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Who better to Interview on Women's Day than Davinia Mallia Pulé - a formidable business woman, a wife and mother, and a woman who launched her own business during the height of COVID and succeeded, despite all odds. In this podcast Davina shares her thoughts on business, social media, work life balance... and the impact the past two years has had on our Mental Health, and why we all need to look a...

In December last year Malta became the first country in Europe to permit restricted use of cannabis for recreational use, and in January this year Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech was appointed to chair the new Cannabis Authority. Bearing in mind that Mariella had been known to strongly appose the law, it seemed the perfect opportunity to invite this well-loved and respected television presenter, p...

Well, we knew this day would come. Eventually The Interviewer would sit down with regular guest Tez Saliba to dedicate a show to Tez's journey through pregnancy. But before you think that this isn't the show for you - Tez's honesty about her complete change of life, the fear of the next 18 years, the challenges faced by a husband and wife who don't agree on everything in relation to bringing up th...

Joe Azzopardi is an award winning actor and producer, best known for 13 Hours, The Boat and The Way of the Wind. Joe is Maltese born, bred and based - but hit the headlines in recent weeks over his acceptance speech for The Boat’s award for Best Film at the controversial Malta Film Awards - Joe used the occasion speak out about the scandal regarding the the amount of money spent on the awards in c...

In this very passionate episode of The Interviewer, guest Mark Laurence Zammit speaks out about the topics that are important to him and critical to Malta, and he doesn't mince his words. Mark shares his thoughts on leadership, the church and LGBTQI, the every man and woman's attitude to issues such as migrants, why democracy isn't working, and much much more. Mark also gives his answer to the que...

In this episode, The Interviewer explores the incredible story behind the success of Miss Jones. With so many areas of Emily Jones's life being turned upside down through ill health, subsequently loosing her job and dealing with tragic news relating to her Mum, Emily turned to Instagram for something to distract her. Nearly a quarter of a million Instagram followers later and a hugely successful O...

Ivan Grech is hitting the headlines at the moment as he sits as a judge for the most recent series of X Factor Malta. Whether you like his choices or not, not only is he one of the 'soft and squishy' judges on this season's show, he is also an outstanding singer and songwriter in his own right. In the first show of the Second Season of The Interviewer Ivan shares his thoughts on being involved in...

Im Trudy Kerr and Welcome to Season Two of THE INTERVIEWER with more incredible guests. Each week THE INTERVIEWER brings you a 30 minute podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, Radio and NOW 15 mins of podcast highlights on YouTube! In this series, I talk to Artists, Campaigners, Men and Women of Influence, Musicians, Performers, Sports Men and Women, Politicians, Business Men and Women and anyone who sha...

In the final episode of 2021, The Interviewer gets together with Tom Camilleri and Pia Zammit from The Comedy Knights. With Comedy Knights in its 9th year, Pia and Tom share how this annual Christmas-time theater production first started and the journey that the show has been on ever since. They talk about the challenges and joys of a production that can change every performance to reflect the cur...

Its quite something when you sit down to ask your last advent series guest 'do you love Christmas?' and they reply 'no, not really'. Pretty much this episode of The Interviewer does Advent was going to be just a little bit crazy with Gianni Zammit, but when you have to abandon all your questions in the first five minutes, its pretty much anyone's guess how it will turn out! Listen to the last edit...

You gotta love this girl, and you GONNA love this edition of The Interviewer with Valentina Rossi! The third in the mini series The Interviewer does Advent, Valentina gives us an insight into the Rossi/Gerada Christmas - and it is hilarious! A Christmas tree that goes up from September to April, Valentina's very own date for Christmas day, and a scary look at the foods on her list! Laugh, Love and...

In the second of this mini series 'The Interview does Advent' Trudy has Kevin Naudi as a guest in this very funny edition of the show. We talk 2021, we talk 2022, we talk Christmas, we talk about Kevin and Father Christmas, Christmas food items, cooking disasters and Kevin having the odd rant... Need something to get you in the mood for Christmas? This is it. Play it when you are driving, cooking,...

