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When the Guest Becomes the Gift
Mentor in Residence opportunity and an invitation to join an online salon on joy!
Dec 2
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Alexandra Hudson
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November 2025
Hospitality is the New Noblesse Oblige
Why cultivating margin, spontaneity, and welcome to the stranger is a civic act and duty
Nov 26
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Alexandra Hudson
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7:53
Before the World Wakes
How early moments of quiet shape clearer thinking and better living
Nov 22
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Alexandra Hudson
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4:25
The Higher Joy
Choosing Mitfreude instead of Schadenfreude in a zero-sum age
Nov 13
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Alexandra Hudson
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8:02
When Congress Remembered How to Be Friends
A forgotten weekend in 1997 shows how trust and friendship once restored Congress—and why they must again.
Nov 7
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Alexandra Hudson
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Curb Your Incivility: The Last Starbucks
After mocking a man who scams free drinks, Larry David tries it himself and learns that karma, like coffee, is best served hot.
Nov 4
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Alexandra Hudson
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October 2025
Optimized, but Alone
What happens when friendship becomes another service economy
Oct 30
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Alexandra Hudson
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Larry David: The Unlikely Defender of Civilization
I’m Alexandra Hudson, author of The Soul of Civility and founder of Civic Renaissance, a movement to renew our culture through beauty, wisdom, and…
Oct 28
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Alexandra Hudson
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The Discomfort of Being Known
Blaise Pascal in the Age of Flattery
Oct 24
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Alexandra Hudson
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4
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In Which I Grow Bored of the Circus and Go Looking for Gardeners
On the thrilling and unexpectedly freeing realization that spectacle is hollow and beauty is everywhere. Just watch the Civility Summit recap video and…
Oct 21
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Alexandra Hudson
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4:11
The Courage to Question
What my existential crisis taught me about faith, doubt, and the civility of wonder
Oct 17
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Alexandra Hudson
10
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3:11
Heroes of Civility
The Soul of Civility For Young Citizens
Oct 15
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Alexandra Hudson
11
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10:04
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