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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

01:02:18

Stickbird (aka Don't Have Answers, Just Trauma)

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2025/03/21

From Moana moments on standup paddle boards, to the pipecleaners of the natural world, Lake Currimundi on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has something for everyone - even Stickbirds! Kate and Mary are back and asking the big questions: some universal (what's bugging Bandit?) and some extremely niche (when will Chilli reinvent herself as an Olympic coach??) And some ridiculous, like is Stickbird wearing a tie or a shell-bikini... and is the answer IN A CAKE?? Then there's random new year musings

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01:00:24

Relax (aka Three Seasons and a Movie!)

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2024/12/21

It’s the biggest week of Bluey news since… big screens! But the path to Bluey the Movie has been paved with burnout and mental load – or is that just Kate and Mary trying to prepare for Christmas?First up, here’s Joe Brumm’s letter that accompanied the Bluey feature film announcement... no advice yet on how to wait until 2027! Then, is there a way to relax amidst the relentless demands of parenting/ festivities/ life? The girls canvas books that might help – The Wife Drought, Small Habits for a Big

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59:13

Space (aka We've Needed Some!)

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2024/12/12

It's been a long time between galaxies for an honest-to-goodness Gotta Be Done recap - but Kate and Mary didn't disappear into a black hole (of parenting) for ever, just for about a year. Space is the mind-bending Bluey episode that brings them back, ready to fix things and figure everything out. But are they chief scientists enough? Plus, radical candor, space destinations in Adelaide and Parkes, and amazing sponsor the Epping Club in Sydney's north-west is doing Bluey Trivia! Book now and have

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25:21

BONUS EP (Bluey's World x Bluey's Brisbane x producer...

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2024/11/12

When Kate and Mary from Gotta Be Done and Lou from Bluey's Brisbane sneak along to the opening day of Bluey's World, it's not going to be a subtle affair. And this epic crossover chat, just outside the new Sunshine State landmark/ destination/ (other) happiest place on earth, was next level excitable. It even prompted Bluey's World and Bluey's Big Play producer Andrew Kay to join the fun! Hear first reviews of the one-of-a-kind immersive/ panto/ playful experience at the Northshore Pavilion in

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39:15

BONUS EP (Our Rug Island Era and JOFF BUSH!)

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2024/10/25

Skip out on work and bring your connector pens - it's RUG ISLAND DAY! The THIRD album from Bluey maestro Joff Bush and his glorious music team is out globally today (25 October 2024) wherever you get your music (and even on vinyl!) So of course Mary and Kate were going to drag out the wagon and skive off work Bandit-style, to ask Joff about how this journey into playful imagination came together (it started with a Cafe play-date, and ended with new friends!) From collaborating with Arnhem Land

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23:43

Gotta Be Done's Mary with Bluey's Brisbane at the...

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2024/08/08

So it's been a while, but when one half of Gotta Be Done sneaks up into Blueyland/ Brisbane... podcast magic happens! Mary caught up with Justin and Lou from Bluey's Brisbane for this fun and frenetic crossover episode, on the for-real-life location of iconic Bluey ep Markets (the West End Markets, every Saturday at Davies Park!) Now in their fourth year of exploring the real life world of our favourite Heelers, Justin and Lou have plenty of local knowledge to share. And the superfans also spill

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59:24

BONUS EP (Looking for signs with Joe Brumm)

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2024/04/17

Did you know it took nearly two years from Ludo Studio putting finishing touches on The Sign, to actually getting that biggest ever Bluey episode onto our screens??So really, the fact that Kate and Mary interviewed Bluey creator Joe Brumm after the The Sign dropped on Sunday, and now you're getting the episode on Wednesday - pretty quick turnaround! Joe is back in the wagon to talk through his favourite ever Bluey episode, the only one that has involved every single member of the incredible

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01:28:38

Gotta Be Done's Mary does TONTS!

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2024/03/04

So Gotta Be Done has been missing in your podcast feed for a bit (and you better believe Mary and Kate are missing it too!)But of course they haven't stopped talking about Bluey in any/every other aspect of their lives, and for this special crossover, Mary talks about Bluey A LOT. Thank you TONTS host Claire Tonti for sharing the mic, over to her to explain! In a very special episode of TONTS. I deep dive into the wonderful world of Bluey podcast with Bluey expert and podcast host Mary Bolling

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44:59

BONUS EP (Play, Development, and the Importance of...

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2023/12/07

It's not often an episode of Gotte Be Done has required reading... but when there's three developmental scientists putting Bluey under the microscope, then of course we're all diving in!Mary's joined in the wagon by Dr Molly Scott, Research Scientist in Playful Learning at Temple University, Aria Gastón-Panthaki, Research Coordinator for Children's Development at Harvard University, and Doug Piper, PhD candidate in psychology at Georgetown University. The play-hard trio recently penned a research

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40:49

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done Back and Bluey Fest!)

