Episodes
Friday Nov 01, 2019
The Adventure (aka Ooh, Ahh, I Lost My... Mainstream Education)
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Everyone loves a good adventure, but have you ever been on one that involved Beyonce, Wonder Woman, and getting pulled out of grade three because of schoolyard rhymes? Well strap yourselves in kids, Gotta Be Done's take on The Adventure has it all!
Mary starts with a detour for Megan Washington worship (Take 5 episode and TEDx Talk included!) while Kate opens up about past tales of heroism (Raymond the Champion Farter, anyone?) We both wonder if the new generation of girl power fairytales are changing games in the playground, and can't believe Chloe's Dad's rookie drive-home mistake.
It's great to be back after the week break, thanks for the week off folks - those damn electricity bills keep coming!
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Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!
Follow us on Insta at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
BONUS EP (aka All Our Children Are Our Favourites!)
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
One dedicated listener has done it, but can we?? And more importantly, will you?!
A quick Gotta Be Done ramble inspired by super-fan Nathan, and his effort to rank his favourite Bluey episodes - ALL 51 OF THEM.
And now, we have a helpful Surveymonkey to help you! So, be like Nathan (thank you Nathan!) and RANK YOUR FAVOURITES HERE! (Or at least a top ten - we'll be back with the results eventually!)
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Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!
Follow us on Insta at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.
Friday Oct 18, 2019
The Creek (aka A New Zealand Cultural Renaissance)
Friday Oct 18, 2019
Friday Oct 18, 2019
We're ditching the playground and heading for The Creek - but first, a few more branches on the family tree! Is cousin Rusty's family on the outer with the Heelers, we wonder, or is there another reason they never get invited to family events?
Then who's more scared of the creatures of the creek - is it our kids, or Kate? Snakes are a real and present danger... just like drop-bears, right Bandit?! (Jks, our international listener friends, please come visit!)
Finally, welcome to all the new New Zealanders discovering Bluey now she's on TVNZ - our favourite Kiwi (and Mary's pick for future Bluey romances) Mackenzie will show you around, choice az bro! (Taika Waititi for Mackenzie's dad in S2, please Ludo!)
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Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!
Follow us on Insta at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Copycat (aka A Hair's Breadth Away from Expletives)
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Nothing's certain but death, and kids really taxing your patience. But while Copycat delves into serious subjects, our take certainly finds peculiar purgatories - collectible tea-towels and biscuit tins, anyone? Just don't put a corpse in there, or you'll be dead to Kate!
We wonder how pets actually work in Bluey's anthropomorphic world (a certain pig sneaks in, again), hope Bandit hasn't overstepped with Wendy, and appreciate an empathetic vet nurse (oh hai, Stephanie Hex Bendixsen!)
Finally, companion viewing recommendation: Play School's Beginnings and Endings. Oh, and can you stop your kids horrifying their grandparents by asking if they're nearly dead? (It's out of our hands!)
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Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!
Follow us on Insta at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Shaun (aka The Redemption of the Recorder)
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Oh, Shaun's back. But enough about him - is Bandit-with-the-emu-hand the ultimate (or any kind of) "thirst trap"? We weigh up Clementine Ford's assessment of our favourite Blue Heeler dad - right after we rush to Urban Dictionary to look up thirst trap!
Also, it's the music that makes the emu, as they say - but even if it's from a recorder?? Joff Bush gives us a bit of behind-the-scenes on this Bluey score (created with Steve Peach), and we're pretty excited.
But stay calm and controlled folks, this is all about parental tactics for wearing out the kids - and tell you what, it's exhausting!
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Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive on every Bluey episode, with plenty of detours into mama life, childhood memories, and everything else we're bingeing, too!
Follow us on Insta It's at @blueypod @marytbolling @katejmcmahon or on Twitter at @blueypodcast - and use #blueypod to join in.