Awesome Etiquette
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 #121: Regret-Free Money Lending
A really good friend has emotionally confided that she is in financial difficulty. You decide to lend her some money, expecting she'll use it to pay some bills. She happily lets you know she's bought holiday gifts instead. What should your reaction be?
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Awesome Etiquette Prequel Show
Welcome to the new home of the 'Awesome Etiquette' podcast. We are so glad you are here.
Join hosts Lizzie Post and Dan Post Senning, great-great-grandchildren of manners maven Emily Post, as they begin the next phase of the Awesome Etiquette podcast, an audience driven Q&A show about modren etiquette applied with consideration, respect, and honesty.
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4 min
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Episode #120: Making Amends for Over-Imbibing
At a recent pre-holiday weekend gathering with friends, you had too much to drink and spoke and behaved in a manner you regret. How do you own up to your mistake? Should you make a blanket apology or apologize individually? And how should you word your apology?
59 min
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Episode #119: Lesbian Wedding Guest List Challe...
You and your partner have decided to tie the knot. How do you handle wedding invitations when some of your relatives have openly disapproved of your relationship? Are there points of etiquette that will allow you to be magnanimous and discerning when making the guest list?
61 min
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Episode #118: Family Guest Gluttony
You love to entertain family and friends and you are generous to a fault. But there's one family member in particular who always succeeds in eating and drinking you out of house and home and is offended by hints to curb his appetite. When is it time to throw politeness out the window and put a stop to this outrageous behavior?
64 min
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Episode #117: Good First Impression Gifting
This Christmas, you're flying halfway across the country to meet your boyfriend's family for the first time. What gift(s) can you bring to take on the plane or send beforehand that will say "thank you for having me" and make a good first impression? And should you also buy them Christmas gifts?
65 min
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Episode #116: Re-Gifting Dos and Don'ts
Lizzie and Dan review the rules for re-gifting. One is to proceed with caution, and be aware of the possible repercussions
59 min
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Episode #115: Kick Out Your Guests
The holidays are the biggest party season of the year. You and your fiance love to throw them, but lately, there’s been a problem; guests who overstay their welcome. What are some subtle and not-so-subtle hints to let your guests know the party is over?
52 min
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Episode #114: Vegan Thanksgiving
Your vocal vegan auntie’s anti-meat attitudes are disrupting your family’s Thanksgiving gathering. How do you ease tensions, respect dietary choices, and still embrace the bird?
58 min
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Episode #113: Post Election Etiquette
One of the most bitter, divisive elections in modern history is over. Whether your candidate won or lost, can good etiquette heal a wounded nation?
62 min
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Episode #112: AWOL at the In-Laws
Your brother-in-law is hosting a family party. His plan is for everyone to watch a movie you’ve seen, and you’re disappointed you can’t spend the time talking with relatives. You leave to do some chores, but you return. Is anyone in the wrong?
59 min
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Episode #111: Handshake Anxiety
Germophobes may be anxious about shaking hands, especially during the cold and flu season. Is there ever a polite way to deny a handshake?
46 min
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Episode #110: Standing Up For Your Baby Name
You’ve been open about your quest to find the perfect baby name. A friend hears your tentative choice and sends you another list of names to consider. Is she being helpful, or is something else at play?
44 min
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Episode #109: Mother/Son Political Polarization
A mother and son with opposing political views can work it out by agreeing not to discuss them. But what happens when the mother violates that agreement by posting her strident opinions on her son’s Facebook wall?
56 min
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Episode #108: Dealing with Unwanted Advances
Let’s say you’re repeatedly hit on at a club or bar. You’re not interested, but you’re also not one to humiliate the prospective suitor. Your friends want you to be more aggressive. What’s the best way to say no?
57 min
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Episode #107: Cat/Car Quandary
We need listener input on this one. A woman generously loans one of her parking spots to a neighbor, who then complains about the woman’s cat sitting on a car the neighbor is trying to sell. What to do?
48 min
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Episode #106: Accidental Overexposure
An exhausted, multi-tasking mom greets her nice, new neighbors at the door…underdressed, let’s say. Should she apologize, or just let it go?
45 min
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Episode #105: Birthday Neglect, Family Tension
Your brother and his wife have a wonderful gift-giving tradition to celebrate your twin daughters’ birthday. But this year they forgot and didn’t even send a card. Should you respond in kind when their kids’ birthdays roll around?
49 min
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Episode #104: Divorce Drama at the Annual Campout
Handling divorce drama at your annual campout, resolution on the “too much perfume at the office” issue, and more.
47 min
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Episode #103: Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen
You’re used to dining out with friends, but then they invite you over for a home-cooked meal. You learn pretty early into the appetizers that they aren’t the most skilled in the kitchen. In fact, it’s pretty bad. Do you say anything to them?
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Episode #102: Etiquette in Action!
Ever been floored by someone’s perfume/cologne/scent? What about at work, where you can’t get away? Dan and Lizzie go deep with a demonstration of their 5-step etiquette process when they help out a young woman in the above situation.
45 min
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Episode #101: Consideration, Respect, and Honesty
Want to know how Lizzie and Dan come up with the answers to the variety of questions on the show? On this episode, they break down their process of applying consideration, respect, and honesty to situations in the world so you can do it yourself.
49 min
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Episode #100: Episode 100!
On the centennial episode, Lizzie and Dan give the definitive answers to some classic etiquette topics – thank you notes, wedding gifts, dining settings and utensils, and dealing with other people’s bad etiquette.
56 min
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Episode #99: More Like the Friendship Episode T...
Friendship! Lizzie and Dan talk all about it with questions like this: Friends are telling lies about another friend…so what’s an appropriate response?
56 min
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Episode #98: Thank You Very Little
Someone has asked you to do them a big, last-minute favor to get them out of a major bind. You do your best, but instead of an enthusiastic thanks, you get criticism of the work you did. What do you say back?
53 min