Can I Bother You?

By AJ Reyes

Hey, y’all! I’m AJ Reyes, an actor/singer/alleged human, and I have no idea what I’m doing. If you feel similarly, yay and I’m sorry. Each week we’ll hang out with different artists and entrepreneurs ... more

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Can I Bother You? episodes:

September 17, 2020 8. Can I Motivate You? - How to be an artist with a day job
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. We have our first advice-seeker! Listener “Laura Osnes” writes to ask how we keep up our motivation for creation while working supplemental jobs. As broke artists trying (and failing) to have it all, we’re more than qualified to ramble on about it.
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Laura Osnes
Grease: You're the One That I Want!
New Zealand and COVID-19
Countries closed to US travelers
What is doublethink?
One of Timothy’s tangents was a convoluted reference to Barbra Streisand’s unique take on this song

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September 10, 2020 7. Can I Ruin Barney For You? - Sex education in the public school system
CW: Frank discussion of sex, gender, anatomy, sexuality, sexually-transmitted infections, sexual harassment, pregnancy, bullying, etc.
Did the American public school system fail you, too? Join AJ (a hooker with a heart of coal) and Timothy (a recovering prude) for a sex-positive discussion of their misadventures in sex education, both inside and outside the classroom. Topics include birds, bees, and bangin'.
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Overview of TX sex ed policy
Some sex ed resources from the WHO
A very basic (and imperfect) intro to gender, etc.
The Kinsey Scale
The AIDS crisis
Report: Abstinence-only sex ed, teen pregnancy, and STIs
Mike O’Malley gets real on Glee
Preformationism (sperm cells as seeds, etc.)
The FDA’s contraception chart (not the one Timothy was talking about)
Natural Family Planning

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September 03, 2020 6. Can I Ghost You? - Aliens, spirits, and shadow people, oh my!
CW: Mentions of sleep paralysis, shadow people, extraterrestrials, ghosts, nightmares, nonspecific trauma, and other topics that may disturb some listeners.
In this episode, AJ and Timothy get space-y, spooky, and even a little spiritual-y, as they delve into the world of the unexplained. Have you ever had dreamja vu? Do you have cute aliens waiting on read in your DMs? And what’s the deal with ghost radios? Answers and rambling lie in wait.
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Shadow people
Harriet the Spy
Scholastic Book Fairs
Ghost detectors
Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Haunting of Loey Lane

That haunted TikTok
Marvin
Signs
Alien distance

UFOs as misidentified military tech

Abduction stories

Possible explanations for abduction claims
What is déja vu?
Sleep paralysis
Dead Awake
Pascal’s wager
The consensus on climate change
Flat Earth theories
Simulation theory
Stephen Hawking on sim theory
The Sims

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August 27, 2020 5. Can I B*tch About Capitalism With You? - It's hard to manage money when you don't have any
They say money talks, but now the time has come for us to talk about it. Behind its back. Because it’s super rude and not cute and also it stole my boyfriend. Listen as AJ and Timothy get all fiduciary up in here. No stock tips or budgeting advice. Just their own raw, unfiltered poverty.
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Epidemiologists who forecasted this dystopian hellscape
What is a Union?
Fascinating facts about mylar balloons
What is a McGuffin?
A simple explanation of privilege
It’s all a rich tapestry

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August 27, 2020 4. Can I Handle My Life With You? - Differing approaches to work and rest
How do you go about going about things? That’s the topic of our conversation this week (well, insofar as we stay on any one topic). Learn about AJ and Timothy’s flawless hustles, dazzling workflows, and top-notch habits for getting things done (or not).
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Crayola’s take on the pronunciation of “crayon”
Pica resources
Homer Simpson seeks his soulmate
Chillhop Music on YouTube
Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds
In case “LOL” is new to you
Where to stream Alita: Battle Angel
Laurel or Yanny?
“The Dress”
“The Shoes”
The Young Woman or the Old Woman?

The Duck or the Rabbit?
The Institution Theater
Read The Picture of Dorian Gray

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August 27, 2020 3. Can I Start With You? - Starting the thing is half the battle
How to start these show notes… hmm… I’ll browse through Instagram for inspiration. And if I watch Veronica Mars while I do it, I’m still being productive. You know, multi-tasking. Ooh, is that Armie Hammer? Let me check IMDb. Ooh, a Facebook notification!
Whether it’s writing show notes, making things, or just getting motivated to get out of bed, beginnings can be tough. In this episode, AJ and Timothy discuss the ways they do and don’t get things started.
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Michel Foucault and the Panopticon
Profile of the legendary Michelle Kwan
Stream The Celluloid Closet
Why Timothy says “Pardon my Anglo-Saxon” instead of “Pardon my French”
“A Winter’s Ball” from Hamilton
The “My momma said…” meme

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August 27, 2020 2. Can I Reject You? - How not to deal with rejection
AJ and Timothy are rejects. Can you relate? Between their artistic endeavors and their lives as, you know, humans on Planet Earth, your humble hosts have received their fair share of “Don’t call us, we’ll call you”s. In the episode, they discuss the hardships and gifts that a “no” can bring.
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Big mistake. Big. Huge.
“Any Moment” from Into the Woods
It was United, not American Airlines. Sorry, y’all.

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August 27, 2020 1. Can I Introduce You? - Get to know AJ and Timothy!
Meet AJ and Timothy in the inaugural episode of Can I Bother You?! Hear how their friendship and, consequently, this podcast came to be. Listen to their antics, their anecdotes, and their increasingly convoluted tangents. By the end of the episode, you’ll have one new best friend, and one new AJ.
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The HIMYM salute bit
New Manifest Theatre Company
“No One is Alone” from Into the Woods
Amy Poehler’s captivating performance in Mean Girls
The current US poet laureate

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August 13, 2020 OG Can I Bother You? Trailer
Meet our podcast! And also us, AJ Reyes and Timothy Dailey-Valdés! Each week, we'll be bringing you a friendly chat on the sorts of things that rattle around in our brains. That could be anything from Simpsons references to how AJ doesn't believe he's capable of a friendly chat. Please subscribe and follow us blindly. We'd do the same for you. (DON'T HOLD US TO THAT.)
You can find us on Instagram and Twitter @canibotheryou, or hunt us down at www.canibotheryou.com.
Email us to say hello or ask for advice at [email protected]!
If you'd like to support us monetarily, you can do that at www.ko-fi.com/canibotheryou.
If you like one of us, but not the other, we get that a lot. You can find AJ on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube @ajreyesf13. You can find Timothy on Instagram @tomatillo88, and on Twitter and Facebook @tcjdv.
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FAQs about Can I Bother You?:

How many episodes does Can I Bother You? have?

The podcast currently has 79 episodes available.