

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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Jan 26, 2026 • 1h 28min
Episode 594 - Thrift Store Gift
On today’s show, we take your questions on awkward asks about whether partners are brothers, handling someone who never stops talking, and how to decipher a thrift store find. For community members, your question of the week is about thanking someone for a gift you can’t eat. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, salute, and a postscript segment where Lizzie interviews dating and life coach Michelle Wax.
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Jan 19, 2026 • 55min
Episode 593 - Consideration, Respect, and Honesty
On today’s show, we take your questions on interrupting a baby’s stroller nap, skiing chairlift etiquette, and whether you can give gifts to your boss. For community members, your question of the week is about town-home etiquette. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on using the three principles of etiquette as three goals for your actions.
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Jan 12, 2026 • 1h 2min
Episode 592 - First Date Etiquette
On today’s show, we take your questions on first date etiquette, an overly enthusiastic audience member, and being uninvited to a dinner party because your husband can’t attend. For community members, your question of the week is about when someone takes over planning a holiday. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and we hear from you in a feedback postscript segment.
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Jan 5, 2026 • 1h 3min
Episode 591 - Thank You and Goodbye
On today’s show, we take your questions on names for mothers and grandmothers, tipping at hotels, and thank you advice for holiday gifts. For community members, your bonus question of the week is about not ordering alcohol at a business meal. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the origins of etiquette from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner.
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Dec 29, 2025 • 1h 6min
Episode 590 - Giving Away Gifts
On today’s show, we take your questions on someone who gives away your gifts, excessive DJing at a dinner party, and stopping gossip before it starts. For community members, your question of the week is about ordering a family-style dinner. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on gratitude and gift giving.
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Dec 22, 2025 • 1h 5min
Episode 589 - Holiday Host
On today’s show, we take your questions on saving a parking spot, a birth announcement with a QR code, and prying questions about college applications. For community members, your question of the week is about how to improve one’s communication. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on host and guest manners for the holidays.
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Dec 15, 2025 • 1h 8min
Episode 588 - Holiday Tipping Time
On today’s show, we take your questions on finding hair in your food, running with your dog, and how to talk about a family member who’s not doing well. For community members, your question of the week is about when kids innocently call someone else fat. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on holiday tipping.
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Dec 8, 2025 • 59min
Episode 587 - Too Many Gifts
On today’s show, we take your questions on who should attend funeral services, too many birthday gifts for a child, and when a host serves something inedible. For community members, your question of the week is about being caught in the gifting loop. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on re-gifting!
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Dec 1, 2025 • 1h 4min
Episode 586 - Doggy Escape Artist
On today’s show, we take your questions on a doggy escape artist, cleaning up after a guest wets the bed, and divorced parents' protocol at a wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about coworkers who do not get along. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Gift Giving.
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Nov 24, 2025 • 1h 11min
Episode 585 - An Etiquette Holiday!
On today’s show, we take your questions on not yucking someone’s yum, watching movie credits, and teaching scouts subway etiquette. For community members, your question of the week is about splitting holidays among multiple families. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Guest Etiquette for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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