Alexis de Tocqueville and America today

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  The Economist.

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  I'm John Pridoux and this is Checks and Balance from The Economist.

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  We've got something different for you today.

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  We're going to be talking about one of my heroes, Alexis de Tocqueville,

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  who I've made a special podcast series about, which comes out this week.

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  But before we get into that, I'm joined as ever by Charlotte Howard and James Bennett,

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  both of whom are in New York and in an absolute frenzy of excitement about the New York Knicks.

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  James's version of a frenzy is, uh, I'm not sure how to put this, quite placid.

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  James's version of a frenzy is to write a very eloquent column about Nick's Fever in New York,

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  which subscribers can read in this week's Economist, which is an absolutely delightful piece of writing.

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  Oh, thanks, John.

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  I will say I was up into the wee hours this morning updating it

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  after, um, that astonishing game last night,

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  which for those in our audience who didn't have the chance to watch it,

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  the Knicks achieved the greatest comeback in the history of the NBA finals.

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  They were down by as much as 29 points in the third quarter and won by one.

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  And it was just such an incredible demonstration of,

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  you know, what I was trying to write about in the column,

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  which is the resilience and the grit of this team.

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  Yeah, it was amazingly fun to watch.

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