Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast

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What's Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast about?

Two Melbourne mums obsessed with ABC TV's Bluey, episode by episode! Email [email protected] or say hi on our socials #blueypod

Artwork by J-F Tranquille, music by Ari Danaher-Flavell

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Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast episodes:

04.17.2024
BONUS EP (Looking for signs with Joe Brumm)
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...
03.04.2024
Gotta Be Done's Mary does TONTS!
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,...
12.07.2023
BONUS EP (Play, Development, and the Importance of Being Bingo)
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...
11.16.2023
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done Back and Bluey Fest!)
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...
08.31.2023
Pizza Girls (aka We’ve Covered a Lot of Pizza Feelings)
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...
08.24.2023
Cricket II (aka It’s Gonna Take More than a Tea Towel)
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...
08.03.2023
Cricket I (aka How Many Innings Will This Take and Also What’s an Innings?)
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...
07.13.2023
Smoochy Kiss (aka Maybe That’s the Fairytale and This Is the Reality)
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...
06.29.2023
Dirt (aka Need a Redemption Arc in Our Lives)
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...
06.01.2023
VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: The Show (aka Advice for the Ages)
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...
05.25.2023
Onesies (aka Getting People Up to Speed on Kid Chaos)
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...
05.18.2023
Granny Mobile (aka Muffin’s Shiny New Career as a Hostage Negotiator)
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!),...
05.11.2023
Exercise (aka Personal Fulfilment at Work, Not Just a Unit of Production)
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...
05.04.2023
Turtle Boy (aka Kids TV Dichotomy of Preachy or Mindless Violence)
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...
04.27.2023
BONUS EP (Rich J Labels on Everything!)
He's the all-knowing and all-seeing Series Director of Bluey, and Richard Jeffery has all the panicked 4am wake-ups to prove it! Rich/ Rich J from the Fairytale 80s montage/ Mackenzie's Dad/ RichWOW jumps in the Gotta Be Done wagon to share...
04.20.2023
BONUS EP (Jazz and Joff in Dance Mode!)
"Finally I've got an outlet for what I'm really good at, that is: singing like a cat." There's no shortage of surprises on the new Bluey album Dance Mode out worldwide TODAY - and Joff Bush's feline finesse is high on...
04.13.2023
Puppets (aka Do We Know the Meaning of Life Yet?)
How's it goin', salad dodgers?! Whether you've been dodging salad or not, you might want to know why that's a shout-out to the original Bluey pilot (now leaked!) - and Gotta Be Done wouldn't mind advice on ending the salad...
04.06.2023
BONUS EP (Taking Bluey Global with BBC’s Kate O’Connor)
She's played keepy uppy on the stage of Madison Square Garden, floated down Sixth Avenue, and beamed into millions of homes around the globe on the daily - but strap yourselves in kids, Bluey's only getting bigger! And trying to wrangle...
03.30.2023
Fairytale (aka An Accurate Historical Document)
It's the Heeler history we all need to believe in, and Gotta Be Done is fact-checking and fetishising every glorious 80s moment! From montages to hazy memories, violent consequences of jinxes and whether child discipline should be depicted for historical purposes,...
03.23.2023
VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project vs Bluey the Album!)
So it's ONE MONTH until the new Bluey album lands - who likes to Dance Mode?! (And second single, the Rain score WITH JAZZ D'ARCY'S LYRICS is dropping on streaming services TODAY, make sure you are following Bluey to hear...
03.16.2023
Faceytalk (aka Not Just One Baked Good But Two!)
Are you triggered by time outs? What about televisual content that recreates pandemic lockdown conditions? Unequal distribution of parenting? Or the sight/ thought/ mention of people/ dogs on the toilet? Well, dial in and get ready for Muffin (Cupcake) Heeler levels...
03.02.2023
Tina (aka And Yet, And Yet...)
