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A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Corrupt Places in the World
The car bomb assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 shocked the European Union and put the world’s spotlight on an island so small that few knew it was an independent country and even fewer could find it on the map. But Caruana Galizia’s death didn’t come as a surprise to those who lived there.
Ryan Murdock had visions of living a slow-paced island life on the Mediterranean while writing about his experiences, so in 2011 he moved from Canada to Malta. To the casual visitor, Malta is a sleepy place with sun-soaked shorelines and ancient fortified harbors. Murdock imagined it to be an archipelago island of warm weather, gorgeous views, busy cafes, and grilled fish dinners. On the surface, it was.
The six years Murdock spent in Malta revealed an insular culture whose fundamental baseline is amoral familism, a worldview in which any action taken to benefit one’s family or oneself is justifiable, regardless of whether it is legal or ethical. In such a place murder may or may not be wrong, depending on what one thinks of another’s politics. This pervasive perspective created a culture of corruption that rose all the way to the top of the island nation. The office of the prime minister was implicated in Caruana Galizia’s murder, and the investigation continues to reveal a government mired in money laundering, human trafficking, fuel smuggling, and the sale of EU passports to Russian and Middle Eastern oligarchs.
Interspersed with personal narrative, Murdock delves into Malta’s unique geopolitical, cultural, ethnic, and religious history-one that transformed it from a hub of prehistoric rule into a modern society where a powerful cabal of political and business leaders nearly got away with murder.
More info on the book here: tupress.org/9781595342942/a-sunny-place-for-shady-people.
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  • @Ponto-zv9vf
    @Ponto-zv9vf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Corruption is universal. Malta is rock, and such a tiny place. Everything there is magnified due to its many size and high population density. Of course corruption there is in your face unlike here is Australia where its easily hidden. Of course I don't agree with killing journalists with a bomb.

  • @CC-lh7tj
    @CC-lh7tj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This historian has me so fired up. It would be a tragedy not to make a documentary or movie about COPS beginnings on the west side of San Antonio.

  • @seansmith3058
    @seansmith3058 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's impossible to make Malta interesting.

    • @RyanMurdockRoadWisdom
      @RyanMurdockRoadWisdom 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'd change your mind after reading my book. Malta is far stranger than it appears on the surface.

  • @LietjeBonelloBoissevain
    @LietjeBonelloBoissevain 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting listening to you, you've certainly observed and pinpointed all the shortcomings and idiosyncrasies that makes Malta what it is....a fascinating and strange mix. Can't wait to read it.

    • @RyanMurdockRoadWisdom
      @RyanMurdockRoadWisdom 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching. I hope you find the book interesting.

  • @InTheHookJohn
    @InTheHookJohn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done Ryan. It was nice to catch up.

  • @chaoseditz12
    @chaoseditz12 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Robin,I have listened your words after three years,I can't explain these words because my English is not very good but I just want to say that these words are alive like martyered who always Alive.these words have the strength to awaken the people who are in deep sleep of ignorance,I wish I have a teacher like you❤

  • @precioustraveler
    @precioustraveler ปีที่แล้ว

    It's so exhausting how we (Black people in America) need to live under this ever-present cloud. The sheer amount of life editing and restricting that we do. The beautiful locations that we never visit because we don’t want to risk even just wary looks, let alone hostile confrontations. It brings exhausted tears to my eyes. We STILL are not TRULY free. 💔

  • @orcuslightningmoor9845
    @orcuslightningmoor9845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL A biased black lady who teaches to biased black students at a lowly fourth rate college is not part on the modern society!!! Nobody cares about your black biases. 😂

  • @VoidUnderTheSun
    @VoidUnderTheSun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I could see what was on her bookshelf...

  • @joycee5493
    @joycee5493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Robin. This is a painful time for our Mother Earth. Sadly, Windigo rules.

  • @rosecatacalos5439
    @rosecatacalos5439 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are chain letters, clay sheep reading braille, magnets whirling through space in metal tubes, puns galore, and oh, so much more. To a world treasure: mil gracias for being Pat Hammond! ¡Tanto cariño siempre!

  • @JB-qd2sk
    @JB-qd2sk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saludos!!

  • @Californiansurfer
    @Californiansurfer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    American cholo podcast and cholo cooking channel podcast. Respect ✊✊✊

  • @rosetaylor2509
    @rosetaylor2509 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thank you for your outstanding grace 😇🙏

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  • @boimaclarke5477
    @boimaclarke5477 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank your for sharing. Your all are beautiful in your own way.

  • @desertdc123
    @desertdc123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting this discussion, since I missed half of it when it was live! Marfa Garden sounds like it was a great team effort and approach on photos, with closeups using a clean background. Though I generally choose common names that seasoned practitioners tend to use, over a botanical website, since it's important to help sell...i.e. Torrey Yucca (not Old Shag) for Yucca torreyi. That aside, I can't wait to buy a copy soon.

  • @cjcharles8063
    @cjcharles8063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This makes me so sad.

  • @bcdgo3
    @bcdgo3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Robin, I love your words and I am grateful that you write them in books and you read them on places where I hope many will hear them. After reading Braiding Sweetgrass, my life and my world and my purpose changed. I want to help in whatever way I can. Please guide me as to where to go to help.

    • @dsperorn
      @dsperorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel the same way about Dr. Kimmerer. I buy copies of her books for all my friends. I share these videos. I've had friends say the same thing you said, "this book changed my life."

  • @susannegley6989
    @susannegley6989 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pat Hammond- one of the most unique and interesting people I have ever known...and now. What a marvel. Love.

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    @enchantedrockfbg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love

  • @Adinio_
    @Adinio_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!

    • @Adinio_
      @Adinio_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im doing a project on her rn

  • @alejandrogonzalez1541
    @alejandrogonzalez1541 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great book guys. Thanks

  • @frzstat
    @frzstat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will have to read this!

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    @47-nguyenuctung42 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    this helped me in my powerpoint ! Thank you