Awesome Etiquette

Hosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette, offering advice grounded in consideration, respect, and honesty. As the great-great-grandchildren of Emily Post, cousins Dan and Lizzie look to the reasons behind traditional rules to guide their advice in a wide range of contemporary situations. Test your social acumen and join the discussion about civility and decency in today's complex world.

Kids & Family
Relationships
Self-Improvement
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Episode 587 - Too Many Gifts
On today’s show, we take your questions on who should attend funeral services, too many birthday gifts for a child, and when a host serves something inedible. For community members, your question of the week is about being caught in the gifting loop. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on re-gifting!
53 min
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Episode 586 - Doggy Escape Artist
On today’s show, we take your questions on a doggy escape artist, cleaning up after a guest wets the bed, and divorced parents' protocol at a wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about coworkers who do not get along. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Gift Giving.  Subscribe to the channel - emilypost.substack.comx
57 min
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Episode 585 - An Etiquette Holiday!
On today’s show, we take your questions on not yucking someone’s yum, watching movie credits, and teaching scouts subway etiquette. For community members, your question of the week is about splitting holidays among multiple families. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Guest Etiquette for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Get on board the civility express - emilypost.substack.com
64 min
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Episode 584 - Rehearsal Lunch Snub
On today’s show, we take your questions on a wedding rehearsal lunch snub, when to reply all on an email chain, not bringing a towel to a pool playdate. For community members, your question of the week is about how to get alone time at a very social dude ranch. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment interview with Emily Post Trainer Dr. Angela Wilson. Subscribe - emilypost.substack.com
58 min
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Episode 583 - Forgot to Help
On today’s show, we take your questions on a Navy retirement ceremony, whether you can ask to hold a stranger’s baby, and when someone seems to forget their offer to help. For community members, your question of the week is about how an introvert can turn down invitations without being rude. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Thanksgiving prep.  Subscribe today - emilypost.substack.com
50 min
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Episode 582 - Out-of-Town Host
On today’s show, we take your questions on who pays the bill for an out-of-town guest, not opening gifts at a baby shower, and teaching kids about kosher. For community members, your question of the week is about when to reach out to someone you know through business. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on inviting from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner.  Subscribe and support - emilypost.substack.com
54 min
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Episode 581 - Gala Attire
On today’s show, we take your questions on dressing for a gala, rude behavior around Thanksgiving, and a child-free wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about telling people what you want for holiday gifts. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Halloween trick-or-treating etiquette.  Become a subscriber - emilypost.substack.com
50 min
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Episode 580 - Condolence Acknowledgement
On today’s show, we take your questions on delivering acknowledgments for condolence notes a year after a death, a football party fumble, and serving tea with tea bags. For community members, your question of the week is about guests who bring uninvited guests. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.  Become a subscriber - emilypost.substack.com
60 min
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Episode 579 - Unusual Hostess Gift
On today’s show, we take your questions on feeling left out of an invitation, how long people should talk at a gathering, and an unusual hostess gift situation. For community members, your question of the week is about asking people if they’re going to have kids. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we hear from featured Emily Post trainer, Trina Boos, of the Boost Academy of Excellence.  Join the community - ⁠emilypost.substack.com⁠ ⁠Workplace Etiquette: Your hidden Career Advantage⁠ - ⁠Boosted Podcast ⁠
76 min
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Episode 578 - Cheeky Workplace Gossip
On today’s show, we take your questions on workplace gossip, nosy questions about a baby, bringing food to a restaurant. For community members, your question of the week is about uninvited pets at a host’s home. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on cheek kisses.  Support the show - emilypost.substack.com
57 min
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Episode 577 - Tipping Before Service
On today’s show, we take your questions on an uncashed wedding gift check, tipping before you receive the service, eating corn on the cob. For community members, your question of the week is about a separate kids reception at a wedding. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on our annual business etiquette train the trainer week. 
62 min
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Episode 576 - Clinking Glasses
On today’s show, we take your questions on the tradition of clinking glasses during a wedding reception, when people ask you if you’ll baptize your baby, and whether you can uninvite someone from a French practice group. For community members, your question of the week is about the polite time to arrive to a party. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on thank you notes.
48 min
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Episode 575 - Two Parties, Two Gifts?
On today’s show, we take your questions on eating with a retainer, return addresses for families with two last names, and birthday gifts for kids with two parties. For community members, your question of the week is about the difference between baby showers and baby sprinkles. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on when to talk business at a networking event. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com
46 min
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Episode 574 - Gifting Diamonds
On today’s show, we take your questions on gifting diamonds, overhearing racist comments, and when people ignore you in the elevator. For community members, your question of the week is about hosting your first tea party. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript on Afternoon Tea from Emily’s 1922 edition. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
40 min
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Episode 573 - Nuts With Shells
On today’s show, we take your questions on eating nuts with shells, being confused for your twin, and under-ordering at a business lunch. For community members, your question of the week is about sending a birth announcement with a registry. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment wedding gift giving from Business Insider. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
52 min
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Episode 572 - Selling a Hand-Me-Down
On today’s show, we take your questions on tipping at gas stations, communication written by AI, and selling a hand-me-down. For community members, your question of the week is about when kids are part of a wedding ceremony but aren’t invited to the reception. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the service counter stare. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
62 min
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Episode 571 - Connection Request
On today’s show, we take your questions on a LinkedIn request just before a job interview, how to respond to nosy questions about finances, and what to do when someone calls you babe. For community members, your question of the week is about planning a garden party. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment. Support the show - emilypost.substack.com
57 min
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Episode 570 - Water Signs
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether the host should drink water at a party, an unusual coffee shop conundrum, and titles for lawyers on wedding invitations. For community members, your question of the week is about a certain leaked celebrity wedding invitation. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
55 min
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Episode 569 - Family Tickets
52 min
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Episode 568 - Armrest Performance
On today’s show, we take your questions on a dinner party seating conundrum, switching back to a former hairdresser, and which armrest is yours at a theater. For community members, your question of the week is about whether two wedding ceremonies means two wedding gifts. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on business etiquette from Emily’s original Etiquette, in society, in business, in politics, and at home.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
51 min
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Episode 567 - Wedding Text Invitation
55 min
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Episode 566 - Old Fashioned Voicemail
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to proactively handle bad guest behavior before an event, whether it’s now rude to leave a voicemail, and how to get to know the new neighbors. For community members, your question of the week is about contributing to a honeymoon fund on a limited income. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on hosts and guests.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com
57 min
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Episode 565 - Not Hungry?
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to comment on a friend’s AI-generated music, a relative who asks you to get a better gift, and commenting on an Ozempic user’s eating habits. For community members, your question of the week is about some drama over wearing white to a wedding. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the people who inspire us to use good manners. Get the Emily Post newsletter - emilypost.substack.com
69 min
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Episode 564 - To Defend a Friend
On today’s show, we take your questions on the phrase ‘this turns my stomach’, whether to jump in and defend a friend, and whether to bring a gift to a ‘no gifts’ party. For community members, your question of the week is about an interesting auto-response email. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com
60 min
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Episode 563 - Conversation Enders
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tell someone you gave to their honeymoon fund, which direction to place a folded napkin, and how to end a conversation at a party. For community members, your question of the week is about men’s naming titles when a repeated name skips a generation. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on beach etiquette.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com
50 min