Social situations sprout all kinds of awkwardness. You can classify some of those awkwardnesses under the letters M through Z, as we do in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams — with dramatic readings by Robin Abrahams tells about: Emily Post and her etiquette — Etiquette, by Emily Post, 1922. […]
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The A-Through-L of Social Dilemmas [Podcast 57]
Awkward social dilemmas — specifically, those that can be listed under the letters A through L — dominate this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Robin Abrahams — tells about: Awkward Social Dilemmas — Etiquette, by Emily Post, 1922. [BONUS: Podcast listener C.J. Crittenden wrote […]
Social dilemmas from the not-so-distant past [Podcast 52]
An index of awkward social dilemmas dominates this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams —with dramatic readings by Robin Abrahams — tells about: Awkward Social Dilemmas — Etiquette, by Emily Post, 1922. The mysterious John Schedler or the shadowy Bruce Petschek perhaps did the sound engineering this week. The Improbable […]
“Why Do People (Not) Cough in Concerts?” (study)
“Concert etiquette demands that audiences of classical concerts avoid inept noises such as coughs.” … and yet, explains Prof. Dr. Andreas Wagener (of the Institute of Social Policy at Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany) … “ […] coughing in concerts occurs more frequently than elsewhere, implying a widespread and intentional breach of concert etiquette.” Leading to […]