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Making Thanksgiving Plans, Pointing Out Strangers’ Tags, Requesting Free Concert Tickets, and More
11/09/2026 | 27 mins.Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about making Thanksgiving plans, pointing out strangers' tags, requesting free concert tickets, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS
After my in-laws assumed we were "busy" and made their own Thanksgiving plans, should we offer to host again this year?
What do you do with a gift of wine you can't use?
Is it intrusive for a stranger at a bar to tell me my tag is out?
How often can I ask my cousin for free concert tickets?
Bonkers: Reading a colleague's weight off her driver’s license
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Previous episode about regifting wine
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Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
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Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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Episode 325
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11/02/2026 | 43 mins.Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah tackle bringing iced coffee to job interviews, pulling toilet paper out of trees, throwing half-birthday parties, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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EPISODE CONTENTS
AMUSE-BOUCHE: Tischmülleimer
A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Bringing iced coffee to a job interview
QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: If my neighbor agreed to get TP'd, shouldn’t they clean up the toilet paper that blew into my yard? Is it rude to throw my birthday party on my half birthday?
VENT OR REPENT: Not saying "hi" at our live show, Not answering emails correctly
CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: Thanks for the hospitality, Thanks for letting me cut in line
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
Tischmülleimer
42 in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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Episode 324
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10/26/2026 | 31 mins.Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back next week with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they answer listener questions about hanging wind chimes in your back yard, questioning people's life choices, being overly competitive about a dog costume contest, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:
Is it rude to have wind chimes in your yard?
What do you say to people who question your choice to take a "gap year"?
What to do about someone who's being overly competitive about a dog costume contest?
Should you tell someone that they're on speakerphone if there are other people in the room?
Is it OK to not hand-write the addresses on my holiday cards?
PSA: Show up for your job interview on time
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
Previous episode about dreamcatchers
"Election" Movie Trailer
Dot Matrix Printing on Wikipedia
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Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
TRANSCRIPT
Episode 63
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Second Helpings: Touching Fruit in Italy, Flossing in Public, Answering the Door in a Robe, and More
10/19/2026 | 40 mins.Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back soon with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they tackle buying produce in Italy, going on a job interview, flossing in public, opening your door in a robe, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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EPISODE CONTENTS
AMUSE-BOUCHE: Buying produce in Italy
A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Going on a job interview
QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: Is it rude to ask someone to help you bake a cake for a party you're not invited to? When did it become normal to floss in public? When someone shows up at your door unannounced, is it more rude to make them wait while you put on clothes or more rude to open the door in a robe?
VENT OR REPENT: Recommending cancelled shows, Voicemail system options that haven't actually changed
CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: People who listen, CordialsOfKindness.com
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
National Survey Reveals Rising Acceptance of Flossing in Public
"Cherie Lifesaver" episode of "Punky Brewster"
ITV's "White Chapel" is cancelled
CordialsOfKindness.com
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CREDITS
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Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton
Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
TRANSCRIPT
Episode 58
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10/12/2026 | 31 mins.Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about alerting people when they have their read receipts turned on, picking the "right" side of top sheets, pruning trees to death, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)
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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS
Should I tell someone that their read receipts are turned on?
For a single-sided card, which way should it be inserted into the envelope?
Which side of the top sheet should face your body when you make the bed?
Is there a polite way to tell a neighbor that their brother's constant pruning is slowly killing their trees?
At what level of uncleanliness is it rude to offer someone your place to stay?
Repent: Mishap at a Japanese onsen
THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW
Onsen on Wikipedia
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CREDITS
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Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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TRANSCRIPT
Episode 323
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About Were You Raised By Wolves?
Editors’ Notes: “I want to give everybody the tools to solve their own etiquette problems,” says Nick Leighton, cohost and producer of Were You Raised by Wolves?, a weekly podcast in which he and cohost Leah Bonnema look into the many sticky social situations we all face. “With each of the questions that we get, from the bonkers to the ordinary, I always try to take a step back and ask, ‘What are the bigger principles here?’ I'm always looking for topics that help us make a larger point.” In each episode, Leighton, a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, and Bonnema, a comic/writer, share practical advice on how to navigate a wide range of situations, from the serious to the whimsical—whether they tackle interrupting excessive talkers, establishing healthy boundaries with coworkers, or the proper way to eat Cheetos.When they developed the show in 2019, Leighton and Bonnema had one goal in mind: to have empathy for other people. Their informal conversations tackle a mix of personal topics, viewer questions, and the occasional historical fact with warmth and positivity and humor. Leighton views this approach as an antidote to a lot of the negativity he sees in the online world, while Bonnema thinks the show’s premise is a natural fit for her situational style of comedy. “A lot of my comedy is about events where I’m like, ‘What just happened here?’ or where I embarrass myself,” she says. “And, ironically, all of these fall under the guise of etiquette, where you either feel aggrieved or you feel like you committed some sort of social crime. I just loved the topic.”Leighton and Bonnema credit the show’s ongoing success to their work ethic. They haven’t missed a single week since they launched the show, which recently hit a new milestone: 100 episodes. But what they value the most, above all else, is how they've built a community of listeners from all backgrounds. “We have conservative grandmothers in Tallahassee to nonbinary chefs in Seattle and everybody in between,” he says. “Because who among us has not experienced an etiquette crime? This is universal.”---Etiquette, manners, and beyond! Join Emmy® Award-winning journalist Nick Leighton and acclaimed comedian Leah Bonnema ("Late Show with Stephen Colbert"), the perfect odd couple, as they try to make the world a nicer, more polite place and offer up practical advice to help you smoothly glide through any situation. Please listen and follow! (We'd send you a hand-written thank you note if we could.)
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