Luke Bateman

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1,125 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5 Jul

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Conversations · Luke Bateman on surviving a gambling addiction and the magic of his mum’s love · 29 May 2026 podcast

My entire life, my sanctuaries, my safe harbors have always been books.

And my mum, I think my mum is...

I have a really special, beautiful relationship with my mum.

And my mum was always that one person where I felt that I could be myself around and I could be the soft, nerdy kid because I wasn't allowed to be that in the real world.

I wasn't allowed to be that soft, nerdy kid.

My mum was always that person for me.

And books are always that place for me.

So in a Brisbane high school where you need to play a role to survive, is there any kind of book where it would have been socially acceptable to read and share around?

I really don't know because I was never involved with readers and I never ever, I always kept my reading so secretive.

So it wasn't like, it wasn't like I knew that some books would be accepted and others wouldn't be.

I was just like, okay, I know that, I know I'll be ridiculed if people see me with books about dragons.

So I'm just, all my reading is secret to me.

I think in...

The circles I grew up in, the one books that were accepted were autobiographies.

If you were reading the book of an NRL player or a sporting star, that was the one genre of book that would get the thumbs up from the boys.

Yeah, the hardcover ones with the pictures down the middle, right?

Yeah, exactly, yes.

You eventually joined the Canberra Raiders and you moved to the ACT when you were 18.

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