# Episode 602 - Staring at Strangers

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Podcast: [Awesome Etiquette](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awesome-etiquette-853272)
Published: 2026-03-23T12:30:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3773

## Resource

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to decide whether a gift card for a friend’s birthday should cover just them or include a guest, when politics and viewing preferences collide at the Super Bowl halftime show, and how to ride the subway without awkwardly staring at strangers. For community members, your question of the week is about the admirable venture of making new friends as a couple. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where Lizzie interviews Jennifer L. Scott the founder of The Daily Connoisseur about dressing well in today’s modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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