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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 12/09/2026

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.

Anthony Hopkins as Stevens in "Remains of the Day"

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 22/08/2026

Your favorite Disney princess (wrong answers only).

Theodora (Byzantine empress), 6th century CE, from the mosaic in Ravenna.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 13/08/2026

I'm working on a video about the Vietnam War. In the past week I've seen so much grainy stock footage of Huey helicopters landing on grassy hills and troops jumping out of them that I'm starting to see that image whenever I close my eyes. *cue The Doors "The End"*

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 09/08/2026

Posting book covers! Wow, where do I begin...I love them. This is also not all of them by a long shot. #booksky 📚

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 06/08/2026

I did find this one. I don't have to tell you what event I'm waiting to use it for. 😉

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 31/07/2026

I finally get to use this photo in a video! That's me (on the right), @stephengrahamjones.com and the late SF writer William F. Nolan at the Bram Stoker Convention in 2014. Fun night! Few have seen this pic in 12 years. I was there to promote my book "Zombies of Byzantium."

Left to right: William F. Nolan (co-author of Logan's Run), Stephen Graham Jones (author of My Heart is a Chainsaw) and Sean Munger (author of Faraway Star) together in a hotel ballroom at 2014 Bram Stoker Awards horror convention.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 13/07/2026

Me working on an early draft of "Faraway Star" in sidewalk chalk, circa 1976. Never give up on your dreams, folks. #booksky

A toddler boy (me, in fact) writing on a driveway in chalk. Photo is old and sepia toned, from the 1970s.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 03/07/2026

Bad news for those of us with history Ph.Ds. A YouTube commenter just informed me they don’t exist!

“There’s no such thing as a PHD in history!”

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 30/06/2026

I have a SF space opera just out, Faraway Star, about protesting war, finding love and keeping your spirit in terrible circumstances. Cover and concept art by 2 wonderfully talented artists, deliberately harking back to the classic SF cover look of the 70s. #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1KPZDLR

Cover for “Faraway Star,” designed by Nayomi_arts, showing two silhouetted figures on a grassy hill looking at a starry sky and colorful planet with rings.

Concept art for “Faraway Star” illustrated by Nayomi_arts, showing a young man in a college dorm room on another planet, writing on a computer, with an alien guitar in the foreground.

Concept art for “Faraway Star,” illustrated by Doris Snow, showing a young man being confronted in a science fiction bar setting by two menacing reptilian aliens in military uniforms.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 27/06/2026

I bought the Blu-ray steelcase of this for my husband and we watched it last night. He loves it but I'm not really a fan. Visually beautiful, but it seemed too earnest and po-faced for me to take seriously. Would've been better if it was a bit more tongue-in-cheek. They're all Muppets!

Poster for 1982 film "The Dark Crystal," an all-Muppet fantasy drama.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 18/06/2026

Indie filmmaker Mark Borchardt (most famous for the horror film Coven) read my book and had some nice things to say about it! #booksky 🪐📚

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 16/06/2026

My book Faraway Star is out now! If you like character-driven space opera with a bit of romance, some fun world-building and positive queer characters, this could be for you. Only $3 on Kindle, paperback coming soon! 🪐📚 #booksky www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

The cover of Faraway Star, featuring two characters on a grassy hill looking at a starscape including an alien planet.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 15/06/2026

To be clear to the world: the cover art for my book Faraway Star was not created with AI. I've been asked about it but it's 100% human made and I was involved in the process. The artist is the very talented @artbynayomi.bsky.social. The ebook is out now, paperback coming this week! #booksky 🪐📚

The cover of Faraway Star, showing two silhouetted figures on a grassy hill looking at a starscape and an alien planet.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 03/06/2026

Getting excited for this to be out!

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 21/03/2026

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat and isn't Indiana Jones.

Lena Olin in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" with her trademark bowler hat.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 01/01/2026

Evidently the lack of Trump and Epstein related content on my YouTube channel—on which I do predominantly 19th & 20th century, nautical, and even some medieval and ancient history—makes me highly suspicious. Just what my channel needs, more Trump!

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 18/12/2025

This is the thumbnail for my latest deep dive history video. No one has seen it yet, just finished it! The big video will be coming Friday I hope. Probably not going to make me a lot of friends among the techbros, but I think the points I make need to be said.

