
Awesome Etiquette
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.
Latest episodes

Jan 9, 2023 • 1h 9min
Episode 435 - Pre-printed Thank You's
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on officiating a wedding, not wanting to shake hands for fear of germs, answering questions about future children, and writing thank yous on pre-printed stationery. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about eating pudding! Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on remote work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 2, 2023 • 1h 3min
Episode 434 - Signature Scent
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on not sharing your signature scent, appreciating pre-school staff, social secretaries, and a favor turned intrusion. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about managing leftovers. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript primer on what etiquette really is! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 26, 2022 • 1h 9min
Episode 433 - Sharing Celebrations
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on buying event tickets, sharing celebrations, writing thank yous for gifts that don’t work out, and calling teachers by their first names. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about playfully avoiding certain Christmas songs. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on thank you notes, with a new point, just when you thought you knew everything about em, we’ve come up with more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 19, 2022 • 59min
Episode 432 - Merry Merry
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on calling someone back after a dropped call, thanking parents for end-of-year teacher gifts, giving people enough time to grieve, and the need for both red and white wine glasses. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about how to handle polite requests to turn your volume down. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Winter Feasts from The Rituals of Dinner by Margaret Visser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 12, 2022 • 1h 18min
Episode 431 - Pet Care Concerns
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on refilling reusable water bottles, accepting invites, concerns about your pet’s care when you’re away, and rescinding an RSVP when there’s a change in venue. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about wanting to be alone while cooking dinner. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 5, 2022 • 1h 6min
Episode 430 - Changing Names
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on offensive words used by coworkers, changing your name, dogs around children, and hosting with food allergies. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about thanks that are long overdue. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the magic of gift giving Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 28, 2022 • 1h 9min
Episode 429 - Gifts You Don't Wrap
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on attending funerals when you’ve grown apart, people who finish your sentences, neighborly favors, and more people moving in without warning. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about younger children that outgrow older children. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on gifts that you don't wrap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 21, 2022 • 1h 19min
Episode 428 - The Etiquette Holiday
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on changing a menu, armchair doctors, thinking about hospice care, and email writing etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about an existential tipping crisis. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the making of Emily Post’s Etiquette The Centennial Edition with our editor from Ten Speed Press, Kaitlin Ketchum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 14, 2022 • 1h 8min
Episode 427 - Outer Envelope
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on etiquette books as gifts, how to list names on an outer envelope, handling a pregnancy super power that’s not so super and wedding gift woes. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about giving a gift for a ten year work relationship. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on preparing kids for the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 7, 2022 • 1h 11min
Episode 426 - Housewarming Registries?
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on notifying another guest when one drops out, housewarming registries, getting in line after someone opens the door for you, and talking gun safety when you take your kids to play dates. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about soft speakers on conference calls. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Thanksgiving hosting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices