Our full interview with the writer/director of the Northern Irish indie phenomenon Kneecap (2024). Host Rico Gagliano visits Rich at his Belfast pad to talk about wrangling the movie’s titular hard-partying provocateurs, the rise of Northern Ireland’s film industry, and why he briefly resented The Quiet Girl (2022).
Part travelogue, part deep-dive storytelling, the latest season sees host Rico Gagliano jet off to Ireland, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Istanbul to learn about their cultures through the lens of cinema. Season 8’s guests include actors Gael García Bernal (Amores Perros, 2000) and Fiona Shaw (Hot Milk, 2025), writer/directors Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap, 2024), Evan Goldberg (The Studio, 2025), and Halina Reijn (Babygirl, 2024), producer Ed Guiney (Poor Things, 2023), production designer Eugenio Caballero (Roma, 2018), and a host of other filmmakers, programmers, academics, cinema owners, critics, tour guides, and festival directors.
Listen to the special episode below or wherever you get your podcasts.