511 episodes
Awesome Etiquette The Emily Post Institute
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- Society & Culture
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4.4 • 614 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 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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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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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