
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

Nov 6, 2018 • 1h 6min
Episode #217: Staggered Start
On today’s show we take your questions on coffee shop meet-up strategies, debating dinner out "On us", how to respond to unintentionally rude exclamations, stepping in to organize as an in-law, and whether or not to use staggered party start times to manage the guest list. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment inspired by the final section of Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about couples asking for help during baby visits.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 29, 2018 • 1h 2min
Episode #216: Stationery Gifts
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on double invitations, buying gifts for the boss’s birthday, eye contact etiquette, should you interrupt your server while they read specials and a question about stationery as a gift. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment that is the fourth installment from our Be Better At Parties NYT Article. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about how not to have a bridal party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 22, 2018 • 56min
Episode #215: Who's Invited?
On today’s show we take your questions on saying thank you after a raise, how to ask if your partner is invited to a co-workers party, when a chivalrous act feels forced, replying to thank yous, and then even more questions on thank yous. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment that is the third installment from Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week addresses the dos and don’ts of wearing a tux to an early afternoon ceremony and an evening reception.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 15, 2018 • 57min
Episode #214: Coffee Favors
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on offering to grab someone a coffee and what that really means, living in your childhood home and handling your siblings’ nostalgia & attachment, removing someone from your traditional holiday guest list and ungraciously asking for BIG favors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript from a listener on phrases that help and phrases that hurt when discussing infertility. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about how much you, as a host, have to accommodate someone’s allergy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 8, 2018 • 53min
Episode #213: Mix and Mingle
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on awkward introductions, the problem with no problem, ooops grandma was upset we opened our wedding gifts early, and how to thank a group at work. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we explore part two of Jen Doll's NYT's Be Better at Parties article: mix and mingle. Awesome Etiquette sustaining members, your extra question of the week is about dietary restrictions at large events and how to avoid talking about them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 1, 2018 • 55min
Episode #212: Chilly Warm Wishes
Dan and Lizzie take your questions on critiquing your roommate's cooking, reassuring a bride that yes she can have a second reception, should you call friends before coming to town and what to do when your in-laws well wishes seem cold. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about 1922 telephone etiquette. Sustaining Members: your extra question of the week is about how long is too long to wait for a doctor’s appointment to begin?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 23, 2018 • 1h 1min
Episode #211: Interrupting Who
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on when to call after receiving a b-day card, interrupting in general, posthumous thank you notes, how to handle canning jars returns and managing work relationships. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about being better at parties. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about digital RSVPs for weddings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17, 2018 • 1h 2min
Episode #210: They and Them
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on They/Them pronouns, sending your married monogrammed thank yous before you’re married, how to handle a couple who is asking you to chip in on their wedding tasks, who should go first walking through doors and how to let those you’ve been talking to for online dating know you’ve met someone. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about dining classics. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week looks at tipping when your server changes shifts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 10, 2018 • 45min
Episode #209: Thank You for Your Support
On today’s show Lizzie and Guest host Puja Senning take your etiquette questions on informing a host they made you sick, timing for thanking those giving donations, showing appreciation to your boyfriend’s generous family, how long do you have to give a housewarming gift, and what to do when you can’t remember if you already gave a wedding gift or not. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about remaining calm. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is on a coworker whose constant conversation is becoming a work issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 3, 2018 • 49min
Episode #208: After the "M_"
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on writing thank you notes on behalf of your daughter, does a mother bring gifts for those who threw her daughter a shower, who gets served first in a family, what happens after the 'M' on a reply card and planning ahead for minimizing Christmas gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about bringing babies out in public. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about whether or not the table should be set all the time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices