

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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Sep 15, 2025 • 53min
Episode 575 - Two Parties, Two Gifts?
On today’s show, we take your questions on eating with a retainer, return addresses for families with two last names, and birthday gifts for kids with two parties. For community members, your question of the week is about the difference between baby showers and baby sprinkles. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on when to talk business at a networking event.
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Sep 8, 2025 • 46min
Episode 574 - Gifting Diamonds
On today’s show, we take your questions on gifting diamonds, overhearing racist comments, and when people ignore you in the elevator. For community members, your question of the week is about hosting your first tea party. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript on Afternoon Tea from Emily’s 1922 edition.
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Sep 1, 2025 • 58min
Episode 573 - Nuts With Shells
On today’s show, we take your questions on eating nuts with shells, being confused for your twin, and under-ordering at a business lunch. For community members, your question of the week is about sending a birth announcement with a registry. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment wedding gift giving from Business Insider.
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Aug 25, 2025 • 1h 8min
Episode 572 - Selling a Hand-Me-Down
On today’s show, we take your questions on tipping at gas stations, communication written by AI, and selling a hand-me-down. For community members, your question of the week is about when kids are part of a wedding ceremony but aren’t invited to the reception. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the service counter stare.
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Aug 18, 2025 • 1h 2min
Episode 571 - Connection Request
On today’s show, we take your questions on a LinkedIn request just before a job interview, how to respond to nosy questions about finances, and what to do when someone calls you babe. For community members, your question of the week is about planning a garden party. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.
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Aug 11, 2025 • 1h 1min
Episode 570 - Water Signs
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether the host should drink water at a party, an unusual coffee shop conundrum, and titles for lawyers on wedding invitations. For community members, your question of the week is about a certain leaked celebrity wedding invitation. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.
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Aug 4, 2025 • 58min
Episode 569 - Family Tickets
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond when people ask what church you go to, paying for family tickets to your child’s performances, and whether it’s okay to stop visiting someone who has two large dogs. For community members, your question of the week is about how to end a tradition of dinner parties with friends. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on business social tips.
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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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