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.
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September 21, 2026 • 60 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to blend different cultural traditions around wedding gifts and money, how to prepare for a wedding when the invitation gives you very little information, and how to politely ask your tutor to stop loudly chewing gum. For Community Members, we have a question about whether to post a negative review of a book that was given to you as a gift. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, a...
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September 14, 2026 • 49 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tell a friend you don’t want to become their designated delivery address, what to do when someone gives you a generous gift card you can’t actually use, and how to tell a longtime dog groomer that her new prices are out of your budget. For Community Members, we have a question about hosting a celebration before a destination wedding when many guests won’t be ...
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September 7, 2026 • 52 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to be assertive without coming across as rude or aggressive, whether you need to make it clear you really wanted to stay when leaving a party early, and whether it’s ever too late to send a birthday, thank-you, or sympathy card. For Community Members, we have a question about how to set boundaries with someone who really wants to be your friend when you don’t feel the...
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August 31, 2026 • 55 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether wedding guests need a second thank-you after the wedding if you’ve already thanked them for their gifts, whether graduation announcement etiquette has changed, including when a gift or acknowledgment is expected. And whether you should remind a close friend to send thank-you notes after her baby shower. For Community Members, we have a bonus question about how to put a ...
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August 24, 2026 • 70 mins
On today's show, we take your questions on how to become a gracious host when entertaining doesn’t come naturally, who should give a thank-you gift at a wedding welcome dinner, and whether tipping expectations have changed now that 22 percent is showing up more often on payment screens. For Community Members, we have a bonus question about navigating family visits when your mother refuses to see your husband. Plus your weekly...
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August 17, 2026 • 81 mins
On today's show, we take your questions on how to handle a friend who dominates group Zoom calls, whether it’s appropriate to ask a sick coworker to stay home, and the etiquette of having maintenance workers in your home, including what to do when they’re making repairs while you’re away. For Community Members, we have a bonus question about walking a reactive rescue dog and navigating shared spaces with cyclists....
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August 10, 2026 • 64 mins
On today's show, we take your questions on what to say when someone thanks you for a sympathy card, whether a host should ever refuse a guest's request for pepper at the dinner table, and if Mexican Coca-Cola has a place at a black-tie wedding. For Community Members, we've got a bonus question about when it's appropriate to include degrees and professional certifications in your email signature. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge...
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August 3, 2026 • 60 mins
On today's show, we take your questions on hosting contentious business meetings with professionalism and hospitality, whether it's okay to ask Grandma to leave her opinions about meat at home for an eighteenth birthday dinner, and what to do when your child no longer wants to attend a birthday party after being bullied by the birthday kid. For Community Members, we have a bonus question about staying connected with your former in-...
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July 27, 2026 • 70 mins
On today's show, we take your questions on talking about money in polite company and whether old etiquette rules still apply, how to navigate conversations with ADHD while staying focused on the other person, and hosting with confidence, from fitting guests into a small apartment for dinner parties or hangouts. For Community Members, we've got a bonus question about navigating political conversations in professional settings. Plus ...
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July 20, 2026 • 59 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle being asked to clean up after your boss, housewarming party primer, and how to handle a scary movie playdate that didn’t go well. For Community Members, we've got a bonus question about how not to get crowded in the checkout line. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute from Irene, and a postscript on leadership from the cost of bad behavior.
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July 13, 2026 • 68 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do when friends repeatedly invite you over for dinners that are only barely edible, how to navigate invitations when multiple divorced couples are all part of the same friend group, and whether it's appropriate to speak up when a coworker's perfume is causing headaches and making it difficult to work. For Community Members, we've got a bonus question about an awkward first me...
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July 6, 2026 • 65 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle people who insist on hugging when you'd rather not, when family gatherings become focused on who's missing instead of who's present, and what to do when fellow party guests drink all your Pellegrino. For Community members, we've got a bonus question about beach etiquette and dealing with an aggressive dispute over hotel beach chair setups. Plus your weekly challenge, an...
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June 29, 2026 • 58 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully step back from a family group text during a difficult time without seeming uncaring, what a new grandchild should call a step-grandmother who joined the family later in life, and whether it’s truly poor etiquette to say “Congratulations!” when someone gets engaged. For Community Members, your bonus question is about e-bike safety etiquette. Plus yo...
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June 22, 2026 • 58 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you need to respond when an older friend shares their age, how to navigate seating arrangements when guests move place cards at a dinner party, and what to do when balls keep ending up in your yard. For Community Members, we’ve got a first-date etiquette conversation about parking, payment and expectations. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute from Sarah, and...
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June 15, 2026 • 58 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you should wait for everyone at the table to be served before eating at a large hosted luncheon, how families can navigate relationships when one member has become estranged, and whether it's okay to follow up with someone after a meaningful connection seems to have gone quiet. For Community Members, we’ve got a wedding etiquette double-header on handling self-invitatio...
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June 9, 2026 • 1 min
Welcome to Emily Post Wedding Stories where each week host, Lizzie Post,
co-president at the Emily Post Institute (and Emily's
great-great-granddaughter) talks with married couples about how they
planned their wedding, what they think looking back, and what advice
they have for couples planning today. Get ready for heartwarming, inspirational episodes, with a few great laughs! Tune in every Wednesday on your favorite podcast ap...
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June 8, 2026 • 52 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you can ask the person in the airplane window seat to open or close the shade, how to handle feeling hurt after being left off a baby shower guest list, and whether it’s okay to jump into a stranger’s speakerphone conversation when safety is involved. For Community Members, we’ve got a question about responding to offers of help during a family health crisis...
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June 1, 2026 • 63 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond gracefully when people constantly misgender you on the phone, whether it’s polite to add your dishes to a friend’s already overflowing sink, and a networking situation that went a little sideways. For community members, your bonus question is about managing language barriers with a new employee in an international workplace. Plus your weekly challenge, etiq...
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May 25, 2026 • 64 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on fast food etiquette—how much cleanup is expected and whether to tip at counter-service spots, whether formal etiquette should always apply among close family members, and how to handle receiving gifts that don’t align with your personal beliefs. For Community Members, your bonus question is about navigating plus-one requests at a small, intimate wedding. Plus your weekly ...
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May 18, 2026 • 62 mins
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully end the evening when house guests stay up past your bedtime, which side of the aisle the bride walks on when escorted by her father, and how to handle troubling behavior from a coworker with compassion and professionalism. For Community Members, your bonus question is about navigating guest requests and table etiquette at a debutante ball. Plus your weekly challenge...
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