How I Became a Widow to Avoid Small Talk | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #037
Release Date: 10/29/2025
Token Asian, Comedian? | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #050
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Get ready to be BOTHERED. Fresh off a comedy festival and reflecting on more than a decade in stand up Julie Kim opens up about confidence earned the hard way the ugly moments that stick with you and what it really means to belong in comedy. From early career insecurity to a passive aggressive comment that changed how she saw herself on a national stage Julie unpacks race gender scarcity and resilience with honesty humor and zero performative BS. This episode moves from anger to clarity to an unexpectedly emotional reminder of why representation actually matters and who it quietly reaches....
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That Seems Unsafe | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #049
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim breaks down one of those airplane moments that makes absolutely no sense. While seated in an emergency exit row, Julie realizes the responsibility for opening the exit door has been assigned to a woman who looks about 100 years old and barely holding on meanwhile a fully jacked capable guy sits comfortably in the aisle seat with zero responsibility at all. Julie unpacks the absurd logic behind airline seating rules, unspoken social expectations, and why responsibility always seems to land on the wrong person. It’s funny, awkward, and painfully relatable...
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Lost In Translation | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #048
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim breaks down a playdate moment that felt way too pointed to ignore when a mom and her daughter suddenly started speaking French to each other right in front of her. Julie spirals through the awkwardness of being left out in real time the weird social power plays adults swear are not happening and the question every parent has asked at least once am I overthinking this or was that on purpose. It is a hilarious and painfully relatable rant about playdate politics unspoken vibes and the little moments that can make you feel like you are back in middle school...
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Sick Boy | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #047
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim loses it over the daycare parent who knowingly brings in a sick kid and sparks a full blown household germ apocalypse. Julie breaks down the parenting etiquette that should be obvious, the selfish logic that makes no sense, and the rage of watching your week get wiped out because someone else decided their child’s cough was everyone’s problem. It is chaotic, painfully relatable, and exactly the kind of petty real life moment that turns into comedy gold 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday 🔗 Listen and Follow Spotify: Apple Podcasts: YouTube: ...
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Boarding Gate Bullies | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #046
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim heads to Toronto to visit family and immediately runs into airport chaos when someone cuts her off in the security line like rules are merely a suggestion. What should have been a simple travel day turns into a slow burn spiral as Julie breaks down the entitlement energy of airport line cutters and the quiet rage that bubbles up when you are already tired stressed and just trying to get through the day. Julie walks through her internal debate between staying polite letting it go or choosing petty justice and what actually happens next. From there the...
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Eyes That Kiss In The Corners | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #045
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim calls out a racist gesture that should not still be happening but somehow keeps resurfacing. Julie breaks down a moment where someone pulled their eyes back to mock Asians and why this kind of behavior is not harmless not funny and not something people get to excuse away as ignorance. She connects it to the recent Miss Universe winner from Finland who did the same gesture publicly and unpacks how exhausting it is to watch grown adults pretend they do not know exactly what they are doing. Julie speaks honestly about the casual normalization of anti Asian...
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Left With An Empty Stocking | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #044
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim cracks open the empty stocking epidemic a holiday tradition where moms do everything and somehow wake up to absolutely nothing. While everyone else is unwrapping surprises Julie and women everywhere are left staring into a sad hollow stocking wondering how this became acceptable behavior. Julie tells the brutally honest story of her husband back when he simply did not do stockings at all and how that era very nearly tested the limits of Christmas spirit and marriage patience And it gets worse. Julie shares a story about a friend whose husband skipped the...
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Never Look a Re-Gift Horse in the Mouth | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #043
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim unpacks the chaotic art of the regift, a realm where social etiquette goes to die and people apparently assume no one can recognize a bag of random leftovers. Fresh off her daughters birthday party, Julie is handed a so called thoughtful present that is actually a grab bag of mismatched toys with the energy of someone cleaning out their car before the party started. To make things even better, she received it right before hopping on a flight to Europe because nothing says bon voyage like carrying a sack of suspiciously familiar trinkets across an ocean....
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Marketplace Woes & Hoes | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #042
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim dives into the wild world of Facebook Marketplace, where logic goes to die and lowballers thrive. She shares the tale of meeting a buyer who tried to change the price on the spot, as if haggling in person suddenly rewrites the listing. And just when you think it cant get worse, another shopper demands she deliver an item for free even though the post clearly said PICK UPS ONLY in bold, caps, and probably large enough to be seen from space. It is a mix of petty negotiations, unhinged expectations and the kind of everyday nonsense that only Julie can turn...
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Repairman Life Lessons My Daughter Didn’t Need | Julie Kim | Bothered Podcast #041
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Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim shares the tale of inviting a handyman over — while her perfectly capable husband watches from the sidelines and doesn’t feel the slightest bit emasculated. Things get even more awkward when the handyman’s son, fresh off dropping out of school, confidently declares that education is overrated… right in front of Julie’s school-aged daughter on her day off. It’s a mix of household fixes, parental panic, and the kind of relatable moments that only Julie can turn into comedy gold. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday. 🔗 Listen & Follow...
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