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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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- 4 days ago1h 0m
Episode 634 - A Place of Your Own
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond when young children ask about changes in someone’s appearance, how to host a first-home shower for someone moving into their own place, and whether to give a wedding present when you’re invited to a celebration after the wedding but not the ceremony or reception. For Community Members, we have a question about navigating disagreements over family holiday gift exchanges. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript on dinner parties. Join the Emily Post community - Emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago58 min
Episode 633 - Happy Halloween, Polite People
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle a situation when you don’t have cash to tip, navigating friendships when political opinions differ, and whether a couple celebrating a 10-year vow renewal should have a wedding registry. For Community Members, we have a question about a coworker who makes jokes about your appearance. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript on Halloween. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago1h 0m
Episode 632 - Hosting Housewarming
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to apologize when you’ve unintentionally hurt someone, when to host a housewarming party, and whether it’s appropriate to wear rollers or bonnets outside the house. For Community Members, we have a question about setting boundaries with a neighbor. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript on holiday invites. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 7m
Episode 631 - Late Night Text
On today’s show, we take your questions on how much time you really need to spend with overnight guests, whether it’s OK to text a colleague late at night, and how to handle situations where a salesperson’s commission could be affected by an online purchase. For Community Members, we have a question about last-minute cancellations that feel like a bummer before a casual party. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript on kids and phone etiquette. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Oct 5, 202654 min
Episode 630 - Remembering Laura Claridge
On today’s show, we take your questions on who should pay when you organize a birthday celebration at an expensive afternoon tea, what to do when you accidentally reveal that someone wasn’t invited to a party, and how often is too often to ask friends and businesses for charitable donations. For Community Members, we have a question about how a public official should respond to rude comments on social media. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript honoring the life and work of Laura Claridge, Emily Post’s biographer. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 28, 20261h 5m
Episode 629 - Fruit Peel?
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you really need to peel fruit before eating it at a formal table, whether you should attend a wedding when the person who invited you can no longer make it, and tipping when you’re in a place where servers and other workers earn the same minimum wage. For Community Members, we have a question about hosting your own shower, from sprinkles to diaper kegs. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript reading from Emily Post’s Business Etiquette, in honor of the start of our annual business etiquette trainer training. Get more etiquette - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 21, 20261h 0m
Episode 628 - Blending Traditions
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, an etiquette salute, and a postscript feedback segment. Join the etiquette community - Emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 14, 202649 min
Episode 627 - Generous Gift Card
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 invited to the wedding itself. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where Dan reads from our parenting book the Gift of Good Manners. Join the Emily Post etiquette community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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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