

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.
Episodes
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Sep 11, 2017 • 50min
Episode #157: Boutonnière Judgment
Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions on a very specific shoes-on shoes-off household, handling ex’s in the age of Facebook, the clean plate club (...or not), boutonnière judgment - yes, and being invited to pay for a party. All that plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on VPR’s open office environment and why it rocks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 5, 2017 • 1h 4min
Episode #156: Better Late...
Lizzie and Dan take on your etiquette questions on obligations. We’ve got questions on airplane aisle seat obligations, invitation obligations, online dating obligations, baby shower hosting obligations, and houseguest/host clean up obligations. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on splitting the bill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 28, 2017 • 52min
Episode #155: Because It Is My Name
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about names and titles for widows and divorcees, breast pumping rooms being used by non-moms, an inclusive bachelor party request, and responding to assumptions that you’re pregnant. Plus your feedback about the importance of names, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on hospital visits.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 21, 2017 • 49min
Episode #154: New to the Neighborhood
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions on (thank you, thank you, thank you) what to include in a thank-you note, and sending really late thanks yous, daughter in law disputes, and how to introduce yourself to new neighbors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on “white-tie events”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 14, 2017 • 56min
Episode #153: Compliment Conundrum
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions on why it’s rude to comment on someone being single and pretty, what to do when your team isn’t including you on meetings, and how to handle a guest who won't leave. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a Postscript segment from Emily Post’s Etiquette 1922 edition on Dinner Parties at Great Houses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 7, 2017 • 60min
Episode 152: Declining Seconds
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about cutting in line, being asked to sing duets, declining seconds and revealing personal changes about alcohol to friends. Plus your most excellent feedback, an etiquette salute and (spoiler alert) a postscript segment on spoiler alerts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 31, 2017 • 54min
Episode 151: Introducing The Philosophy of Etiquette
Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about sending engagement gifts after the wedding, how to handle people who talk too much about themselves, mothers-in-law not respecting names, and (it’s baaaaackk) another question about ordering pizza. Plus your most excellent feedback on divvying up the pastries at work, your etiquette salute and a Postscript segment from Dan on The Philosophy of EtiquetteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2017 • 50min
Episode # 150: Yes 150!
Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about bridal showers when everyone is far away, when to un-friend a friend’s ex, all the trimmings for encore weddings, and email issues with organizing a meal plan for a new mom. Plus your enthusiastic feedback - we totally get the Zipper merge - a handwritten etiquette salute and a Postscript segment celebrating national cell phone courtesy month - Thank you Jackqueline Whitmore.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 17, 2017 • 47min
Episode #149: Half Cake
Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about sharing cakes, mic lists at rehearsal dinners, how to both host and participate in a pool party, and how to announce an elopement. Plus your thoughtful feedback, a friendship focused etiquette salute for the week and a Postscript segment on wedding websites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 10, 2017 • 1h 10min
Episode #148: Invited back?
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about merging traffic lanes, sharing office space, inviting bad guests back again, and sorry but we're talking about saying sorry. Plus your most excellent feedback on sales emails, an etiquette salute for the week about moving away from friends, and a Postscript segment on setting up your home bar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices