

Awesome Etiquette
The Emily Post Institute
Hosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette with advice based on consideration, respect, and honesty. Like their great-great-grandmother, Emily Post, Lizzie and Dan look for the reasons behinds the traditional rules to guide their search for the correct behavior in all kinds of contemporary situations. Test your social acumen and join the discussion about civility and decency in today's complex world.
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Jul 28, 2025 • 57min
Episode 568 - Armrest Performance
On today’s show, we take your questions on a dinner party seating conundrum, switching back to a former hairdresser, and which armrest is yours at a theater. For community members, your question of the week is about whether two wedding ceremonies means two wedding gifts. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on business etiquette from Emily’s original Etiquette, in society, in business, in politics, and at home.
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Jul 21, 2025 • 1h 1min
Episode 567 - Wedding Text Invitation
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether a graduation announcement requires a gift, an interesting wedding text invitation, and how to use retired military titles. For community members, your question of the week is about bad behaviors in the library. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on manners for business meal guests.
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Jul 14, 2025 • 1h 3min
Episode 566 - Old Fashioned Voicemail
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to proactively handle bad guest behavior before an event, whether it’s now rude to leave a voicemail, and how to get to know the new neighbors. For community members, your question of the week is about contributing to a honeymoon fund on a limited income. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on hosts and guests.
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Jul 7, 2025 • 1h 15min
Episode 565 - Not Hungry?
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to comment on a friend’s AI-generated music, a relative who asks you to get a better gift, and commenting on an Ozempic user’s eating habits. For community members, your question of the week is about some drama over wearing white to a wedding. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the people who inspire us to use good manners.
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Jun 30, 2025 • 1h 6min
Episode 564 - To Defend a Friend
On today’s show, we take your questions on the phrase ‘this turns my stomach’, whether to jump in and defend a friend, and whether to bring a gift to a ‘no gifts’ party. For community members, your question of the week is about an interesting auto-response email. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.
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Jun 23, 2025 • 56min
Episode 563 - Conversation Enders
Discover tips on how to gracefully end conversations at parties and the proper way to place a napkin at the table. Learn the etiquette of contributing to honeymoon funds, balancing modern communication with traditional gestures. Dive into summer entertaining stories while getting advice on skincare and gardening. Plus, explore beach etiquette and the importance of polite behavior in communal spaces, ensuring everyone enjoys the sunny season.

Jun 16, 2025 • 50min
Episode 562 - Leadership
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to proceed when someone doesn’t pay their share of a gift, how to acknowledge a divorce, and whether you can order from a restaurant where a former employee works. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when a receptionist is listening in on your PT medical appointments. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on leadership from our brand new Emily Post's Business Etiquette.
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Jun 9, 2025 • 54min
Episode 561 - Anonymous Salute
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to tell someone about your salute for them, texting someone during a difficult time, and how to talk to someone about their body odor. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when people keep cancelling meetings. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on entertaining etiquette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 2, 2025 • 54min
Episode 560 - To-Go on the Company Dime
On today’s show, we take your questions on 0rdering to-go items when you’re on the company dime, the etiquette of dancing, and a question about questions on age. For community members, your question of the week is about moving abroad and how to tell folks at home you’re going. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we read the second of a two-part look at Emily Post’s engagement and wedding from Emily Post’s Biography.
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May 26, 2025 • 59min
Episode 559 - Pickleball Anyone
On today’s show, we take your questions on friend requests from coworkers, when guests cancel last minute, and Pickleball court etiquette. For community members, your question of the week is about how to respond when family members send you multiple videos every day. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we read the first of a two-part look at Emily Post’s engagement and wedding from Emily Post’s Biography.
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