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 18, 2015 • 50min
Episode #36: Mrs. [Husband’s Name Goes Here]
Some say it’s still proper for a wife to be called by her husband’s name. Others call it painfully outdated. Who is right? The answer is complicated.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2015 • 38min
Episode #35: Graduation Gifts and the Treadmill Boss
You’re invited to a dual grad party, but you only really know one of the graduates. What is the gift-giving protocol?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 4, 2015 • 56min
Episode #34: The Accidental Date
You think you’re just going out for a drink. He clearly doesn’t. What is the best way to handle this without being rude?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2015 • 42min
Episode #33: Cutting The Face Painting Line
Your family has waited 90 minutes in the face painting line. A 4 year-old is trying to cut the line, and his guardian is nowhere to be seen. What do you do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 20, 2015 • 38min
Episode #32: The Problem with “Sorry, But…”
Apologies are fine and good. Apologies that are immediately undercut by a but are not.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 13, 2015 • 45min
Episode #31: The Office Wanderer and Absent Vegans
A maddening co-worker, vegans who no-show, and habitually late friends are just some of the etiquette dilemmas Lizzie and Dan tackle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 6, 2015 • 51min
Episode #30: Wearable Tech-iquette
Lizzie’s getting a new roommate! But she knows that the best living situations are ones where norms are established and boundaries are set. Dan and Lizzie talk about how to respect the people you live with.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2015 • 48min
Episode #29: The Line Cutter
You’ve been waiting for that parking spot for a long time, and someone swoops in to take it. How do you handle it? Lizzie and Dan have the answer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2015 • 52min
Episode #28: Sportsmanship and Burning Jerseys
Lizzie and Dan get emotional about free agency and talk about how burning jerseys is not cool.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2015 • 34min
Episode #27: Indian Weddings
Dan returns from a friend’s Indian wedding in California – the trial run for his own Indian wedding just two and a half months away – and gushes about his bride-to-be and Indian formalwear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
