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A Times of Malta podcast that takes a closer look at the stories shaping Malta today. Hosted by award-winning journalist and assistant editor Mark Laurence Zammit.

  1. Times Talk: Some of the biggest mysteries of the universe explained

    FEB 21

    Times Talk: Some of the biggest mysteries of the universe explained

    What are the chances that aliens are real? And if they are, what do they look like, where are they and how come they never visit? And if they were to visit, how would they even do it? Is time travel to the past and to the future possible? It turns out it is – at least one way. And what is the likelihood that there are other worlds like ours out there? The short answer is: very likely. The long answer is even more interesting. In a wide-ranging 90-minute discussion on Times Talk, astrophysicist professor Joseph Caruana breaks down the staggering reality of our existence – from the probability of humanity living in a computer simulation to the probability of time travel. During the episode the 39-year-old Oxford-educated researcher and University of Malta lecturer explains why most of the universe is still a mystery and how scientists have managed to trace back its beginning 14 billion years ago. And along the way he answers a myriad of other questions. When will the world end? Will the universe end? What happens to us after we die? And how is human consciousness the way the universe finally knows about itself? And from all that he knows about the universe, does it look like there is a God? Does the universe need a creator to keep it going? Did it even need a creator? And is it possible that we are all living in a computer simulation? Short answer is: quite possibly. Watch the full 90-minute Times Talk episode to find out.

    1h 26m
  2. The shooting that sparked Black Monday

    FEB 8

    The shooting that sparked Black Monday

    Forty-six years ago, a man walked into Castille with a gun. Gunshots rang out. The man was dragged out bleeding. He was accused of trying to kill Prime Minister Dom Mintoff. That same day, thugs destroyed Times of Malta offices and ransacked the home of Mintoff’s rival, Eddie Fenech Adami. In this episode, Times Talk explores one of the darkest days in Malta's modern history.

    45 min
  3. How Times of Malta editors saw 2025 | Times Talk

    12/30/2025

    How Times of Malta editors saw 2025 | Times Talk

    There was no single news event that overshadowed all other Times of Malta headlines in 2025. But that does not mean it was a year without interesting events. From a building collapse in Paceville to family tragedies, the (second) rise of Donald Trump and the potential sale of HSBC Malta, Times of Malta journalists were kept busy right to the end of the year. In this episode, Mark Laurence Zammit sits down with Times of Malta editor-in-chief Herman Grech, online editor Bertrand Borg, print editor Anthony Manduca and news editor Diana Cacciottolo to get their insights into the stories that made 2025

    48 min
  4. Times Talk: Happiest Stories of 2025

    12/27/2025

    Times Talk: Happiest Stories of 2025

    In a world often dominated by bad, sometimes even depressing, news, Times of Malta journalists Mark Laurence Zammit, Emma Borg and Daniel Ellul sat down to look back on just the happiest stories of 2025.

    36 min
  5. Times Talk: A five-hour work day should be enough, employer insists

    12/22/2025

    Times Talk: A five-hour work day should be enough, employer insists

    Former Chamber President Marisa Xuereb said most people can only produce top quality work for five hours a day A five-hour work day is sufficient for most employees to produce high-quality work in today’s technology-driven economy, according to former Chamber president Marisa Xuereb. Speaking on Times Talk, the long-time entrepreneur and employer said most people including herself can only produce top quality work for five hours a day, and if they worked for 25 hours a week (five hours a day for five days) they would likely produce around the same amount of work they do when they work eight hours daily.

    1 hr
  6. Watch: Delia and Attard clash in fiery Times Talk debate

    11/14/2025

    Watch: Delia and Attard clash in fiery Times Talk debate

    Adrian Delia and Jonathan Attard clashed in their first face-to-face debate since the conclusion of international arbitration between Malta and Steward Health Care, during a Times Talk episode filmed on Wednesday. Throughout the fiery debate, the pair butted heads over who emerged on top in the arbitration proceedings, whether the government could have pursued a different legal route, and what the tribunal actually said about a €400 million sum supposedly stolen by Steward. Armed with a stack of meticulously annotated documents in hand, almost certainly the various court sentences, reports and rulings handed down throughout this multi-year saga, neither Attard nor Delia held back once the cameras were rolling. Attard was speaking as justice minister while former opposition leader Delia waged a lengthy legal campaign that ended with a court annulling all contracts awarded to Steward and its predecessor Vitals Global Healthcare.

    1h 6m
  7. 'My father killed my mother. How do you talk about that?'

    11/09/2025

    'My father killed my mother. How do you talk about that?'

    When Karl Schembri was a boy, his father carried a dark and unspoken history – years of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest. The trauma left deep scars, and as an adult, his father’s mind began to unravel. The voices that haunted him eventually drove him to commit an unthinkable act: the murder of Schembri’s mother. Schembri, an author, journalist and activist, has now finally broken a decades-long silence through his new novel Eħlisna mid-Deni (Deliver us from Evil). He tells Times Talk the book - a work of fiction inspired by his real story - is his way of achieving justice for a human tragedy that the authorities systematically overlooked for years.

    43 min
  8. Clyde Caruana: 'I don't want the Maltese to become extinct'

    11/02/2025

    Clyde Caruana: 'I don't want the Maltese to become extinct'

    Days after announcing major tax cuts for parents, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana tells Mark Laurence Zammit he is not happy with people who are upset that families are to get some extra help. In a one-hour interview about Budget 2026 measures, Caruana also speaks frankly about mass public transport, worker productivity and the end of cash-for-passports income.

    1h 6m
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