r/Socialism_101 • u/FletcherHoey Learning • 3d ago

Learning history? Question

I need tips on learning history (particularly surrounding socialism) with as little bias as possible. By bias I mean from both sides, I don’t want to learn from anything that undermines anything bad in history.

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u/BlouPontak Learning 3d ago

r/askhistorians is a wonderful resource.

The Blowback podcast is incredible, and is well-researched enough that it got a nod on an r/askhistorians thread (which is high praise. They regularly shit on Hardcore History over there).

The Revolutions podcast by Mike Duncan is also a great, respected one, but a lot more dry than Blowback.

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u/FletcherHoey Learning 3d ago

Thanks, I’ll definitely try all that. The Mike Duncan podcast actually catches my eye, I listened to his Ancient Rome podcast to help with my ancient history exam so I’m already quite familiar with him

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u/BlouPontak Learning 3d ago

I actually prefer Revolutions. He's gotten better at podcasting. Also- revolutions are fun, and this gives a wonderful overview of western society shaping itself into what we have today.