Legitimate Likes

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Legitimate Likes episodes

October 16, 2025 Cartoons - we get animated about children's entertainment
A fuzzily-recalled look back at the programming of our youth. And Áine reads our Wind in the Willows horoscopes.
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1 hr 2 min
October 09, 2025 The Kitchen with Dominic Franks
Food writer, cook, and the internet's number one purveyor of upside down delicacies Dominic Franks @dominthekitchen joins to discuss why the kitchen is the best place for a party, why you don't need to feel guilty about buying pastry, and why Agas are so steamy. His cookbook Upside Down Cooking is available now from all good (and probably bad) bookshops.

More from Dominic at DomInTheKitchen.com and on socials @dominthekitchen
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58 min
October 02, 2025 The Ocean: A deep dive
Hugh is a man of culture, Áine's been camping, Michael overestimates his resilience and Will's heart is too pure.
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1 hr
September 25, 2025 Elvis. The most recognisable man ever?

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58 min
September 18, 2025 Heaven and hell - our plans for the afterlife
The gang wonder what awaits us, and what's the deal with the devil? This is Will's first time around, Hugh is a big fan of Dolly Parton, Michael takes a few flicks to the face and Áine is a fada figure.
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1 hr 4 min
July 25, 2025 Sweets
The gang sample the good, the bad and the ugly from the sweet counter in the sugar-filled finale to season 4. But what even is a "sweet" anyway...

Legitimate Likes is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Will Sebag-Montefiore (@wsebag) & Hugh O'Connor (@hughoconnor147).

Previous guests include Alice Fraser, Cody Dahler, Conor McReynolds, David Kenny, Emil Franchi, Emma Gleeson, Foil Arms & Hog, Greg Olear, Hamish Adams-Cairns, Jacob Jackson, Jon McKenzie, Lottie Bedlow, Mahatma Khandi, Matt Green, Max Fosh, Michael Fry, Rosie Holt, Sean Burke, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Wellington (of The Flophouse), Tatty Macleod and Tom Read Wilson.

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1 hr 12 min
July 18, 2025 Reddit Advice - we dish out some solicited advice
The gang dispenses some much-needed advice to the assholes of Reddit. Will fondly remembers some games from his school days, Hugh doesn't like football fans, Michael is slow to praise people from the 90s, and Aine only trusts Liverpudlians.

Legitimate Likes is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Will Sebag-Montefiore (@wsebag) & Hugh O'Connor (@hughoconnor147).

Previous guests include Alice Fraser, Cody Dahler, Conor McReynolds, David Kenny, Emil Franchi, Emma Gleeson, Foil Arms & Hog, Greg Olear, Hamish Adams-Cairns, Jacob Jackson, Jon McKenzie, Lottie Bedlow, Mahatma Khandi, Matt Green, Max Fosh, Michael Fry, Rosie Holt, Sean Burke, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Wellington (of The Flophouse), Tatty Macleod and Tom Read Wilson.
Buy tickets to our live show in Belfast on November 1st! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2358617
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
49 min
July 11, 2025 Celebrity Breakups with Grainne Maguire
Hugh, Will and returning guest host Jane talk to comedian, writer and podcaster @GrainneMaguire about the drama, trauma, karma and enigma of celebrity breakups. More from Grainne at grainnemaguire.co.uk and on her podcast The Way They Were.

Legitimate Likes is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Will Sebag-Montefiore (@wsebag) & Hugh O'Connor (@hughoconnor147).

Previous guests include Alice Fraser, Cody Dahler, Conor McReynolds, David Kenny, Emil Franchi, Emma Gleeson, Foil Arms & Hog, Greg Olear, Hamish Adams-Cairns, Jacob Jackson, Jon McKenzie, Lottie Bedlow, Mahatma Khandi, Matt Green, Max Fosh, Michael Fry, Rosie Holt, Sean Burke, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Wellington (of The Flophouse), Tatty Macleod and Tom Read Wilson.
Buy tickets to our live show in Belfast on November 1st! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2358617
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 4 min
July 04, 2025 Train Travel - from the London Overground to the Orient (and Polar) Express
We discuss the most glamourous and simultaneously the most utilitarian form of travel. Aine's an Artless Dodger, Will disses Wales, and Hugh wonders what one "does" in Luxembourg.

Legitimate Likes is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Will Sebag-Montefiore (@wsebag) & Hugh O'Connor (@hughoconnor147).

Previous guests include Alice Fraser, Cody Dahler, Conor McReynolds, David Kenny, Emil Franchi, Emma Gleeson, Foil Arms & Hog, Greg Olear, Hamish Adams-Cairns, Jacob Jackson, Jon McKenzie, Lottie Bedlow, Mahatma Khandi, Matt Green, Max Fosh, Michael Fry, Rosie Holt, Sean Burke, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Wellington (of The Flophouse), Tatty Macleod and Tom Read Wilson.
Buy tickets to our live show in Belfast on November 1st! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2358617
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 5 min
June 27, 2025 Masculinity with Josh Berry - what it means to be a man according to Louis Theroux and Rafael Nadal
Comedian, writer, and impressionist Josh Berry rejoins the gang as we man up and muscle through a conversation about masculinity. Oh, and Josh does a few impressions along the way...

Legitimate Likes is an award-winning comedy podcast hosted by Will Sebag-Montefiore (@wsebag) & Hugh O'Connor (@hughoconnor147).

Previous guests include Alice Fraser, Cody Dahler, Conor McReynolds, David Kenny, Emil Franchi, Emma Gleeson, Foil Arms & Hog, Greg Olear, Hamish Adams-Cairns, Jacob Jackson, Jon McKenzie, Lottie Bedlow, Mahatma Khandi, Matt Green, Max Fosh, Michael Fry, Rosie Holt, Sean Burke, Sooz Kempner, Stuart Wellington (of The Flophouse), Tatty Macleod and Tom Read Wilson.
Buy tickets to our live show in Belfast on November 1st! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearful/2358617
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 29 min

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We look at some of humanity's most popular fascinations - across everything from pop culture to pastimes to the way the world is run - and decide whether they really, truly deserve so much of our…