If mingling is an art, then Jeanne Martinet is its teacher! INTERVIEW

Today's Guest: Jeanne Martinet, author of The Art of Mingling and Life is Friends.

JEANNE MARTINET podcast excerpt: "The old rule in Victorian days used to be that safe subjects were the weather and your health. That was the line. But both of these subjects now lead directly to politics. The weather leads directly to globe warming and your health to (Obamacare). I do have some techniques in 'The Art of Mingling' for defusing political situations. Don't talk politics unless you know you're not with a fanatic. You don't want to argue at a party."

Key interview moments:

• 6:50 Cellphone etiquette -- learn it, live it, says Jeanne Martinet;

• 15:35 How to deal with a situation in which your spouse or partner is minglephobic in social situations;

• 27:35 Martinet offers advice on steering clear of escalating political talk with fanatics at non-political parties.

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