Awesome Etiquette

The Emily Post Institute
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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. Join our etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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! Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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.  Subscribe to the channel - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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.  Get on board the civility express - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Subscribe - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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.  Subscribe today - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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