I've seen a lot of reference to it lately so I gave it a try, listened to the first ep about the Russian Revolution. He said something about how opposition to socialist utopia was "human nature" which seemed :LIB: but wondering if I should give it another chance. Or is there anything better in the same vein? Also saw Tides of History mentioned
The reason Duncan is so liberal is because his research stops after the end of the Russian Civil war and reverts to the default liberal position. You can't think Stalin was a horrible evil dictator who murdered ten billion kulaks and simultaneously recognize the Bolsheviks were right, but it is exactly the line he is trying to toe. If he actually went into the Stalinist period I think he would turn red real quick.
But he doesn't think the Bolsheviks were right about everything. His critique of the power of the politburo and orgburo is fairly scathing.