the pressure from society to have a defined future, especially after graduating from high school so late and without specialization, was a burden. For a long time, I didn't have internet, downloaded content to watch offline and books because I thought if I had internet, I would get distracted and read less. But I always thought that if I did, I would learn English because I thought I could learn everything on my own. And that's how I started learning English by myself. With difficulty, I reached an ok level to consume basic things, but it was difficult to find interesting content. That's when I found you. Even with difficulty understanding you at first, I realized you were someone different and I identified with you. You're a person in your mid-40s who doesn't fit society's labels, because I feel you still have a childlike essence. You've developed adult responsibilities without being oppressed by society's restrictions. I see in you the passion of a child for things: music, comedy, movies. You speak in a natural way, without filters like "am I talking nonsense, will they take me less seriously?". That's when I realized I wanted to be like you because I love talking about things that interest me. And I found the common denominator: English, which I'm passionate about. That's when I decided to take the ENEM (National High School Exam, used as a selection criterion for universities in Brazil and provides access to college with discounts or entirely through the grades obtained on the test) again. I had already taken it and earned a laptop when I returned to studying; here in my state, if someone is in high school - like I was when I returned to studying - and gets a specific grade, they earn a laptop. A pause for you to see how I ramble as much as you do. I never thought I'd go to college because of my low self-esteem. My girlfriend has been helping change that in me (she's a psychologist). I didn't prepare well for the test. I didn't mention it, but I have terrible OCD, which greatly disrupted my routine, to the point where it took me two hours to shower and made me wash my hands several times throughout the day. I'm seeking treatment for this. Despite that, I tried to focus on the parts I'm better at, like the essay, which is one of the most important parts, and I scored 960 out of 1000 on the essay. I ranked first in two colleges to study English with 100% full scholarships. I'm happy to see you reaping your rewards and to be able to share with you today what you inspired me to do. I'll be an English teacher, just like you. I wanted to say more things like: I love seeing the relationship you have with your family members, the mature way you respect your daughter's world by talking to her as an equal, and how you preserve her space and, of course, her image. You're a role model to me. Thank you for everything and congratulations on one million subscribers!

👏👏👏You look cool, man ! And sound goooorgeous, as usual ! Saludos desde Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧🇦🇷🇬🇧

Congratulations on winning the golden button!!🌟 Thoroughly enjoyed the podcast !✨ I think Luke’s great talent and skill are linked to his ability in understanding people’s intricate emotions very effortlessly! One just grows not only as an English speaker but as a human being as well, on this lovely platform ! Grateful for your thoughtful ways, Luke !

Yes! Keep doing it! I love longer ones! 加油

Here are always first ninga listener? ❤