John Prideaux

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

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

Talking to Americans from all walks of life, just like he did. matched

From New York's High Society. matched

Well the Constitution's been thrown in a dumpster fire. matched

It's not even foul. matched

I hope that following in Tocqueville's footsteps will help me figure out what's happened to America as it reaches its 250th birthday. matched

Is the country he described in Democracy in America still there? matched

Or has this great guidebook to the future passed its expiry date? matched

To listen, search for Tocville Road Trip, wherever you get your podcasts. matched

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote those words in a letter to his father. matched

He was perched in a tree at the top of a hill overlooking the Hudson Valley. matched

The French aristocrat was a few weeks into his trip around America. matched

Автор спендритами від Хай Соціати і Нью-Йорк. matched

Tocville took a steamboat up the Hudson River. matched

Tocqueville's next stop was what was then America's biggest prison, Sing Sing. matched

When he visited in eighteen thirty one, it was just a few years old. matched

He had been commissioned to write a report on the American penal system for the French government. matched

That was the official reason for his trip, a great excuse to get funding for nine months studying a new democracy. matched

At Sing Sing, he wanted to see something called the New York system. matched

It was a novel approach that aimed to reform prisoners, not just punish them. matched

It combined work with solitary confinement. matched

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