Thumbnail for the video "The Cult of Technology: From Railroads to A.I." On the background of a printed circuit board, there is a nuclear explosion, and faces of Charles Crocker (19th century railroad magnate), Sam Bankman-Fried (convicted crypto scammer), Timnit Gebru (tech researcher, developer and whistleblower at Google), and an evil-looking robot.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 23/09/2025

Tomorrow I get to show my 7th graders this picture, and try to explain who the Goths were--the ones who were running around Europe in the 5th to 8th centuries--and what relationship they have to the ones they will encounter (or become) in high school. Always a fun class.

A group of modern members of the Goth subculture, all young teenagers, most wearing chalky makeup, black eyeliner and black PVC clothes.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 23/09/2025

The lineup of ships is nearly full off Astoria. I've occasionally seen four in the cluster off Rice Island, but this is close to the limit. All bulk carriers.

Screenshot of VesselFinder map off Astoria, Oregon, showing the blips of five ships anchored just off the city and two slightly NW off Rice Island.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 23/09/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins standing at a window looking out in "Remains of the Day" (1993).

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 14/09/2025

This was posted on my Iran-Contra video. Apparently the whole thing is EEEEEEEEASY!!!!!

YouTube comment: "What is so confusing or complicated about this story?" My reply: "You mean the story I needed 2 hours to tell with a lot of animations and graphics, and which took Congressional committees months to investigate with 1000+ page reports? Oh, nothing much I guess."

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 07/09/2025

Instead of kvetching about politics or tech, let's do some staterooms. This is a first class cabin aboard the SS Leviathan, the former German liner (SS Vaterland) that was given to the U.S. after World War I. Pre-Art Deco 1920s styling (circa 1923). Interior pics of this ship are fairly rare.

Stateroom aboard the SS Leviathan, circa 1923, with two twin beds, white wood paneling, an electric fireplace, and window frames covering portholes. A woman is reading a book in a chair near the porthole.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 03/09/2025

Newsflash: according to YouTube user tabataba9986, academics and historians are not allowed to earn any money and must work for free. Also, apparently I'm a woman.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 01/09/2025

Did you know I wrote a gangster novel? Terry, a Gulf War veteran, thinks he's uniquely gifted at strategic thinking (is he really?) and instead of conquering nations he becomes a crime kingpin. With predictably bloody results. #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPJF8HZX

Cover of "The Gangster Crown," featuring two crossed automatic pistols in front of a Roman-style golden crown of olive leaves.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 01/09/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

A black and white image of people, including a German SS man, rushing through the streets of a Jewish ghetto in World War II, and a very young girl in a coat tinted slightly red, from the film "Schindler's List."

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 28/08/2025

Staterooms! This is a first class cabin aboard the Rex, which was Italy's contribution to the great liner race in the interwar years. The ship debuted in 1932 and you can definitely see that here. Very '30s aesthetic but more Baroque than Art Deco. Sadly the ship was destroyed in 1944.

Black and white photo of an early 1930s ocean liner stateroom, with a berth-style bed at left, dresser with mirror in the center, a Persian rug, and curtain separating the washbasin area. The room has a slightly Baroque style but not overdone.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 26/08/2025

One thing I did miss about being on social media back in the day was doing my "staterooms" posts. So here goes. This is a first class cabin aboard the Bremen, the great German liner that debuted on the North Atlantic in 1929. Lovely Art Deco styling, exotic wood, etc.

Black and white photo of the sitting room, looking into the bedroom, of a cabin aboard the ocean liner Bremen, with chairs and round tables in a sleek late-1920s Art Deco style, and walls with wood parquet squares of alternating grain (probably different colors).

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 23/08/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

Dennis Hopper as an insane photojournalist in "Apocalypse Now" (1979). "I'm an American! Zap 'em with your siren, man!"

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 20/08/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

Black and white screenshot of Marilyn Monroe in a sequined white gown, singing "I Want To Be Loved By You" in a classic Billy Wilder film.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 19/08/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

Hitchcockian reveal of the mummified skeleton of "Mrs. Bates" in the fruit cellar.

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Dr. Sean Munger @seanmunger.com · 18/08/2025

Image from a film that meant something to me and stuck with me, no explanation, no context.

Orange-lit low shot of Sarah and John Conner standing on a ledge above a molten vat of steel. "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do."

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