
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

Oct 14, 2019 • 60min
Episode #266: Birthday Cash
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on hosting someone else’s party at your house, who should cover the bill, setting a dress code for the wedding, and requesting cash for kids’ birthday presents. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about sending a condolence card to someone you haven’t formally met yet. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on wedding RSVP etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 7, 2019 • 53min
Episode #265: Smelly Shoe Neighborhood
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on surgery scar conversations, throwing your boss under the bus, a snoring house-guest, and smelly neighbors’ shoes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about people who are always correcting others. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on RSVP wedding etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 30, 2019 • 56min
Episode #264: Happy Babies
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on rejected baked goods, toilet seats at work, being left on read, comments about chunky babies. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about kids who go wild for bounce houses. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on RSVP wedding etiquetteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 23, 2019 • 50min
Episode #263: The Deal With nee
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on what’s the deal with NEE, really no plus-ones to the wedding, Vermont house guests who are breaking the bank, last minute bridesmaid addition, and a question that warrants the answer "no, no, and just no." For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about house-guests with phobias. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from the 17th edition of Etiquette on tipping that doesn’t come up every day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 16, 2019 • 55min
Episode #262: Charity Registries
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on charity donations instead of registries, should you attend your sister in laws high school graduation, how to handle roommate recommendations for someone you had a bad relationship with, and a cell phone apology rule debunked. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about extra guests to the ceremony. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the finer points of men’s attireSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 9, 2019 • 55min
Episode #261: Oh Mom
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a handkerchief follow up, no invitation extensions please, how to list parents of the happy couple in the wedding program and how to tell mom she’s just not pleasant any more. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about how to block personal and negative conversations at work so you can focus. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on professional communication.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 3, 2019 • 60min
Episode #260: Searching for Conversation
On today’s show (one day late) Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a ghosting mother in law, talking about personal issues at work, funeral flowers with a return shipping request and google searching during a conversation. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about asking for personal items after a funeral. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 26, 2019 • 60min
Episode #259: Umbretiquette
On today’s show we take your questions on complicated family wedding drama, a habitual handshaker, gifts from clients, and umbrella etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about what the deal is with potlucks. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 19, 2019 • 56min
Episode #258: Jacuzzi Jet Manners
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on not driving everyone home, wearing white to a wedding, Jacuzzi jet etiquette, and departing roommate etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about classmates who use disposable cups everyday. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Laura Claridge's biography about Emily Post as a debutante.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 12, 2019 • 52min
Episode #257: Handkerchief
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on weird professor emails, handkerchiefs, vaccine question etiquette, and declining invitations. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about checking blood sugar in public. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the cocktail hour.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices