John Prideaux

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643 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 19 Jun

John Prideaux’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And Sing Sing could be like that without Hudson Link. matched

In the time I've been reporting on America, I must have interviewed well over a thousand Americans. matched

Many of them have been important, successful or powerful. matched

But I don't think I've talked to anyone more impressive than Sean. matched

He's exactly the kind of American Tockville admired. matched

Tockville spent weeks in upstate New York. matched

What he found there was a society that seemed to govern itself. matched

Enterprising people, forming voluntary associations and solving problems they see with whatever means they have. matched

Just like Sean. matched

Tocqueville thought that Americans did this better than Europeans, and I think that's still true. matched

The flip side of wealth inequality in America is a lot of charitable giving, which the tax code encourages. matched

Americans give away six hundred billion dollars a year. matched

That's about the same as the federal government spends on Medicaid. matched

Hudson Link, like thousands of similar organisations, relies on those donations. matched

Even within the prison, this urge to create voluntary associations, those little schools of democracy, exists. matched

It's inspiring. matched

Once I'm back outside the prison gates, batteries counted again, I break my unspoken agreement with Sean. matched

I can't resist Googling what sent the men I spoke to up the river to Sing Sing. matched

My instinct was right. matched

Everyone I look up has killed someone. matched

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