Nice to meet you Tina... or should Mary and Kate say, SEASON 3'S ASPARAGUS?! Okay so three years on Gotta Be Done has come to the party (animals) of their previously least-favourite Bluey. But what happens when there's another contender?? Tina sparks...
02.25.2023
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Mums Work & Chaos)
We know Bluey is beloved/imitated/talked about the world over. So when a British mum, talking on a podcast, and channelling all the Bluey in her parenting, suggests a chat - well, it's gotta be done! Louise Salih is a mum of three...
02.23.2023
Ragdoll (aka 10 Bucks Lying Around?! Clearly Happened Before Inflation Crisis!)
It was a break that threw up more than a few roadblocks... but at Gotta Be Done, obstacles don't block the path, they are the path! So Kate and Mary are back, maybe not with a lot of newfound wisdom, but...
02.11.2023
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done does Pub Trivia Expereience ft Two Bandits Watching Bluey!)
So Gotta Be Done has been gone too long, but don't think for a second that Mary and Kate have stopped talking about Bluey! Thanks so much to amazing Tim at Pub Trivia Experience who hosted Gotta Be Done (original Bluey...
12.08.2022
BONUS EP (aka Jazz D’arcy Makes Music Magic)
It's the final Gotta Be Done for 2022, and Mary and Kate are wrapping up in musical style, and on the beat! Jazz D'Arcy has been a composer, musician and music assistant on Bluey since the beginning, and is a key...
12.01.2022
Explorers (aka Stealing Seats in Cafes When They’re Not Lost in the Glass House Mountains)
So Gotta Be Done doesn't need a tourism campaign to tell them Queensland's Glass House Mountains are beautiful/ in Australia... but did tourism dollars help get this Explorers episode to where it was going? Mary and Kate analyse Jack's Dad/ Hamish...
11.17.2022
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Bluey’s Brisbane in Blueyland!)
So, Mary went to Brisbane. You might not be as excited about that as she was, but luckily Bluey's Brisbane duo Lou and Justin were just as excited! And while this crossover is not quite a Bluey tour of Brisbane -...
11.10.2022
Chest (aka May Have Missed the Child Prodigy Boat)
First things first, when is the right time to teach your kids anything - and is it too late for Kate and Mary to chess master it up? Gotta Be Done dives into the Breneness of looking after hearts, and the...
10.27.2022
Tradies (aka Ironic Plumber’s Crack, Despite the Big Belt)
Big belts, big heroes of Australian comedy, big plumber's crack - Tradies delivers plenty of big Bluey moments! Mary and Kate explain tradies, sparkies and chippies for the non-Aussie audience, and find Brene moments in talking to your enemies with defences...
10.13.2022
Rain (aka Sometimes Saying Nothing Says the Most, But Probably Not on a Podcast)
It's the Bluey episode that started in the gutter, but now all of us are looking up at the double rainbows. Rain has so much meaning for Kate and co - and especially in a week where rain and memories are...
10.06.2022
Magic (aka The Couch Is Cursed and You Shall Never Lie There)
Is Magic powerful, or is magic just power? Either way it comes with great responsibility... and plenty of other half-baked film connection theories, courtesy of Gotta Be Done! Mary's asking how much magic/power/autonomy you can give Bluey/ a six-year-old/ her six-year-old...
09.29.2022
Driving (aka Phone Handy in Case the Game Gets Boring)
Parents are used to having plenty of purpose, but Gotta Be Done wonders about the bored side-effects of the busy. Also, Driving takes Kate and Mary to wild workplaces where staplers are tied down, bangers in the Blueyverse and beyond (like...
09.22.2022
Sheep Dog (aka If Fish Mullets Had Hair It Would Probably Be Long at the Back?)
No doubt Sheep Dog contains important lessons, but is this Bluey at its most simplistic? (Context, text and subtext: Mums just need 20 minutes, dammit!) Kate and Mary wonder what needs more explaining, mullets or shearers (and wonder if there's cutting-room-floor...
09.15.2022
Stories (aka Didn’t Know So Many Horses in Australia Were American!)
“We are the stories we tell ourselves." There's a lot for Gotta Be Done to unpack about Stories, both Indy and Winton's, and Kate and Mary's! Plus their desperate attempt to be across all the pop culture references within ("we're not very...
09.08.2022
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Aussie Girl Margie)
