

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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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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Nov 17, 2025 • 1h 4min
Episode 584 - Rehearsal Lunch Snub
On today’s show, we take your questions on a wedding rehearsal lunch snub, when to reply all on an email chain, and not bringing a towel to a pool play-date. For community members, your question of the week is about how to get alone time at a very social dude ranch. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment interview with Emily Post Trainer Dr. Angela Wilson.
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Nov 10, 2025 • 56min
Episode 583 - Forgot to Help
On today’s show, we take your questions on a Navy retirement ceremony, whether you can ask to hold a stranger’s baby, and when someone seems to forget their offer to help. For community members, your question of the week is about how an introvert can turn down invitations without being rude. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Thanksgiving prep.
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Nov 3, 2025 • 1h
Episode 582 - Out-of-Town Host
On today’s show, we take your questions on who pays the bill for an out-of-town guest, not opening gifts at a baby shower, and teaching kids about kosher. For community members, your question of the week is about when to reach out to someone you know through business. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on inviting from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner.
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Oct 27, 2025 • 56min
Episode 581 - Gala Attire
On today’s show, we take your questions on dressing for a gala, rude behavior around Thanksgiving, and a child-free wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about telling people what you want for holiday gifts. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Halloween trick-or-treating etiquette.
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Oct 20, 2025 • 1h 6min
Episode 580 - Condolence Acknowledgement
On today’s show, we take your questions on delivering acknowledgments for condolence notes a year after a death, a football party fumble, and serving tea with tea bags. For community members, your question of the week is about guests who bring uninvited guests. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.
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Oct 13, 2025 • 1h 22min
Episode 579 - Unusual Hostess Gift
On today’s show, we take your questions on feeling left out of an invitation, how long people should talk at a gathering, and an unusual hostess gift situation. For community members, your question of the week is about asking people if they’re going to have kids. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we hear from featured Emily Post trainer, Trina Boos, of the Boost Academy of Excellence.
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Oct 6, 2025 • 1h 3min
Episode 578 - Cheeky Workplace Gossip
On today’s show, we take your questions on workplace gossip, nosy questions about a baby, and bringing food to a restaurant. For community members, your question of the week is about uninvited pets at a host’s home. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on cheek kisses.
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