# What a Road Trip Across America Reveals About the Country Today

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Podcast: [Deep Dish on Global Affairs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/deep-dish-on-global-affairs-175515)
Published: 2026-07-16T14:49:00+00:00
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As America marks its 250th anniversary, The Economist 's John Prideaux retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's famous journey across the United States to see what has changed over the past two centuries. Starting from the East Coast then across and down the entire country , he joins Leslie Vinjamuri to discuss what those conversations reveal about the state of American democracy today.

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