
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

Aug 5, 2019 • 49min
Episode # 256: Tag, You're It
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on nobody showing up to your party, getting married before the ceremony, when a friend complains they aren’t invited, and social media tagging etiquette? For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about clapping when being applauded and the custom of shaking hands. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “looking” vs. “seeing”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 2019 • 45min
Episode #255: Flowers for All
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on late guest requests for a wedding, asking for reassurance on a generous offer, on not being the office know-it-all, a question about who to address a sympathy card to, and an urban workplace myth that is very much alive. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about whether or not to purchase flowers for all when a vendor comes to the table. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “pinkies out” from the rituals of dinner by Margaret Visser.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 2019 • 57min
Episode #254: Tupperware Etiquette
On today’s show Dan and Cindy Post Senning take your questions on thanking coworkers for personal help, being addressed by your spouse’s name, Tupperware etiquette and leaving messes in your friend’s car. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about sending thank you notes after a funeral. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on teaching manners to kids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 2019 • 56min
Episode #253: Hats and Sunglasses
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on foul mouthed sports fans, not wanting your ex’s new girlfriend at the party, addressing a transgender acquaintance and splitting the bill after the fact. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about sending “thank you for attending” notes after the wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on hats and sunglasses indoorsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 8, 2019 • 55min
Episode #252: Potluck
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on messy summer potlucks, hyphenated names on address labels, shared office space scents and traveling while potty training. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we look what to do when someone asks to attend the wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on stealing the thunder at someone’s wedding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 1, 2019 • 1h 1min
Episode #251: Best Society?
On today’s show we have special guest host Peter Post joining Lizzie and we take your questions on baby name haters, wedding shower gifts for strained relations, expensive hairdressers and using your neighbor’s trashcan. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on a 1934 article written by Emily Post on what exactly is best society. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members passing etiquette is the topic of the day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 21, 2019 • 53min
Episode #250: Photo Peeking
On today’s show we take your questions on table settings at war, too much to eat, peeking at photo scrolling, a houseguest’s guilt and adults at play, children be warned. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on notching it up for those closest to us. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about a house divided, when non family stop by for a visit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 2019 • 56min
Episode #249: Sharing Water Bottles
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on I accept and I’ve got a vacation, waiting for the invitation, sharing water bottles and other things, and oops sticky bills made me over pay the sitter. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on moms and wedding planning. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about baby-showers and how many thank-yous you have to issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2019 • 53min
Episode #248: Smile
On today’s show we take your questions on gifts for a second wedding, a worried runner, tips for a solo business owner and preparing when an interviewer is younger than you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on smiles. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about sending late thank you notes during a time of mourning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 3, 2019 • 52min
Episode #247: Clutch Goes Where?
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on being invited to school events for your child when the school is out of state, handling a work issue that doesn’t involve you, what should a widower call his former in-laws and where to put your clutch at a crowded table. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on three goals to improve etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about rehearsal dinners and going out for drinks after them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices