Bothered

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim stepped in when a comedy club's host didn't show up. Then he arrived late, demanded his job back, and wanted all the money. Julie even offered to split the pay to keep the peace. Apparently, that was still not generous enough. 🙃 This week, Julie revisits an early-career comedy story involving a missed call time, an intimidating confrontation, and a text-message...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, we're sharing our conversation with our dear friend Eric Bauza again, in his memory. Eric meant so much to us. His humour, generosity, and ability to make the people around him laugh are things we'll always carry with us. We're grateful to have this time with him recorded, and to be able to share it with you. ❤️ Known to so many as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daff...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim tried to support another woman at work. Somehow, her neckline became the problem. This week, Julie revisits a corporate job involving a man with a talent for workplace tantrums, the exhausting business of setting boundaries, and a coffee walk that took a deeply disappointing turn. When Julie shared that he kept staring at her chest, the response was: "You tend t...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim is flying solo this week, and she's particularly bothered. Someone has been mean to her daughter, and apparently the appropriate parenting response is "How did that make you feel?" instead of saying everything that immediately comes to mind. 🍬 What starts with a deliberately cruel candy encounter brings up a pattern of exclusion, an upsetting comment about her...

XO, Kitty's Anna Cathcart on Why Kitty Is Unhinged | Part 2 Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim continues her live conversation with XO, Kitty star Anna Cathcart about family, growing up in Vancouver, perfectionism—and all the ways Anna and Kitty Song Covey are completely different. In Part 2, Anna plays "What Would Anna Do vs. What Would Kitty Do?" and reveals how each of them would respond to an...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim sits down with XO, Kitty star Anna Cathcart for a live conversation about being left out in high school, growing up in the public eye, handling online criticism and learning to protect your mental health. In Part 1, Anna reveals that she wasn't invited to any of her classmates' private graduation parties or proms during her COVID graduation year. She also talks...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Darcy Michael is back for Part 2, and this conversation goes from deeply personal to completely unhinged. Darcy tells Julie about grieving his father while being recognized in public, the uncomfortable side of internet fame, and the moments when you desperately wish you could become anonymous again. Then come the career disasters: being cut out of The Twilight Zone, havin...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Darcy Michael joins Julie Kim for Part 1 of a wonderfully unfiltered conversation about marriage, comedy, ADHD and the strange things people do to avoid bothering each other. Darcy explains why some couples refuse to fart in front of each other, why sea lions interrupt the morning, how comedy credentials have been replaced by social-media numbers and what genuinely bother...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Singer-songwriter and digital creator Alex Porat joins Julie Kim for a funny, painfully relatable conversation about being almost impossible to bother—until she arrives with a categorized list of pet peeves.  Alex explains why she invents sympathetic backstories for terrible drivers, what it's like travelling with musical equipment, and why airplane window-shade etiquette...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim is back with a solo episode from beautiful Prince Edward Island—and she has discovered that a family vacation is only a vacation if you're not the mom. Between delayed flights, missing luggage, unused food vouchers, mosquito attacks, birthday presents, forgotten bras and a family determined to travel without carrying any of their own belongings, Julie unpacks th...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Entrepreneur, investor, author, and longtime Dragon Arlene Dickinson joins Julie Kim for an honest conversation about women, power, confidence, and learning to claim your space. Arlene explains why women face greater scrutiny in leadership, how the "glass cliff" can set successful women up to take the blame, and why being ignored bothers her more than being interrupted. S...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim sits down with legendary comedian Jeremy Hotz for a hilariously anxious conversation about the strange people and everyday situations that make life unbearable. Jeremy shares the childhood circus encounter that sent him into years of counselling, his distrust of mechanics, flying beside suspicious passengers, helping his 91 year old mother with her television,...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Comedian and Emmy-nominated writer Laurie Kilmartin joins Julie Kim to talk about holding grudges, motherhood, anonymous message boards—and the secret revenge she took on an ex who cheated. Laurie won't reveal exactly what she did because, apparently, he still doesn't know it was her. They also get into why every inconvenience feels personal, the joy of no longer being ne...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by three-time Emmy Award-winning voice actor Eric Bauza—the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian and more—for a hilarious conversation about road rage in multiple voices, overenthusiastic fans and raising a son who just wants his dad to "be normal." Eric reveals why he keeps his car windows up while yell...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Property Brothers co-host Drew Scott for a hilarious and unexpectedly intense conversation about houseguests who ignore the rules, strangers who cut airport lines, crows that recognize faces, squirrels conspiring to destroy his lawn, and neighbours who leave dog poop on the sidewalk—then get offended when they're called out. Drew reveals...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Leslie Liao joins Julie Kim for a funny, painfully relatable episode about wasted time, cancelled plans, transactional relationships, Hollywood favors, and the social nightmare of discovering you are on someone's wedding B list. Leslie explains why she lives by her calendar, how another podcast completely mishandled her booking, and why a vague apology is sometimes worse...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim is joined by actor, comedian, writer, Emmy nominated filmmaker, and Oscar shortlisted documentarian Kiran Deol for an episode about rage, revenge, AI, dating apps, corporate nonsense, and the deeply insulting experience of fighting a giant system just to get $14 back. Kiran talks about being a natural hater, why the word "content" bothers her, why big tech and...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee for a hilarious and surprisingly honest conversation about social contracts, road rage, public behaviour, and the exhausting pressure of being the bigger person. Paul opens up about learning to manage anger, being recognizable in public, why bad drivers make him lose his mind in the privacy of his own car, and the very...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined live in Toronto by Jasmeet Raina, also known as Jus Reign, for a funny, sharp, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation about being a proud hater, getting mistaken for Jagmeet Singh, show business people doing too much, therapy, family boundaries, Late Bloomer, Fox News accidentally turning his real nose into a story, and the airport security...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Lainey Lui for a very funny, very specific, and deeply bothered conversation about white mahjong, golf course men, microaggressions, Asian women being expected to stay nice, revenge stories, celebrity culture, and the tiny social moments that somehow become lifelong grudges. From Lainey's rage at trendy mahjong sets to Julie's story about...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim sits down with Dan Mangan for a funny, thoughtful, and surprisingly heated conversation about fragile masculinity, fake alpha energy, bullies winning, raising better boys, and the strange way art can say the things people are too afraid to say out loud. Dan is a two time JUNO Award winning singer songwriter, composer, and performer from Vancouver, known for hi...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is live in Toronto with award winning director Justin Wu for a funny and honest episode about movie theatre etiquette, being underestimated, getting mistaken for the assistant when you are actually the director, Asian representation in film and TV, industry assumptions, and the small social behaviours that somehow become full emotional sagas. Justin t...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Ryan & Amy for a chaotic and painfully relatable episode about texting back, scam calls, Vancouver crows, cold strangers, group chat etiquette, and the tiny social rules that somehow turn into full emotional sagas. Ryan is bothered by friends who take 24 to 48 hours to reply like they disappeared from society, Amy brings peak bothered ene...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim sits down with actor, producer, director, and certified screen stealer Yvonne Chapman for a very funny, very real conversation about bad job interviews, corporate sexism, Asian representation, taking up space, and the moments that make you wish you had said something sooner. Yvonne shares the unbelievable story of a CEO who turned a job interview into...