A film about knowledge and wonder: “The Name of the Rose” at 40.
The film based on one of my all time favorite novels was a slow burn, but I've come to love it.
Sean Munger
The New Age hoax that won’t die: Carlos Castañeda’s long deadly legacy.
There's still much to say about the toxic cult leader whose fraudulent writings still maintain a large following today.
25 years on, we’ve forgotten 9/11, or at least what it could teach us.
Don't tell me to "never forget" unless you're really willing to try to understand the meaning of 9/11.
Confessions of a talking head: My history TV show experience.
I was recently invited to be on a history documentary show. Here's my experience doing it.
Interiors: First-class smoking room of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, about 1898.
This beautiful room says a lot about the insecurity of Germany in the years before World War I.
Behind the Scenes: Star Trek and the Vietnam War (Part II).
My new video traces two simultaneous interrelated stories throughout the tumultous period 1968-69.
Killing books: The sack of the University of Louvain library and its modern echoes.
In 1914, the Germans torched one of the great libraries of Europe. AI companies are doing something similar today.