

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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Jul 1, 2024 • 54min
Episode 512 - Paying for Parents
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do with a graduation photo card, whether to let a boyfriend’s parents pick up the check and how to let people know you’ve switched from a PO Box to a home address. For community members, your question of the week is about why people seem to think etiquette is only for aristocrats. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where we talk about a new survey on incivility in the workplace. 85% Of People Work With Annoying Colleagues, New Survey Shows - ForbesJoin the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 1h 5min
Episode 511 - Hats at the Table
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to address a wedding invitation when the bride has already taken the groom’s last name, whether ladies should wear hats in a restaurant, and saying thank you too much when dining out. For community members, your question of the week is about whether shower hosts should be invited to the wedding. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where we interview one of the show writers from Bridgerton.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 2024 • 1h 10min
Episode 510 - Likely Attendee
On today’s show, we take your questions on handling an unusual food intolerance at work, whether stay-at-home moms and volunteers should have business cards, and whether you can ask potential wedding guests how likely they are to attend…before sending out invitations. For community members, your question of the week is about honoring parental boundaries at a wedding. Plus your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment where we hear your feedback on our recent questions.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 32min
Episode 509 - Welcome Deesha Dyer
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to wear to a celebration of life event, how to tip on a guided travel tour, and whether to suggest in advance you split the bill on a date. For community members, your question of the week is about when you can order a drink at a business meeting. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where Lizzie Interviews Former White House Social Secretary Deesha Dyer; spoiler: they did not want the conversation to end!Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 58min
Episode 508 - Microphone Moments
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you give a gift at a wedding vow renewal, if you can ask for cash gifts for a 40th birthday, and how to handle an uncomfortable moment at a memorial. For community members, your question of the week is about when to follow up after a job application is submitted. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment on the definition of incivility from The Cost of Bad Behavior by Christine Porath and Christine Pearson.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 2024 • 1h 1min
Episode 507 - Backing Out
On today’s show, we take your questions on bowing out of a vacation you already agreed on, when a board member’s boyfriend is taking over, and whether you should feed the babysitter. For community members, your question of the week is about when an intern takes the cake–literally, takes an office cake. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment with your favorite examples of etiquette in popular film.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 2024 • 45min
Episode 506 - Change of Address
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tip when using a restaurant gift card, how to list multiple family names on a change of address card, and how to handle a wedding shower for a very intimate wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about how to handle gifts at graduation parties. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment where we hear from Emily Post herself.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
Episode 505 - Throwing Pillows
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do with throw pillows when visiting someone’s home, a friend who hosts parties with lots of scented candles, and Rules for visiting a newborn. For community members, your question of the week is about how many times to say thank you for a gift. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment from Dan on Emily Post on Emily Post!Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 2024 • 1h 12min
Episode 504 - Dual Showers
On today’s show, we take your questions on a sniffling airplane seatmate, strangers judging a child with a disability while dining, and friends hosting a dual wedding shower for their kids. For community members, your question of the week is about automation and AI and how it impacts our social behavior. Plus, your etiquette salute and our first feedback postscript segment.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 29, 2024 • 55min
Episode 503 - Looking Tired
On today’s show, we take your questions on a money transfer travesty, whether it’s ever OK to say, “You look tired,” and pre-written letters of recommendation. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when someone asks if you invited them by mistake–and you didn’t! Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript on a 'standing wedding breakfast' or reception.Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


