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Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip
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- Economist Podcasts
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- Jun 11, 2026
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- 207
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Summary
Nearly two centuries ago, a French aristocrat called Alexis De Tocqueville went on a trip around America and wrote up his findings in a book called Democracy in America . Many people still think it’s the most insightful thing ever written about the country. John Prideaux, The Economist ’s US Editor, is one of them. Tocqueville found Americans' faith in freedom and self-improvement exhilariting—he was the first foreigner to foresee how this new society would change the world. On America’s 250th birthday, John Prideaux sets out on a road trip of his own, following Tocqueville's footsteps from New York to Michigan to Washington, to find out how much of what inspired Tocqueville endures in Trump’s America. Launching in June Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.