Gotta Be Done goes beyond the audio this week - with the superstar of YouTube, Aussie Girl Margie! The effervescent Australian-mum-living-in-the-US has been making fun-filled Bluey content for a year, and shares her screen with Mary in this big chat! From the...
09.01.2022
VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Family Meeting (aka Where’s My Wooden Spoon?)
It's the episode that made Disney decree farts aren't funny - or maybe are too funny for under-5s?! Look, who knows how that Mouse's mind works! But word is Disney is revisiting the decision - so Mary and Kate are...
08.25.2022
Musical Statues (aka OMG I Just Realised They’re Playing Musical Statues)
Sorry rest of world, Gotta Be Done is sneaking ahead of you again, to recap the first of the Australian-only-so-far episodes - and honestly, Musical Statues is the mood-lift we all need! (Thanks Bluey Season 3 Part 2A.) Mary and Kate...
08.18.2022
Curry Quest (aka Layers of Coping Strategies We Need in Our Lives)
What is a Curry Quest/ Campbellian Monomyth/ Peshwari Naan/ good approach for breaking bad news to kids? Gotta Be Done asks all those questions and more - the only sure answer, Mary and Kate want Chilli narrating life for all of...
08.11.2022
VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Bedroom (aka The Girls Are Getting Extremely Good at Drawing)
So Bluey Season 3 has finally reached the rest of the world, and Gotta Be Done is giving you global Bluey devotees a week to catch up/ process/ binge a certain podcast. You're welcome! This recap first dropped in December 2021,...
08.04.2022
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project FREE RANGE!)
Gotta Be Done and The Hammerbarn Project have covered Bluey the Album, but there's still so so much to talk about - so they do! From podcast team back stories to how anyone ever parented pre-Bluey (did they really??), a rapid-fire...
07.28.2022
BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project vs Bluey the Album!)
Did you know that Gotta Be Done is NOT the only podcast that religiously recaps episodes of Bluey? The lads from The Hammerbarn Project burst onto the podwaves last year, and are bringing some brilliantly (beautifully!) blokey perspective to our favourite...
07.20.2022
Pavlova (aka Up Here for Bibliothèque-ing, Down There for Discothèque-ing)
Zut alors! We has emerged! Gotta Be Done does Pavlova and wonders if the French language even exists beyond the bits you learn from kids cartoons. But what would the Blueyverse's French folks (frog dogs?) make of Bandit's impression? (Or of...
07.14.2022
Whale Watching (aka Be Motivated By Spite Not Guilt)
So Gotta Be Done has finally left the couch (HA!) and is back to the recapping, but moving slowly and avoiding loud noises, a bit like Whale Watching! It's the Bluey episode that proves Bandit and Chilli occasionally get on the...
07.07.2022
BONUS EP (aka Joe Brumm III: THE DECIDER!)
So we did a Grandpa Bob and disappeared for a bit, but Gotta Be Done is BACK BABY - and for the best possible reason! Joe Brumm joins Kate and Mary on the mic, with a ton of Bluey S3 secrets...
04.07.2022
Mini Bluey (aka Just Be in the Moment and Hug the Wombat)
A slight technical glitch to start this Mini Bluey recap - but are lost library books and non-compliant noisy children just technical glitches too? Gotta Be Done wonders what constitutes weird in on-toast combos (Bingo toast, anyone?), and whether anyone can...
03.31.2022
Obstacle Course (aka Mel Gibson and the One Who’s Not Mel Gibson)
Are kids bad losers, or do they just have keenly developed senses of injustice? In Obstacle Course, Bluey is a bit of each - and at Kate and Mary's places, it's definitely one or the other! Meanwhile, what movies do you...
03.24.2022
Born Yesterday (aka Glittering Star Cameos of Bluey Season 3... and also Eva Mendez)
Gotta Be Done wasn't born yesterday, but who else thinks a fresh start on life on earth might not go astray right now? Of course, Mary and Kate and everyone else would still need the wisdom of Bluey and Bingo to...
03.17.2022
Housework (aka Who Even Cleans Windows?)
From Chilli's first line for the ages (oh man, Gotta Be Done is just not a fan of housework either babe!), Housework is a joy that does not usually come with housework! There's the playful Fab Four, the interminable demands of...
03.03.2022
Phones (aka You Can’t Call Millennials on the Phone)
Ring ring, ring ring? Hello, this is Kate and Mary showing their age by actually picking up the phone - but will the next generation even know what that is? Phones and Grandad Mort's visit have Gotta Be Done wondering about...

