511 episodes

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.

Awesome Etiquette The Emily Post Institute

    • Society & Culture

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.

    Episode 510 - Likely Attendee

    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

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Episode 509 - Welcome Deesha Dyer

    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

    • 1 hr 31 min
    Episode 508 - Microphone Moments

    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

    • 58 min
    Episode 507 - Backing Out

    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

    • 1 hr
    Episode 506 - Change of Address

    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

    • 44 min
    Episode 505 - Throwing Pillows

    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

    • 1 hr

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Ortamlarda Satılacak Bilgi
Podcast BPT
Oldu mu?
Cansu Dengey ve Rayka Kumru
Felsefenin İzinde
Podbee Media
Hikayeden Adamlar
Podcast BPT
Bu Mu Yani?
BMY Medya
Fularsız Entellik
Podbee Media

You Might Also Like

Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton
Dinner SOS by Bon Appétit
Bon Appétit
The Recipe with Kenji and Deb
Deb Perelman & J. Kenji López-Alt
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Milk Street Radio
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
The Everyday Style School
Jennifer Mackey Mary