His previous foray into audio was a piece for This American Life called ‘Murder Most Fowl,’ which he first wrote about in an award winning story for the Vineyard Gazette. Sam started his career in Dublin with a national monthly magazine, Mongrel, and later launched the online magazine The Racket, before being recruited to Sydney, Australia as deputy editor of award winning news site, The Global Mail. He doesn’t have a particular beat, but is fascinated by people who take a stubborn position in life and defend that position at all costs.