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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

36:57

Swim School (aka Margarets as Victims of Toxic Power...

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2021/05/20

We’re diving into Swim School, but is this the least relatable Bluey episode out of 2020? The Heelers are in Bali and Kate and Mary are struggling to recall how you even get overseas! But a holiday plot is (nearly) as good as a holiday, and this one takes Gotta Be Done to the big-haired 80s (does ANYONE else share Mary’s triplej memories of Bevan the Musical?? Luckily, YouTube does!) And briefly back to the 2020 hellscape (hello, Karen!) - but there's hope to find for 2021 too. Ninja kicks! ++ Gotta

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43:44

Easter (aka Eggsistential Doubt and Other Problems)

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2021/05/13

We are risen! Gotta Be Done is back and belatedly bringing Easter offerings, faith theories and left-over chocolate - hallelujah! Appropriately taking on the universe's biggest questions (Nicholas Cage: good or bad?), this madcap mess finds treasure along the way - even if it's just Mary and Kate occasionally just getting to go to the toilet by ourselves. (Also, all the back episodes are back in Apple and Spotify - miracles everywhere people!) ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums

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39:56

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Queens (aka Lorikeets Are...

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2021/05/06

One more week in the archives for Gotta Be Done, and just in time for Mother's Day, what better place to go than Queens?! This recap was also baby Joe's first appearance on the pod - and now nearly a year on, that gorgeous bub has just turned one! Time and tide truly wait for no man/dog/queen, but at least in the intervening year we've finally found our answer: Chilli saying "gotta be done" was a shoutout to us! (Joe Brumm may have confirmed this under duress.) Back with a new Bluey recap next week

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13:16

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: The Beach (aka Skateboard...

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2021/04/29

Another break week for Gotta Be Done - what better place to have it than The Beach?! (Full disclosure: we are not at the beach.) It's the Bluey episode that went on to become 2020's Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, and back in April 2019 The Beach had Mary and Kate talking girl power, growing kids' independence, and what sort of Insta influencers arrive at the beach on a skateboard?! (Full disclosure: we still have never skateboarded to the beach.) ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and

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12:10

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: The Pool (aka Uncle Stripe's...

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2021/04/22

Kate and Mary said they were taking a break, and it's absolutely gotta be done! But the break coincides with the earliest episodes of Gotta Be Done disappearing from Apple Podcasts and Spotify, HOW RUDE. We're trying to get that fixed - but if you need a revisit in the meantime, we can oblige! Strap yourself in kids - it's the original theme music (we're nothing without our music man Ari Danaher-Flavell, it's true), surprisingly passable sound quality, and only goes for 12 minutes! (Honestly, were

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43:36

Mr Monkeyjocks (aka The Potential or Theoretical...

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2021/04/15

We're knee-deep in toys, but who's really to blame for this outrageousness? As Mary and Kate ponder the usefulness of a salt lamp, coolness of a pair of Wayfarers, and treasureability of a baby gift, perhaps all-encompassing consumer culture is a little too close for comfort. Mr Monkeyjocks also has us wondering if overwhelm is to blame for the "I'm bored" kid chorus? And if a box of toys gets "lost" in Mary's house move, is it unethical to blame the removalists? And of course, all the reasons that

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41:29

Double Babysitter (aka Don't Turn to The Crown for...

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2021/04/08

It's Gotta Be Done's most-demanded recap - clearly we all want more romance in our lives! And Double Babysitter has stars aligning for Mary and Kate, as they finally get to deep-dive Rad and Frisky's characters - knowing there's a wedding on the horizon! Plus post-lockdown demand for happily ever afters and kids' birthday parties, and our favourite other podcasts right now - oh hai 60 Songs that Explain the 90s and How to Change a Life! Oh, and our most belated "We Know that Now" yet - get ready to

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41:55

BONUS EP (aka Joe Brumm in 2021!)

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2021/04/01

It's nearly two years since Gotta Be Done first caught up with Joe Brumm, the incredible creator of Bluey. Since then, the sheer perfection of Flat Pack and Sleepytime has happened. An Emmy happened (and a million more awards.) Bloody 2020 happened (and after this we'll never speak of it again.) Books and toys and Bluey's Big Play are still happening. And time and time again, Bluey has spoken to us/ saved us amidst it all. So after all that, how many questions do Kate and Mary have for Joe now? In

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40:47

Dunny (aka Feel Like Royal Visits Are Pretty Well...

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2021/03/24

So Mary and Kate are all for staying in bed longer in the mornings, but not sure the Heelers' hijinks quite capture the restful vibe we're after? Dunny has us wondering which of the Queen's high standards we'd meet, vocabulary-based or otherwise. (Hint, not many!) Plus, how many versions of Ten in the Bed/ Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes/ Jingle Bells, Batman Smells are the right number of versions?! Squish-squash! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling,

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43:58

Bad Mood (aka The Episode that Divided the Internet)

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2021/03/18

Neuroscience, vaguebooking, trashing the place and hitting the chocolate - a Bad Mood is a journey, and this Gotta Be Done is no exception! Can our little people actually help their big (bad/naughty/cheeky?!) feelings? And if parents (in Viking helmets) can drive the bad mood, is it up to us to drive the good one too? Don't mention emotional labour! Plus the world's most annoying song and its breakout moment - you're welcome! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary

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46:11

Typewriter (aka Solving All of Literature's Problems...

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2021/03/11

From the yellow brick roads of Oz to the bamboo forests of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the lusty libraries of Bridgerton, this literary-quest episode takes us everywhere! Typewriter also reveals that Kate used to own a typewriter and used to love Wizard of Oz, while Mary still owns a typewriter and is still terrified of Return to Oz. Then, is Calypso just hiding a typewriter, or revealing the secret to the creative journey? Ira Glass has lots to say about that too. Okay, we're out - it's a

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18:34

BONUS EP (aka Bluey's Big Play!)

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2021/03/04

Since December 2020, Bluey's Big Play has been wowing sold-out theatres - or as Rose Myers puts it, "thousands of screaming fans"! The Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre Company jumps in the wagon with Mary, and shares some of the challenges taking our favourite "barrel-shaped" Heelers from screen to stage - and the sheer delight of it all coming together. Plus, Grannies, bin chickens, lorikeets, and should we be looking for a long dog on stage?? ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne

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39:49

Library (aka Heroic Felines in the Blueyverse?)

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2021/02/25

Sure the Library's nice, but have you seen Cat Squad?! Okay so technically Mary and Kate haven't met those pawfect pals (here for your puuurrtection!) but they're a great excuse to talk kids TV themes - good, bad and ugly. Hi, Kangaroo Beach! Meanwhile, is it always the parents to blame for a "spoilt" kid, or can we handball that honour to human nature? We're gonna try! And of course, Stripe's plush lifestyle needs further analysis - or would that get us in trouble with the law?? ++ Gotta Be Done is

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31:07

Cafe (aka Dropping Bluey into Parent Patter to Find...

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2021/02/18

It's the first time in a year that Kate and Mary are on the same microphone! (And also one very vocal nine-month-old, how did that even happen?!) Well, more easily than adult friendships, as we discover in Cafe - why was making friends so much easier in our pub crawl days?! From the Latin roots of famous Fidos, to the mathematical impossibility of two kids that both sleep in, to what even is sleep anyway, this episode is as delirious as Bandit on a pre-dawn park trip. Can we get through to brekkie

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37:39

Burger Shop (aka Haven't Put My Kid in Any Death...

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2021/02/11

Surviving bath time's boredom, mislabeled brachiosauruses and code browns is always tough, so Mary and Kate are thrilled to see Bandit's looking for external guidance too. (Anything's better than adopting the Cobra Kai model, right?!) Burger Shop has us wondering where one does source parenting wisdom (spoiler: mainly podcasts) and also money (Rich Uncle Pennybags is our best chance). Also, do kids actually make up games anymore, or just steal them all from Bluey? Excuse us, gotta get back to

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42:30

Barky Boats (aka Those People Who Need to Click...

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2021/02/04

It's 2021, school's back and so is Gotta Be Done - but is anyone ready for all the going-one-way-then-the-other-way growing up it requires?? Going by our torrents of tears in Barky Boats, Mary and Kate definitely are not! At least some things never change, specifically schoolyard strategies for divining future marriages. (Bluey and Mackenzie sitting in a tree!) Also in a tree, is it God's Eye or just lazy craft? Then fairy gardens put us on a cool Cucumber Quest, and the perfect (and chart-topping!)

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53:04

Christmas Swim (aka A Christmas Treat and Schweppes...

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2020/12/17

WE MADE IT TO CHRISTMAS! Or at least to Christmas Swim, which definitely meets the 2020 near-enough-is-good-enough standard for Mary and Kate. And it's our second Heeler Christmas - is that too early to be demanding invites to weddings? (Looking at you, Rad and Frisky!) Plus we bear gifts: the true meaning of Bartleby, and the (world exclusive) solved mystery of the missing Bluey season two episode! Now excuse us, we've got to follow a star that guides us to Thy Perfect Light/ proper gravy

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55:29

Movies (aka The Great Sock Crisis of 2018)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2020/12/10

Gotta love a special guest appearance on the big screen, and Gotta Be Done does Movies with some serious cinematic assistance - writer and movie buff Cam Williams, thanks for getting in the wagon! From our earliest celluloid experiences to the best way to get kids contained in the cinema, via Willow and "I want" songs and Seinfeld spin-offs and Dreamworks dance parties, it's a blockbuster. (Also, an exclusive extended cut of Joff Bush's Chunky Chimp soundtrack!) This summer, get ready to BEE

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40:07

The Quiet Game (aka Don't Ask Questions I'll Just Go...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2020/12/03

We know our kids never want to play the quiet game - but this episode is proof that team Gotta Be Done isn't so crash hot at it either. (More cowbell!) Besides Mary's determination to ruin all Kate's noisy fun, we're both playing spot-the-Easter-egg in The Quiet Game - did we get them all? Plus first days on the job, ponies and bronies, great Madges of Australian TV, and orchestra requirements for silent movies - look, you'll understand one day! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums

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38:43

Circus (aka Never Had More Faith in the Democratic...

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2020/11/26

Has anyone else noticed a lot of democracy around lately? What better time to break bread and talk Circus! This Bluey episode premiered on Queensland Election day, but Mary and Kate are finding more to talk about across the Pacific as they compare these playground politics with the real thing. And how do explain elections to little kids - when they only talk in goodies and baddies? Plus, Kate wonders whether perfect politician Bluey has been reading How to Win Friends and Influence People? And when

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