{"podcast":{"title":"Live, Laugh, Luke... with Luke Hamnett","slug":"live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804","podcast_index_feed_id":7379804,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CIIS6650331641","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/96e3501a-4895-11f0-9d37-6390024875fa/image/4dd697b4c397a41ef6c9f06123c7866c.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Colour It In Studios","episode_count":54,"summary":"Get ready to Live, Laugh and Luke with everyone’s favourite TikTok and Instagram creator and commentator Luke Hamnett. On each episode, Luke will be joined by the Queen of Huns, his mum Janet Hamnett, and his celeb friends to share stories, memories and laughs in this podcast that is guaranteed to make you smile! Plus, Luke invites his guests to touch his balls each week (it’s not what you think, promise!) with a pink tombola full of your confessions and stories! Make sure you get involved on socials @livelaughlukepod and we’ll see you next week!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T14:17:30.092546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804"},"episode":{"title":"Men's Mental Health, Marathons and a Million Reasons to Stay with Ben West","slug":"men-s-mental-health-marathons-and-a-million-reasons-to-stay-with-ben-west","published_at":"2026-05-28T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804/men-s-mental-health-marathons-and-a-million-reasons-to-stay-with-ben-west","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5507631866.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5507631866.mp3","summary":"Today’s guest is the incredible mental health campaigner and London Marathon legend, Ben West. A little heads up from us that this episode includes discussion around mental health and suicide. Ben tells Luke about how losing his 15 year old brother when he took his own life, became the catalyst for his campaign work around mental health, giving what he describes as a joyful end to a horribly tragic story. He talks about Reasons To Stay - a website where anyone can write a letter to someone considering suicide - that has become an invaluable resource for so many people. But it’s not come without its challenges! Alongside bereavement, Ben has handled early setbacks at Downing Street, and falling over at Mile 2 of the marathon :( Luke and Ben compare notes after going viral online; Ben deletes Instagram when it all gets a bit much and Channing Tatum and Jennifer Aniston are in the DMs after he cried to 60 million people, meanwhile Luke’s first thought is that he might look ugly. Plus - Ben tells Luke why you should never EVER tell a cabbie that you’re a mental health campaigner! If you've been affected by any of the issues discussed, you can find support: At reasonstostay.org, by texting SHOUT to 85258 or calling Samaritans on 116 123. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Today’s guest is the incredible mental health campaigner and London Marathon legend, Ben West. A little heads up from us that this episode includes discus…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3401,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804/episodes/men-s-mental-health-marathons-and-a-million-reasons-to-stay-with-ben-west/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-laugh-luke-with-luke-hamnett-7379804/men-s-mental-health-marathons-and-a-million-reasons-to-stay-with-ben-west.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}