Times Talk by Times of Malta

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.

Times Talk by Times of Malta is a news podcast hosted by Times of Malta, with 70 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #54

  Times Talk: What happened when the trial went silent

  Aug 17, 202637 minS2

  When the live blogs from the trial of Yorgen Fenech went silent on Friday, social media was flooded with people asking why no journalist would tell them what was going on. In this special episode of Times Talk, court reporter Clara Farrugia and Mark Laurence Zammit unpack all that happened when Yorgen Fenech, the judge, witnesses and all jurors, lawyers and journalists visited the sites connected to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in a convoy of vans and armoured vehicles amid high security police escorts and army surveillance.

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  Episode #53

  Melvin takes the stand against Yorgen Fenech

  Aug 15, 202656 minS2

  The taxi driver who says Yorgen Fenech paid him €150,000 to have Daphne Caruana Galizia spent five gruelling days on the witness stand this week, answering questions from prosecutors and defence lawyers. Melvin Theuma - the pardoned middleman who is the prosecution's star witness in the case - had a lot to say. Mark Laurence Zammit and Clara Farrugia unpack a week's worth of blistering testimony in one of the most important criminal trials in Malta's history.

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  Episode #52

  Unpacking week 6 of the Yorgen Fenech trial

  Aug 8, 202643 minS2

  From WhatsApp chats and an infamous video to a huge Electrogas investigation, a lot happened this week A week is a long time in politics, they say, and so it seems in the trial of Yorgen Fenech as well. A lot has happened in court this week, and Times Talk unpacks it all in the latest episode about the murder trial. Court reporter Clara Farrugia and journalist Mark Laurence Zammit go over the heartbreaking testimony of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son, Matthew, who described the day of his mother's murder and what the two were doing at home just before. He also shed light on a major Electrogas investigation they were both working on.

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  Episode #51

  A sex abuse victim and the priest who told her to move on

  Aug 2, 20261h 15mS2

  In June 2025, a retired Maltese bishop caused a stir when he said on TV that abuse victims should first be encouraged to forgive their abusers before going to the police. As backlash grew, George Frendo apologised, saying he had not meant that forgiveness should substitute reporting such crimes to authorities. But the bishop’s initial statement left its mark on one woman. They were the same words Frendo had told her years ago, when as a child she was abused by a man they both knew. In this Times Talk episode, the woman speaks out about her years of abuse at the hands of a relative, the damage Frendo’s advice did to her and why she has decided to go public now. We also speak to Frendo, who explains why he felt it was not his place to report the abuse at the time, and what he wishes he had done differently.

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  Episode #50

  Inside week 5 in the trial of Yorgen Fenech | Times Talk

  Jul 31, 202629 minS2

  The latest episode of Times Talk unpacks the last two days of Keith Schembri's testimony during the trial of Yorgen Fenech earlier this week. In the 30-minute episode, court reporter Clara Farrugia and Mark Laurence Zammit take a deep dive into some of the toughest questions the former OPM chief of staff faced from Yorgen Fenech lawyer Giannella de Marco. How did police find Schembri and Fenech when they arrested them? What was the two men's reaction as they were being detained? How did Schembri learn when his name was raised during police investigations into the murder, and what is the deal with the alleged naked lawyer at Castille? This week Schembri also revealed some new details about that time he claims Yorgen Fenech hinted to him that he had been involved in the murder and how the pistol of one of Joseph Muscat's security staff went off by mistake inside Muscat's own home. Catch the latest episode on Times of Malta, YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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