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2023/11/16

Gotta Be Done's been on a break, but Mary and Kate just couldn't keep mum for BLUEY FEST! (For international types, that's the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's celebration of five years since Bluey launched... and the top 100 episodes as voted by Australia!) So, the girls have got the somewhat-broken-down wagon back together, for a lap through the trials of trying to pick top five episodes, the delights of being in a Bluey book (Where's Bluey? At Christmas), and what's ahead for the rest of

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56:33

Pizza Girls (aka We’ve Covered a Lot of Pizza Feelings)

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2023/08/31

Recently listener Matthew in London emailed Gotta Be Done to ask when the Pizza Girls recap was coming. And Mary and Kate laughed because they'd totally recorded that back in February 2023... and then stopped laughing, because Mary had forgotten to release it. So, strap yourselves in kid, for all the late-summer reminiscing, fresh-new-year-misty-eyed-ness... and Muffin dropping the clutch and drifting her way to glory. Is Pizza Girls the unofficial sequel to Bedroom, and do families need to hold

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37:21

Cricket II (aka It’s Gonna Take More than a Tea Towel)

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2023/08/24

Yep, Gotta Be Done is still talking about Cricket... in this second-half recap, and in Mary and Kate's for real life generally! More music, more obscure cricketenalia, more Rusty love, and the tightrope walk of encouraging your kids without overwhelming them (that Rusty's Dad makes look easy!) Plus, a good guess at when Australia might see the last of Season 3's new episodes... if Gotta Be Done is right, it will be so spooky! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon

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50:10

Cricket I (aka How Many Innings Will This Take and...

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2023/08/03

It's more than a year since Bluey creator Joe Brumm told Gotta Be Done a cricket episode was coming... which is even longer than the average game of cricket! Kate (vessel of cricketing knowledge) and Mary (cricketing knowledge vacuum) explore the whys and wherefores of the deeply weird (but supremely strategic) game of cricket. And how the never-ending, convoluted, global obsession impacts a childhood - theirs, their children's, and theirs again as parents of children! Plus, slips, gullies,

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55:59

Smoochy Kiss (aka Maybe That’s the Fairytale and This...

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2023/07/13

So Gotta Be Done isn't here to call out annoying habits - but if Smoochy Kiss goes there, do Mary and Kate maybe kind of have to?! From what (on earth) Bandit's doing in his first scene, to best kitchen weaponry that's not too weapony (and how saucepan lids pre-date shields, actually?!), crimes against laundry sinks, boxes big enough for grown-ups, inversion and flipping the chase (music), and whether it's toughening up or softening up that makes a relationship work. In short, it's just another day

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58:32

Dirt (aka Need a Redemption Arc in Our Lives)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/06/29

Gotta Be Done is back after a break, and redeeming oneself is the theme of this recap - in all the ways. Morning, Wendy! Memories of mud piles and doubts about overly-clean modern life (is Insta to blame??), and is that dirt under fingernails, or potential neural connections? Oh, and what IS a chow chow? Well if a dog and a lion had a very adorable baby... that's Wendy and Judo! Also, parents modelling to children is a big theme of Dirt - but hang on, has Bluey been modelling to everyone all

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45:45

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: The Show (aka Advice for the...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/06/01

CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, Mary and Kate talk pregnancy loss, infertility, and grief... and life in lockdown, because this is a 2020 throwback. It can get heavy. Bluey is known for tackling big issues - and in 2023 we know there's definitely a miscarriage storyline in The Show. (Back then and now, there's still plenty of hope, hilarity and happiness to take from this gorgeous episode too.) And in these overwhelming times (i.e, all times!), who doesn't need a helpful checklist on

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58:08

Onesies (aka Getting People Up to Speed on Kid Chaos)

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/05/25

Content warning: This episode of Gotta Be Done covers topics around fertility, pregnancy loss and grief. Onesies broke hearts and healed them again, and Mary and Kate wade into "the messy middle" to work out how. In summary: Families are hard, children who have complaints about the presents they receive are annoying but predictable, incredible Australian actor Rose Byrne (who plays Brandy!) is lovely (even if she's not who we think she is!) And, two years on, the moving miscarriage storyline in

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55:20

Granny Mobile (aka Muffin’s Shiny New Career as a...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/05/18

Gotta Be Done loves doing the slow crawl past a garage sale, and Granny Mobile brings more Bluey delights than a giant bargain table! Mary and Kate talk the endless possibilities for types of grannies (nobody puts granny in a corner!), the Muffin redemption arc (can toddlers really grow out of their tantrums?!), and weapon-of-mass-destruction qualities of a Glomesh handbag. Plus the historical details/ The Crown facts captured by royal wedding plates (spoiler alert, they hated each other), why

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01:05:53

Exercise (aka Personal Fulfilment at Work, Not Just a...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/05/11

It's the episode that launched a thousand hot takes, and Gotta Be Done is finally here with a slightly reheated one! Kate and Mary recorded their Exercise recap before ABC and Ludo re-released an updated episode, then recorded more again after the fact - so get ready for many, many thoughts about the challenges of exercising, the niceness (or otherwise) of bosses, and the fact that kids really do copy everything we do. So, let's play more lawn table tennis! Nice shot! Big thanks to episode

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58:00

Turtle Boy (aka Kids TV Dichotomy of Preachy or...

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast ·

2023/05/04

Gotta Be Done has confessions to go with Turtle Boy - Mary and Kate have both let their kids take lost toys home. Can this episode undo the damage? Lucky the childhood magic of a park never changes (captured by Rafferty Amor)! Also, are all kids shows either preachy or mindless violence? (No, some have songs about physics and structural engineering!) Big thanks to episode sponsors mathsonline.com.au in Australia, and mathonline.com in the US! ++ Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne

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