

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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Nov 20, 2017 • 58min
Episode #167: Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Holidays! On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions about invitation trepidation, what’s a lemon-hater to do?, changing gift traditions and post wedding blues. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Thanksgiving week etiquette prep!
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Nov 13, 2017 • 52min
Episode #166: No Drama
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on being an unexpected host via video chat, honoring wedding co-hosts, handling drama when you’re not dramatic, and quite literally "dude, where’s my car?" Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a concluding postscript segment on 'How to Bungle a Dinner' Party from the 1922 edition of Etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 6, 2017 • 48min
Episode #165: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Stylist Edition
Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on breaking up with your hair stylist, setting boundaries during the grieving process, ending evenings out with friends, and bringing up your budget when RSVPing. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on 'How to Bungle a Dinner Party' from the 1922 edition of Emily Post's Etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 30, 2017 • 49min
Episode #164: Take Home Scotch
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie answer your etiquette questions on guests inviting extra guests you don’t like, how to bring good scotch to a party but get to bring some home, baby gender-reveal parties, and a classic question about wedding gift obligations. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on HALLLLOOOWEEEEEEEN.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 23, 2017 • 49min
Episode #163: When Favors Become Expected
Dan and Lizzie answer your etiquette questions about not eating when others do, invitation woes, extending a favor once in a while (not every week) and dressing up for Grandma. Plus we hear your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Emily Post's birthday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 16, 2017 • 56min
Episode #162: Happy Birthday, No Gifts Please
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on neighbors crossing your property, babies in small apartments hoping for "no gifts please", how to be caring but not intrusive when friend are experiencing hard times, and a doozy of a monogram problem with a simple solution. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on preparing for Thanksgiving.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 9, 2017 • 54min
Episode #161: Cruise Conundrum
On today’s show we take on your etiquette questions on exiting a bridal shower that has gone over its end time, friends encroaching on your cruise vacation, religious inquiries at work and what to expect when lending out your vacation homes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Margaret Visser's The Rituals of Dinner on toasting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 2, 2017 • 53min
Episode #160: Trail Manners
On today’s show we tackle your etiquette questions on social media hijacking, housewarming invitations and rsvps, confusingly broad wedding invitations and how to teach gregarious children about self introductions. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the 6 elements to a dinner party according to Emily Post.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 25, 2017 • 48min
Episode #159: Ghosting a Host
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on prompt party pick up, balancing grieving and celebration, 'ghosting' your host, and hurricane etiquette. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and the second half of our Postscript segment on royal etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 18, 2017 • 53min
Episode #158: Give a Friend a Lift
Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions on compliments regarding appearance at work, stripping a bed, paying your way at a rehearsal dinner, not contributing to a shared ride, and how to handle a lot of parties in your honor in a short period of time. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and part one of a postscript segment on royal etiquette.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices