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Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

Two Melbourne mums obsessed with ABC TV"s Bluey, episode by episode! Email blueypod@gmail.com or say hi on our socials #blueypod Artwork by J-F Tranquille, music by Ari Danaher-Flavell

kids & family parenting

All Episodes

36:49

Omelette (aka Kitchen Parameters That Ensure Mostly...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2022/01/20

(Birthday) cards on the table - the Gotta Be Done girls do not mind a bit of mess. But do Mary and Kate draw the line at Omelette? From managing kitchen chaos (and potential hangriness) and 10,000 hours to perfect egg-cracking, to the Bluey-Brene imperative to own your mistakes, and the dubious delights of breakfast in bed - it's triggering stuff for our two (likely hangry) hosts. So as Bingo covers herself in egg, does Chilli cover herself in glory? Either way, as usual, it's a

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01:07:24

Promises (aka The Joy of Disembodied Eyebrows)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2022/01/13

Gotta Be Done is BACK baby (hello 2022!), and Kate and Mary are settling in for their LONGEST-EVER RECAP. How can they justify more time on Promises than even Sleepytime scored? The answer's in the library... Strap yourself in for the trouble with trampoleneums, when bribes become promises, Meryl Streep toddlers, and the most over-analysed two-sentence cameos in the history of entertainment. We promise! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive

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23:24

BONUS EP (Melanie Zanetti Is BACK!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/12/16

So 26 episodes of Bluey S3 are now out in the ABC iView wilds - where did those weeks go?? Anyway, five minutes ago when they'd just started dropping, Mary snuck in a quick chat with Chilli herself Melanie Zanetti! The Brisbane star had plenty to share about her frenetic year of recording Bluey everywhere from LA to Florence, in between filming romance and horror and even saving the planet! Also, what might be the perfect way for Bandit and Chilli's voices to finally meet for real life?! Thanks

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50:02

Bedroom (aka The Girls Are Getting Extremely Good at...

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2021/12/09

Gotta Be Done is back to recaps, and they're not crying, you're crying. (Clearly everyone is crying.) Bedroom seems to answer some longstanding Blueyverse questions (or does it, Grandpa Bob wherever you are?) and has Kate and Mary wondering how many babies is the right number (and also, why cots have teeth marks?) Plus the importance of persisting with drawing for successful communication, and how to respond to late night requests/ demands/ hostage situations. Bags not! ++ Gotta Be Done is

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29:42

BONUS EP (aka Alternative Energy/Indie Folk Purveyor,...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/12/04

Did you know that when Ludo Studio was developing early Bluey episodes, the animatics featured Darren Hanlon songs as holding scores? Gotta Be Done has never seen them (ahem, we'd love to!) but now Gympie's favourite folk troubadour has an official Bluey gig too - as the Alt Energy Dog in S3 episode Sheep Dog! Darren joins Mary in the Gotta Be Done wagon to talk Queensland's biggest cultural exports, little people's favourite songs, his love of Dave McCormack's band Custard, and how his guest role

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19:56

BONUS EP (aka It‘s DAD!!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/12/02

New Bluey means Gotta Be Done has new excuses to sneak behind the scenes - and finally, Kate and Mary have bumped into Bandit/ Dave McCormack! This frenetic chat reveals that Dave has now been part of 153 episodes of Bluey (and is still recording as Season 3 hits our screens!), that Sydney's lockdown had him deeply considering a mullet, and that he still doesn't consider himself a real actor. (Would a Logie just for his Unicorse performance change his mind??) Also, what do Dave McCormack and Bandit

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44:18

Perfect (aka We‘re Back and Perfect, Right?!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/11/25

Gotta Be Done gets recapping this Father's Day Bluey - better late than never, and better done than perfect, right?? Kate and Mary talk preschooler drawing persistence, and what press-ganging your little people into card production actually delivers. Also, do the girls have enough Indy smarts to sustain this podcast? (Mary's assertion that the boulder scene is from Temple of Doom suggests not. Um, the game is literally called Raiders.) No ticket! What Gotta Be Done does have: SO MUCH excitement

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31:48

BONUS EP (Season 3 Is Coming and We‘re Already Here!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/11/18

It's been a long time between episodes/Stumpfest juices for Gotta Be Done, but with Bluey Season 3 right on our doorstep* - of course Kate and Mary are here to play! Yep, there's 25 new episodes of Bluey hitting ABC TV from Monday 22 November, and the self-confessed superfans are here to tell you what they know about them. Well, what they think they know/ are able to tell you without breaking any contractual commitments. Ooooh! Plus the new Sleepytime book and celebrity readings, Joe Brumm's

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58:46

BONUS EP (On Tour with Bluey‘s Brisbane)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/09/02

We're back in the wagon (and still in lockdown!), but a couple of sunshiny guests are just what Mary and Kate ordered to brighten things up! This special episode welcomes fellow Bluey podcasters Lou Bromley and Justin Rouillon from Bluey's Brisbane - the podcast that shows off for real life Brisbane, and all the hangouts of our favourite Heelers! From road trips and live music haunts back when we were cool, to all our the hopes and dreams for Father's Day's Perfect episode, and S3 after that. Oh,

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59:11

Baby Race (aka Try to Stop Us Talking about Bluey!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/08/12

Baby Race takes Gotta Be Done back to those early days of parenting - and wow, IT IS A LOT. Kate and Mary talk milestones, leaps, and Mercury retrogrades - is this stuff all deliberately confusing? And when are we meant to put honey on dummies/ peanut butter on spoons/ oil on knees?? Plus why Leigh Sales was the perfect person to be Coco's Mum, whether parenting/life has to mean uncertainty, and what's on the top of the Bach Spotify pops. Meanwhile, our little baby podcast has hit a terrifying

