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Mar 2024
1h 19m

Changing the World with Civility and the...

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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Ryan speaks with author Alexandra Hudson about how to navigate pragmatic situations through civility, unbundling the mental framework of people, her new book The Soul of Civility, and more.  Alexandra is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Civic Renaissance, a publication and intellectual community dedicated to beauty, goodness and truth. She was named th ... Show More
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