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Sam Bungey is a contributor to This American Life, The Sydney Morning Herald and other publications. He edits the online magazine The Racket.

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Aussie P.M. Escapes Protest

Julia Gillard flees public outcry, taking her political
 opponent with her, reports Sam Bungey

Sam Bungey | Published Jan 27, 2012

Murdoch’s Lawyers Turn on Him

First came the ex-staff lawyers, and now the London solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are firing back.

Sam Bungey | Published Aug 17, 2011

High-Tech Anti-Riot Gear

London Crackdown

Sam Bungey on the radical new tactics police are using to combat young looters.

Sam Bungey | Published Aug 14, 2011

See Ya, ‘World’

As News of the World's final edition flies off shelves, Sam Bungey reports from the streets of London.

Sam Bungey | Published Jul 10, 2011

Britain's Screwy Vote-Trading Scheme

Sam Bungey on the British foreign vote giveaway and whether it’s headed to America next.

Sam Bungey | Published May 14, 2010

The Man Behind WikiLeaks

Julian Assange, founder of the investigative Web site WikiLeaks, is the force behind a new viral video showing U.S. soldiers shooting journalists in Iraq. Sam Bungey interviews the man U.S. intelligence regards as a potential security threat.

Sam Bungey | Published Apr 07, 2010

Waiting for Obama

The president was supposed to be touching down in Australia Sunday night. Sam Bungey on how the land down under is coping with the snub.

Sam Bungey | Published Mar 22, 2010

The Right's Climate Catastrophe

Across the globe, conservatives who have gone green are under fire for their carbon-cutting zeal. Sam Bungey on David Cameron’s comeuppance, Monsieur Taxe’s troubles, and Australia’s denier coup.

Sam Bungey | Published Dec 11, 2009

A Vacation From the Public Eye

The Obamas' trip to Martha's Vineyard this week will be a press-shy affair—nothing like the Clintons' was, when even the Lewinsky scandal couldn't keep Bill from mugging for the press.

Sam Bungey | Published Aug 22, 2009

The Obamas' New Digs

The Daily Beast has learned where the first family will stay this summer: Blue Heron Farm, a lavish $20 million-compound on Martha's Vineyard—paying market rent.

Sam Bungey | Published Jul 24, 2009