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46:00

Road Trip (aka Someone Who’s a Linguist or Can Read...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/08/05

Road Trip has week-ago easing-out-of-lockdown Mary and Kate dreaming of the open road. (Now we're back in lockdown and we don't want to talk about it.) Instead, focus on the music that gets you through extreme boredom (Paul Simon) and existential threats (Ennio Morricone). And Kate has a hot tip for finding good tunes on the road. (It involves Turkish restaurants in Port Macquarie.) Plus, ranking Bandit's food-as-swears on a severity scale, and what are the chances that the only two people in

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39:04

Octopus (aka Finding Nemo/ Six-Year-Olds Who Don't...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/07/29

We all know an octopus saved 2020 for plenty of folks, but is slightly awkward Chloe's Dad the hero we need in 2021? Kate and Mary definitely appreciate his commitment to Chopin and Wikipedia, and how he relieves the pressure of meeting Bandit Heeler standards. But why is it some of us are so naturally silly, and some can't get past the first ooh-bool-oop? Maybe the animal world has the answers. (And also Bluey and Brene, of course!) ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon

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28:26

Gotta Be Done presents Goodnight, World! Elmo's Choo...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/07/23

In this special episode of Gotta Be Done, we're are getting excited (and sleepy!) about another podcast, Goodnight, World! Goodnight, World! is developed by a team of early childhood and meditation experts at Headspace Studios and Sesame Street, to help kids get their minds and bodies ready for sleep. And previewing the episode Elmo's Choo Choo takes Mary and Kate on a Morningtown Ride through sleep routines, Sesame Street's biggest influences, in utero train sounds, and whether it's still a

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29:41

BONUS EP (Joff Bush II: A Choir of Joffs)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/07/15

It's the second half of Gotta Be Done's epic chat with Bluey composer Joff Bush, and Joff's talking us through the instrument parade in his studio, the importance of auto-tune, and why a shop assistant refused to sell him his perfect piano. Plus we nerd out over what makes "the Bluey sound" (three ukuleles, a mandolin, an accordion over strings, a choir of Joffs and "sparkliness"!), get hints about S3 music (it's Carmen for ya!), and ask why Bandit didn't make the cut on chart-topping Bluey The

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33:40

BONUS EP (aka Bluey maestro Joff Bush!)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/07/08

It's taken two years of obsessively discussing his incredible Bluey scores, and finally Bluey composer Joff Bush joins Mary and Kate in the Gotta Be Done wagon! Joff's finally found some time after creating the score to Bluey's Big Play (touring now!) and recording this year's chart-topping Bluey "The Album"! Yep, busy times are over and Brisbane's Beethoven is just calmly working on multiple episodes of Bluey S3 every week - needless to say, Kate and Mary are anything but calm to hear about it

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46:06

Muffin Cone (aka She's Embracing Her Vulnerability...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/07/01

Recorded way back when Melbourne was in lockdown (um, two weeks ago), Gotta Be Done's Muffin Cone recap is a romp through all the bad habits that a bit of extreme social distancing seems to turn up. (Eat all the Doritos, all our locked-down interstate/international friends!) But maybe it's not habits that are bad, just shame is? Kate and Brene have lots to share on the topic, while Mary's determined to stop parents getting shamed - even if they're bringing up brats! Plus, meeting people where

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45:12

Bin Night (aka Sometimes Problems Grow Balls and Come...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/06/24

We remembered Bin Night! After going missing last week, Gotta Be Done is ready to re-establish our life rituals... if we can work out what they are?! With amazing chart-based input from listener Derek, Mary and Kate pick apart every pattern of life happening in this perfect little episode, with detours via kindy pick-up, rubbishy avian species, and so much more. No wonder we can never remember bin night! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we

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48:04

Handstand (aka Another Reason We Have to Smash Society)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/06/10

Handstand packs a lot in (12 loops - or did we miss some?!) - but Kate and Mary might even cram in more! Bingo and Nanna are on the edges of this bit of Blueyverse chaos, but what needs to change to see them in the real world? Plus all the S3 teasers, a deleted scene, and of course, Brene. And a sad note, this Gotta Be Done is dedicated to the darling, scruffy, giant heart of Lucky McMahon. RIP Goodest Boy. ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we

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40:15

Duck Cake (aka Sweetly Reminiscing for Lockdown Already)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/06/03

Gotta Be Done is back in lockdown, but before that happened we recorded this Duck Cake recap and pined for those long locked days of having time to make duck cakes. For the record, we take it all back. But whether you're locked down or just locked into parenting, Duck Cake has what you need: a can-do attitude, tail-wagging, determination, bribery and a bench to sink hopelessly behind. Also, can children be weaned off poo chocolate? Guess Bluey can't answer all our existential questions. ++ Gotta

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41:29

Postman (aka Correspondence Will Not Be Entered Into,...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2021/05/27

From toys on the floor to vacuums that still have wheels and implausibly wide skirting boards, there's a lot that's very convenient about Postman (and if you want convenience, why wouldn't you just shorten it to Postie?!) Bluey's making Kate and her "fake arguments" feel seen, and same for Mary with her ground is lava obsession. Also, Mary grew up with lava floors while Kate grew up with crocodile ones - is it the same game, or oceans apart? And where does A*Mazing fit in? Plus, we bust open the

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