About this episode

John Prideaux retraces Alexis de Tocqueville's journey across America to discuss the current state of American democracy.

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.

People in this episode

Host: Leslie Vinjamuri

Guest: John Prideaux

Topics covered

• American democracy
• historical journey
• political conversations
• Tocqueville
• state of the nation

Keywords

• Tocqueville
• American democracy
• historical journey
• politics
• conversations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Economist

Books & works: Alexis de Tocqueville's famous journey

Places: America

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