516 episodes
Awesome Etiquette The Emily Post Institute
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- Society & Culture
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4.4 • 617 Ratings
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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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Episode 515 - Vacation House Dibs
On today’s show, we take your questions on who gets first dibs on a room at a vacation house, what to do with a friend who orders a lot at a restaurant and then asks to split the bill, and a fun question on how to get RSVPs to something called a Pig Pickin’! For community members, your question of the week is about speech-to-text etiquette. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Disability and Etiquette with an interview with Emily Vordee.
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Episode 514 - Napkin Roll
On today’s show, we take your questions on really uneven graduation gifts, when to put a rolled napkin on your lap, and how to respond when people always ask if you want kids. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do with a friend who won’t take no for an answer about sleeping at your house. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly challenge, and a listener feedback postscript segment.
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Episode 513 - On Long Letters
On today’s show, we take your questions on graduation gifts for a son’s girlfriend, how long or short to make a letter or card, and attending BIPOC and LGBTQ events as a straight white person. For community members, your question of the week is about rescheduling a baby shower. Plus your etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on funerals and bereavement from Emily’s biography by Laura Claridge.
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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 - Forbes
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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.
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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.
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Customer Reviews
Minimal charisma between the hosts …
…and it needs an editor. As a normal guy spending more and more time at fancier and fancier tables, my notes to you are cut this thing down to a tight, well produced, 20 minutes and you’ll have a top ten hit. Wide audience. Nobody needs an hour mish-mash vaguely about the rules of table / society, but there is a gaping need for the essentials. Cut the banter between the well-intentioned but uncharismatic hosts and tighten this thing up. Rooting for you!’
Response to “A Little Out of Touch”
As a woman, who has been married for 42 years, and was raised by a single parent with 6 children, I appreciate your response to rating this podcast…specifically about planning/hosting weddings. Good manners and social etiquette is not just for the elite. I agree the emphasis should be more about planning the marriage and not the wedding. One can plan a simple wedding without breaking the bank. I wish you many years of happiness and grace to get you through tough times. God bless!
Good show but too much giggling
I really like the content of this show and think the two hosts are knowledgeable and articulate. I don’t mind the “long” answers because they are legitimately exploring the nuances of a subject. But I agree with those who find Lizzie’s giggling annoying. She seems unwilling or unable to control it. So I’m addressing my comments to other reviewers who say it’s snarky, unkind or even sexist to object. Well, it’s not. If you want to be an effective host, you need to be aware of how your speaking style comes across. Her constant giggles at inappropriate times doesn’t sound natural or professional, especially for someone who promotes good manners and agreeable behavior around others. Most listeners would object to a host who displayed excessive bad grammar, mispronunciation, mumbling, repetition, “like”, hemming and hawing, “uh’s,” etc. Her giggles are no different and there’s no reason to give her a pass because she can’t manage her communication. Sounds matter and extraneous sounds get in the way.
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