What's Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast about?

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Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast episodes:

BONUS EP (Looking for signs with Joe Brumm)

Gotta Be Done's Mary does TONTS!

BONUS EP (Play, Development, and the Importance of Being Bingo)

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

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

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

Cricket I (aka How Many Innings Will This Take and Also What’s an Innings?)

Smoochy Kiss (aka Maybe That’s the Fairytale and This Is the Reality)

Dirt (aka Need a Redemption Arc in Our Lives)

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

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

Granny Mobile (aka Muffin’s Shiny New Career as a Hostage Negotiator)

Exercise (aka Personal Fulfilment at Work, Not Just a Unit of Production)

Turtle Boy (aka Kids TV Dichotomy of Preachy or Mindless Violence)

BONUS EP (Rich J Labels on Everything!)

BONUS EP (Jazz and Joff in Dance Mode!)

Puppets (aka Do We Know the Meaning of Life Yet?)

BONUS EP (Taking Bluey Global with BBC’s Kate O’Connor)

Fairytale (aka An Accurate Historical Document)

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project vs Bluey the Album!)

Faceytalk (aka Not Just One Baked Good But Two!)

Tina (aka And Yet, And Yet...)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Mums Work & Chaos)

Ragdoll (aka 10 Bucks Lying Around?! Clearly Happened Before Inflation Crisis!)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done does Pub Trivia Expereience ft Two Bandits Watching Bluey!)

BONUS EP (aka Jazz D’arcy Makes Music Magic)

Explorers (aka Stealing Seats in Cafes When They’re Not Lost in the Glass House Mountains)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Bluey’s Brisbane in Blueyland!)

Chest (aka May Have Missed the Child Prodigy Boat)

Tradies (aka Ironic Plumber’s Crack, Despite the Big Belt)

Rain (aka Sometimes Saying Nothing Says the Most, But Probably Not on a Podcast)

Magic (aka The Couch Is Cursed and You Shall Never Lie There)

Driving (aka Phone Handy in Case the Game Gets Boring)

Sheep Dog (aka If Fish Mullets Had Hair It Would Probably Be Long at the Back?)

Stories (aka Didn’t Know So Many Horses in Australia Were American!)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x Aussie Girl Margie)

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Family Meeting (aka Where’s My Wooden Spoon?)

Musical Statues (aka OMG I Just Realised They’re Playing Musical Statues)

Curry Quest (aka Layers of Coping Strategies We Need in Our Lives)

VINTAGE GOTTA BE DONE: Bedroom (aka The Girls Are Getting Extremely Good at Drawing)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project FREE RANGE!)

BONUS EP (Gotta Be Done x The Hammerbarn Project vs Bluey the Album!)

Pavlova (aka Up Here for Bibliothèque-ing, Down There for Discothèque-ing)

Whale Watching (aka Be Motivated By Spite Not Guilt)

BONUS EP (aka Joe Brumm III: THE DECIDER!)

Mini Bluey (aka Just Be in the Moment and Hug the Wombat)

Obstacle Course (aka Mel Gibson and the One Who’s Not Mel Gibson)

Born Yesterday (aka Glittering Star Cameos of Bluey Season 3... and also Eva Mendez)

Housework (aka Who Even Cleans Windows?)

Phones (aka You Can’t Call Millennials on the Phone)

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