In the first of this Advent Mini Series, The Interview chats with regular guest Tez Saliba. Trudy and Tez have been broadcasting over the airwaves together for many years, and this duo will get you into the Advent mood with Tez's stories of her mother's terrible Christmas Cooking, finding out the truth about Santa, who does what at Christmas in the Saliba house, and much, much more. Laugh with the...

Johan Siggesson is an internationally acclaimed award winning naturalist photographer who has traveled Africa, Scandinavia and Asia shooting lions, tigers, monkeys, zebras, seals, flamingos, eagles and many more stunning creatures. In this episode The Interviewer finds out what happens to a photographer who travels the world, when a global pandemic takes the world away... Johan explains how he tur...

In this episode The Interviewer meets Malta Women's National Football Team Vice Captain, Charlene Zammit. If you didn't know, the Women's National Team are doing very well right now on the international stage, having won, drawn and lost the last three games against some very big teams such as Russia. Not only have these ladies being doing well, but put that into perspective that these ladies, who...

In this episode The Interviewer meets Karin Duff. Karin hit the headlines when she entered Malta's X-Factor and delivered a nervous, but stunning rendition of 'Knocking on Heaven's Door'. When she revealed that she was training to be a Midwife, Ira Losco promised Karin would be delivering a debut album before she delivered babies. Fast forward 3 years, and Karin has just released a sexy, smoulderi...

In the last of the mini series Men in Music, The Interviewer sits down with Toby Farrugia of Toby Music - one of Malta's most successful producers. Toby shares how he got into the music industry and exactly what he does as an international writer, producer and performer. He talks about working with some of the worlds biggest artists and labels, Toby also talks about writing and producing music for...

In the penultimate episode in the mini series Men In Music, The Interviewer looks at a very different musician - Luke Grech. Luke Grech first shot to stardom in 2017 as the guitarist with Relik, and has played on some of Malta’s biggest stages. When the pandemic struck, rather than rely on a full time job of Accountancy teacher at Saint Aloysis and put Music on the back burner, Luke did exactly th...

This week The Interviewer meets Tenishia aka Joven Grech - one of the world's most successful DJ's. Consistently within the top 20 of the world's best DJs for the past decade, pre-pandemic Joven was also the no 1 DJ in Asia, once playing to a crowd of over 300,000 people on the streets of Hanoi. Tenishia's original music is also played by all of the other top DJ's from Armin Van Buren to Carl Cox....

In the second of the mini series 'Men in Music', The Interviewer meets 'The Godfather' of music in Malta - Howard Keith - as you have never heard him before. Howard shares the powerful and touching story of how he pursued his passion of music from a very young age. He goes on to talk about his time touring on the road and the lessons he learned. Howard talks about X Factor, Malta's Got Talent, and...

Today see the first of the mini series The Interviewer 'Men in Music Month' with Luke Chappell, Following the news that Luke Chappell has become the first musician to surpass five million streams on the LA-based record label he has been with, AND that he has signed a US distribution deal with American Sony Music, Luke is invited back to The Interviewer as the first guest to be invited more than on...

In this episode of The Interviewer, I sit down with Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca for a very honest and open conversation about her life post-Presidency. Her Excellency shares her thoughts on what it is like to have regained her rights as a citizen after 5 years in a role she never originally wanted. She talks about her achievements and passions as president, but of course, how she was...

Luzzu is the award winning film that tells the story of a Maltese Fisherman struggling to maintain his family traditions in a world that is working against him. Luzzu opened at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where the lead character Jesmark, a fisherman from Siggiewi, won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting for his debut performance. In the week that Luzzu comes 'home', The In...

Chris Peregin is the man behind one of Malta's most successful and fastest growing media brands. Chris is literally the name of tabloid news portal 'Lovin' Malta'. So why did he decide to jack his success as a business man and hang up his journalistic boots and become Head of Strategy for Malta's trailing political party; a party he himself says he had hated for the past 15 years? Well, the answer...

In his first interview in English, Andre Callus from left-wing movement Moviment Graffiti talks to The Interviewer about he thoughts of the state of the system in Malta, the endemic culture of fear, the drawbacks and illusions of a booming economy, and how every individual can be part of change. Andre also shares the most significant moments in his journey as an activist, but also takes time to ex...