Episodes
April 27, 2020
Receiving Tacky Gifts, Cracking Knuckles, Knocking Before Entering, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about accommodating dietary restrictions, knocking before entering public restrooms, receiving tacky gifts, cracking knuckles in …
April 20, 2020
Making Small Talk, Eating Pistachios, Recognizing Celebrities, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle eating pistachios, making small talk, telling people they have toilet paper stuck to them, returning dropped calls, correcting incorrect terminology, reco…
April 13, 2020
Invoicing Party Guests, Keeping Scent Secrets, Walking Around Barefoot, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about invoicing party guests for food, walking around apartment buildings without shoes, asking friends to keep quiet at lunch, g…
April 6, 2020
Raiding Strangers' Fridges, Wearing Backpacks on Subways, Declining Multi-Level Marketers, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle riding escalators in Osaka, being around people who don't like you, declining multi-level marketing solicitations, going through a stranger's pantry, buyi…
March 30, 2020
Eating Cheetos, Knitting in Public, Calling Dibs, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about eating Cheetos, calling dibs, handling supermarket line cutters and slow baggers, behaving at a funeral, shutting down rese…
March 23, 2020
Borrowing Money, Forgetting Invitations, Saving Forks, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle eating mukhwas, asking friends to repay you, forgetting to invite important relatives to parties, handling people with big hair, getting attention at a ba…
March 16, 2020
Unfollowing Exes, Standing on Escalators, Vaping in Offices, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about cleaning a roommate's dishes, hovering over people in restaurants, seating in taxis, avoiding conversations with drivers, u…
March 9, 2020
Scolding in Elevators, Tipping Bathroom Attendants, Worrying for Others, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle slashing names on social stationery, worrying for other people, conflicting information on invitations, scolding people in elevators, tipping bathroom att…
March 2, 2020
Eating Oreos Properly, Dumping Your Hair Stylist, Seating Incomplete Parties, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about eating Oreos properly, dumping your hair stylist, toasting grammar, duplicating housewarming gifts, seating incomplete part…
Feb. 24, 2020
Eco-shaming Friends, Giving Gifts in China, Visiting a Hospital, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle giving gifts in China, visiting people in a hospital, eco-shaming friends, falling asleep on the subway, using "san" in Japanese correspondence, getting p…
Feb. 17, 2020
Criticizing Wedding Dresses, Spreading Rumors, Splitting Cupcakes, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about criticizing someone's wedding dress, drying your hands without towels, dealing with nasty rumors, handling someone who alwa…
Feb. 10, 2020
Stealing Baby Names, Ignoring Emails, Garnishing Without Consent, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle using unlucky numbers, handling conversations with people who don't ask questions, stealing baby names, being asked to chaperone a children's party when y…
Feb. 3, 2020
Extra Helpings: Snuggling Aggressively, Giving Damaged Gifts, Tipping Only 1%, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about dealing with damaged gifts, giving Starbucks a fake name, splitting an AirBNB fairly, handling PDAs on a school trip, leavi…
Jan. 27, 2020
Sabotaging Recipes, Tossing Napkins, Blocking Stairs, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle using napkins, behaving at a live performance, redeeming gift cards, sharing cake recipes, departing earlier than expected, being distracted on stairs, le…
Jan. 20, 2020
Extra Helpings: Returning Wedding Gifts, Paying for Birthday Parties, Locking Out Relatives, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about paying for your own birthday party, picking the right urinal, bumping into passengers on an airplane, distracting relatives…
Jan. 13, 2020
Reclining on an Airplane, Using Finger Bowls, Hitting Reply All, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle using finger bowls, emailing the right way, reclining on an airplane, remembering birthdays, using business' bathrooms when you're not a customer, speakin…
Jan. 6, 2020
Extra Helpings: Unloading Emotional Baggage, Planting Cherry Trees, Humming Aggressively, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about unloading emotional baggage on your friends, removing offensive taxidermy, texting at the theatre, commenting on people's b…
Dec. 30, 2019
Clinking Glasses, Making Eye Contact on the Subway, Tipping Tow Truck Drivers, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle giving and receiving toasts, behaving properly in New York City, offering guests tours of your home, tipping tow truck drivers, giving aspirational presen…
Dec. 23, 2019
Holiday Helpings: Regifting Fruitcakes, Partying at the Office, Taking Down Your Tree, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this holiday-theme bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about behaving at your office holiday party, sending Amazon Wish Lists to your Secret Santa, dealing with a Secret …
Dec. 16, 2019
Using Chopsticks in a Thai Restaurant, Being Prompt, Giving People Personal Space, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle using chopsticks in a Thai restaurant, being prompt, asking people to "watch your stuff" at a café or airport, queuing properly at a supermarket, asking f…
Dec. 9, 2019
Extra Helpings: Greeting with a Kiss, Going Rogue at a Dinner Party, Getting Catfished, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this extended bonus segment, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about greeting people with kisses, dealing with rogue dinner party guests, deciding who should go first in a buffet line…
Dec. 2, 2019
Eating Soup, Giving Compliments, Entering Without Knocking, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle eating soup, giving and receiving compliments, doing business with rude people, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a hand-written thank you n…
Nov. 25, 2019
Thanksgiving Helpings: Talking Politics, Being Vegan, Saying Grace, Bringing Tupperware, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this extended Thanksgiving-themed bonus episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about talking politics at the dinner table, bringing flowers without a vase, arriving and departing …
Nov. 18, 2019
Ordering Wine in a Restaurant, Writing Condolence Letters, Talking in Elevators, and More
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle ordering wine in a restaurant, writing condolence letters, saying farewell to colleagues when leaving a job, correcting people who spell your name wrong, …