Tocqueville Road Trip
Tocqueville Road Trip is the Economist Podcasts series introduced in Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip, Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip, Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip, Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip, and Trailer: Tocqueville Road Trip. John Prideaux presents it as a modern retracing of Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1831 journey through the United States, using Democracy in America as the historical guide.
The trailer frames the series around a present-day test of America as Idea. By speaking with Americans across social positions, the show will ask whether the democratic promise Tocqueville saw is still alive, damaged, or outdated as an explanatory model.
Connections
- Alexis de Tocqueville and Democracy in America - historical foundation for the route and interpretive lens.
- John Prideaux - host of the series.
- United States, America as Idea, and American Democratic Resilience - contemporary question the series is designed to test.
- The 250-year experiment: America’s birthday - adjacent source on America approaching its 250th birthday.