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Marco Amelia won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 without playing a minute. Called up 80 times in the era of Gianluigi Buffon, he played nine games, scored a header for Livorno in Belgrade, kept goal for AC Milan and Chelsea, and now coaches Hamrun Spartans in Malta. In this episode, he talks about the mother who gave up her job for his dream, Igor Protti, the silence before the final in Berlin, and the day Mourinho called. It is a conversation about patience, resilience, and being happy to be yourself.

Marco Amelia won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 without playing a minute. Called up 80 times in the era of Gianluigi Buffon, he played nine games, scored a header for Livorno in Belgrade, kept goal for AC Milan and Chelsea, and now coaches Hamrun Spartans in Malta. In this episode, he talks about the mother who gave up her job for his dream, Igor Protti, the silence before the final in Berlin, and the day Mourinho called. It is a conversation about patience, resilience, and being happy to be yourself.

Simon De Cesare has spent 26 years inside his family's business, the group behind Eden Cinemas, the InterContinental and Casino Malta, and became its CEO in 2018. He never thought he had a choice, and he is the one who decides what gets built and what gets closed. In this episode he talks about how one hotel in Sliema became a whole street, why every new business gets two years, where the money in a cinema ticket goes, and what the tests told him at 50. It is a conversation about ownership, judgement, and what it costs to carry it.

Simon De Cesare has spent 26 years inside his family's business, the group behind Eden Cinemas, the InterContinental and Casino Malta, and became its CEO in 2018. He never thought he had a choice, and he is the one who decides what gets built and what gets closed. In this episode he talks about how one hotel in Sliema became a whole street, why every new business gets two years, where the money in a cinema ticket goes, and what the tests told him at 50. It is a conversation about ownership, judgement, and what it costs to carry it.

Michael Valenzia gave eleven years of his life to Birkirkara FC, and the real cost of it only showed up at home. In this episode, he talks about the players being asked to fix matches, the fake transfer that nearly took €200,000 out of the club, the cup final he believes was decided before kick off, and how politics quietly gets inside a dressing room. It is a conversation about power, loyalty, and what a man gives away without ever noticing.

Michael Valenzia gave eleven years of his life to Birkirkara FC, and the real cost of it only showed up at home. In this episode, he talks about the players being asked to fix matches, the fake transfer that nearly took €200,000 out of the club, the cup final he believes was decided before kick off, and how politics quietly gets inside a dressing room. It is a conversation about power, loyalty, and what a man gives away without ever noticing.

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

Mark Laurence Zammit has spent 14 years covering the hardest stories in Malta, but the interview that changed him most never aired. In this episode, he talks about the gap between accuracy and honesty in journalism, the boy whose crime made national news but whose childhood nobody asked about, the afternoon Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, and why after everything he has seen he still believes there are no evil people. It is a conversation about truth, judgment, and what the most dangerous headline is really hiding.

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

LAURENCE ZAMMIT

Mark Laurence Zammit has spent 14 years covering the hardest stories in Malta, but the interview that changed him most never aired. In this episode, he talks about the gap between accuracy and honesty in journalism, the boy whose crime made national news but whose childhood nobody asked about, the afternoon Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb, and why after everything he has seen he still believes there are no evil people. It is a conversation about truth, judgment, and what the most dangerous headline is really hiding.