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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May 23, 2016 • 50min
Episode #89: It’s Not a Character Flaw, It’s a Math Problem
A listener has recently moved to a bigger city, and is wondering how to deal with the people they see on the street who look like they might be experiencing homelessness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 16, 2016 • 42min
Episode #88: A Prom-Posed Problem
A shy girl just prom-posed to a boy she likes. And he said yes! But then he finds out the prom is on the same night as his mother’s 50th birthday. What’s a boy to do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 9, 2016 • 50min
Episode #87: When ‘Nice to Meet You’ Isn’t So Nice
A listener is an attorney whose job requires meeting people during very difficult times in their lives. Dan and Lizzie help with language on how to greet new clients in a way that doesn’t imply: You’re getting divorced. Will you be using cash or credit?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 2, 2016 • 50min
Episode #86: It’s Just How I Was Brought Up
A listener feels like she comes across as being judgmental and reprimanding to her friends when discussing the manners with which she was brought up. Lizzie and Dan talk through strategies on how to talk about your upbringing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 25, 2016 • 46min
Episode #85: The Grumbling Groomsman
A listener suspects that a groomsman invitation is less about friendship and more about compensating for a less-than-responsible best man. Communication has been spotty. Plus, the costs are starting to pile up. Is it too late to back out?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 18, 2016 • 58min
Episode #84: So … How Did It Turn Out?
We check in with listeners who’ve had their questions answered to see what happened after the advice was given.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2016 • 56min
Episode #83: When You Want to Bring Home the B You BYO’d
A listener loves a liqueur. And loves to spread the love. But do they have to donate an expensive bottle to the party every time they BYOB? Or can they take it back at the end of the evening?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 4, 2016 • 55min
Episode #82: What’s That Smell??!? I’m Working Here!!
A listener was greeted in the office kitchen by a note dictating what co-workers could and could not heat up in the microwave for lunch. So, who has the authority to say so, and who has the authority to eat what they want?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 28, 2016 • 49min
Episode #81: NBA? Nevermind!
A listener and her fiancé were gifted some basketball tickets, but the game was on a day she couldn’t attend. After the fiancé invited a mutual friend, he realized that he had the day wrong, and she could go. So, who gets the ticket?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 21, 2016 • 58min
Episode #80: Consulting an Authority
Lizzie and Dan hear from several listeners who might need to bring in someone with more authority. They tackle roommate issues, talking about people behind their backs, and when you’ve done as much as you can and have to consult someone else.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
