Etiquette


Dave Barry’s Answer to All Your Problems? Mace.

Returning to answer your etiquette questions is one of our favorite guests: writer Dave Barry. His newest book is a love letter to his home state of Florida. He tells us why all of America is to blame for the wackiness of the state before handling questions on your vaguebooking friends and co-worker woes.


Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning. Courtesy of The Emily Post Institute.

Tipping Tips and the Etiquette of Party Trash with Lizzie Post and Daniel Post-Senning

Each week you send in your questions about how to behave and often we post them to totally unqualified famous people, but this time we're calling in the pros: Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning. This time around, they school us on the art of catching up before advising our listeners on hotel housekeeping gratitude, self-checkout slowpokes, and more.


Kristen Bell Entertains our Emoji Etiquette Questions

Each week our listeners send in questions about how to behave, and answering them this time around is actress Kristen Bell. She's starred in series like "House Of Lies," the cult hit "Veronica Mars," and she was the off-screen narrator of the scandalous teen drama "Gossip Girl." Bell also voiced the sweet princess Anna in the mega-hit Disney film "Frozen." The actor answers our listeners' questions on whether 'XOXO' has lost its meaning and how to handle passive-aggressive comments from family.


Jim Gaffigan Feasts on Your Etiquette Questions

Over the last 20 years, Jim Gaffigan has become one of America's most-watched stand-up comics, with self-deprecating observations about raising five kids with his wife, and especially about his love of food. In fact, a couple years back, he published the best-selling book called, "Food: A Love Story." These days he’s out on tour and his TV Land sitcom, "The Jim Gaffigan Show," which he writes and produces with his wife Jeannie, is now in the midst of its second season. The comedian explains why the "Jim" you see on stage and on screen is a little dumber than his real-life counterpart, before delving into our listeners' hamburger hardships.


Jessi Klein Plays the Child Card… You Should, Too!

Each week you send in your questions about how to behave, and here to answer them this time around is comedy writer Jessi Klein She's the Emmy and Peabody award-winning head writer and executive producer of "Inside Amy Schumer." She's also written for "Saturday Night Live" and "Transparent." She explores her feminine ideals verse the feminine ideal in her new book, then advises our listeners on blanket hogs and costume conundrums.


Anna Kendrick Threatens to Eat Your Family…While Giving You Life Advice

Anna Kendrick spent part of her teen years on Broadway, winning a Tony nomination for the musical "High Society" at age 13. She earned an Oscar nomination for her performance opposite George Clooney in "Up in the Air." Since then, she's starred in films like "Into the Woods" and the mega-hit "Pitch Perfect." The multi-hyphenate actor tells us how her improv went a little too far on the set of "Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," before solving our listeners' wedding gift gripes and sing-a-long sorrows.


Negin Farsad Teaches us How to Make White People Laugh

Each week you send in your questions about how to behave, and to answer them this time around is comedian Negin Farsad. The comedian schools us on her brand of “social justice comedy” while solving our listeners’ chatty friend problems and #revolution fatigue.


Maria Bamford Channels Her Mom to Advise You

Each week you send in your questions about how to behave, and here to answer them this time is Maria Bamford. She is one of the comedy world's most beloved and original voices, and is also, by the way, a master at using her voice. Maria's new project is a candy-colored, hilariously absurd, kind of, sort of semi-autobiographical series called "Lady Dynamite." It just premiered on Netflix.