Luke got his rep the same way Tim Pool did, going out in the street, doing interviews and reports. Tim picked up a following during Occupy Wall Street, while Luke was hounding politicians at economic summits, the Bilderburg group, G20 meetings, etc. But he put more ideology and politics into his reporting from an anti-globalist angle, while Tim infamously went pure fence-sitter.
Both Tim and Luke became incredibly dull and pointless once they stopped going out into the streets, switching to daily vids or podcasting. I can't really blame them; Antifa began targeting anyone not allied with them, and YouTube outrage slop was way more profitable. But still, they've been coasting off reputations for nearly a decade now.
Luke always seemed earnest at least. I don't know how he wound up on Hambly's show, they didn't come up the same way, and they don't seem to be naturally ideologically aligned. I'm glad he's avoiding the fallout, but I still don't have a reason to watch him now.