188 episodes

Two Melbourne mums obsessed with ABC TV/Disney Jnr show Bluey, episode by episode!

Gotta Be Done - A Bluey Podcast blueypod

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.7 • 259 Ratings

Two Melbourne mums obsessed with ABC TV/Disney Jnr show Bluey, episode by episode!

    Gotta Be Done's Mary does TONTS!

    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, 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. Mary is a journalist, mum and kids culture enthusiast, and one half of the Gotta Be Done podcast, deep-diving Australian juggernaut Bluey (and parenting, pop culture and everything else!) since 2019. In typical TONTS. and Bluey fashion we talk about the themes in Bluey that so closely match our own experiences. Two mums deep diving into the highs and lows of parenting, grief, loss, miscarriage, the power of story and the vital role of play and silliness. What a joy!
     
    You can find more from Mary Bolling on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/marytbolling/ and listen to her and co-host Kate McMahon on Gotta Be Done here https://www.blueypod.com

     
    Head to https://www.clairetonti.com for more awesome episodes, and follow her on Insta at https://www.instagram.com/clairetonti/ and https://www.instagram.com/tontspod 

    • 1 hr 28 min
    BONUS EP (Play, Development, and the Importance of Being Bingo)

    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 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 piece, Bluey teaches children and parents alike about how play supports creativity and other life lessons (lime lessons??), and on the podcast share their own journeys to Bluey, favourite bits of Bluey brain science, and whether Bluey is inspiring a new generation of more thoughtful, playful parents... (spoiler alert, hopefully?!)
    Thanks team for sharing your brilliant insights, and thanks Bluey for everything you're teaching us! 
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    Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive 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.

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

    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 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 season three... 
    .. and also, what should we see in (new 28-minute Bluey ep in 2024) The Sign??
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    Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive 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.

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

    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 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 onto every item ever that has a story? (Well Marie Kondo has given up on tidying, you know...) Plus, February Kate and Mary excitedly preview the now well-and-truly out Dance Mode album (and they're still excited six months on!)
    Oh, and... Yeah I want garlic bread! 
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    Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive 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.

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

    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 (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! 
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    Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive 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.

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

    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 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, silly-mids, fruit and pies - and not the kind you get at tea break! 
    (Speaking of tea break, this recap gets one! Stay tuned for Gotta Be Done does Cricket II next week!)  
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    Gotta Be Done is ex-journos and Adelaide/ Melbourne mums Kate McMahon and Mary Bolling, as we deep-dive 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.

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
259 Ratings

259 Ratings

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Awesome podcast I would listen every single day

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Lillian mcNeal

This is an amazing podcast I always listen to it every day

TheMoochieMonster ,

10/10

I am so obsessed with Bluey and I love listening to theories other people have and I think this podcast is a great way of showing that. I am 12 years old and I have cried watching Bluey, it’s just such a great show and I loved listening to your podcast🫶.

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