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In this week's episode the boys begin with a magazine article from "the good ol' days" discussing the ancient practice of "harassment training". This holdover from the military diving programs that naturally became part of the civilian training programs in the early days of SCUBA training has, for all intents and purposes, been eradicated from modern training. But, was there a benefit from it? It doesn't really matter anyway because the topic goes off track and the boys get deep into the subject of Mastery and what is the true meaning of life... or some crap like that....LOL! Have a listen, we think you'll enjoy!
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Click Here To Listen!! If you can't handle the truth (about Air McDoodles)then maybe you're out of order!! This week the boys discuss an article from the DAN (Divers Alert Network) detailing a near miss and the star of the article is the ever funny and entertaining "Air McDoodle!" If you object to funny and educational episodes your Honor, then you might be found guilty by reason of insanity if you don't listen to this gem!
Click Here To Listen!! Meet Dick. Dick considers himself an advanced diver with over 100 dives. Dick takes a 2 year hiatus from diving. Dick jumps back in the water on a deep advanced level dive thinking, "what could go wrong?" Dick dies. Dick should have listened to The Great Dive Podcast. Don't be a Dick and instead have a listen as the boys discuss another avoidable tragedy on this episode of The Great Dive Podcast!
Click Here To Listen!! Jamesy and Brando get back to the fan favorite of looking at tragic disasters. After a few weeks of looking at the state of education, the boys discuss an accident and the breakdown of mindset, or should we say the lack thereof.
Click Here To Listen! After a couple weeks of looking at the original US Scuba Training Program based out of Scripps, your buddies Jamesy and Brando take an updated look at what it means to be a great scuba instructor. The pursuit of excellence in education can sometimes be difficult, costly, and time consuming. The balance between getting the student “done” and making certain they are ready to be certified can sometimes get blurry. In Simon Pridmore’s book “Scuba Professional” he gives us 13 things to consider when teaching to help you produce better divers. Get your copy at simonpridmore.com
Click Here To Listen! Get your fix of the history of Scuba Diving in today with this part 2 of The First US Scuba Training Program at The Scripps Institute of Oceanography. The boys continue their discussion of the development of the first training program for Scuba in the US. Lots of rudiments for everyone in this one!
Click Here To Listen!! The boys sit down to discuss the very first established scuba training program in the United States. Based out of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Jamesy and Brando dive into Andy Rechnitzer and Connie Limbaugh’s original training program. This original class was developed out of necessity because nothing existed yet and much of that program is still in effect today.
Click Here To Listen! In honor of International Women's day, the boys celebrate one of the greats in diving, Dottie Frazier! Have a listen as they talk about her upbringing, who she was, what she's contributed to diving and to the world. Click Here To Listen!! The boys sit down and recap their recent trip up to Lake Charlevoix, Michigan to do an ice dive on the shipwreck Keuka. Along the way they start up a 1970’s style quiz show to prove who is the real genius of The Great Dive Podcast.
Click Here To Listen! Ice Ice baby!! It's that time of year gang and the boys are heading out to dive the ice covered waters of Northern Michigan. This week we'll discuss some of the ins and outs of ice diving and why folks do it. Join us for a fun little chat about what's involved with an ice dive and why people love it!
Click Here To Listen!! Jamesy and Brando are back for the final week of the 2021 National Cave Diving Month, celebrated world-wide. This week, the boys dive into the world famous Peacock Springs, now the Wes Skiles State Park, to look at the early days of American cave diving. With the help of Sheck Exley, this system with over 30,000 feet of passages and rooms have been mapped and are all nearly 100% always underwater. Join us for a few exciting tales from Peacock.
Link to a few pics from Peacock and Orange Grove. Click Here To Listen! Due to some unforeseen family emergencies, we are re-releasing our favorite cave diving episode. We will be back next week to finish Cave Diving Month. Our apologies.
Click Here To Listen! Join the boys as they continue to celebrate Worldwide Cave Diving Month!! This week we get schooled from 2020's Pandemic Madness Champion, world class diver, and one of our favorite people, Larry Green. We'll examine and discuss an article from Larry that will enlighten and enrich your diving experience!
Click Here To Listen!! This week we jump into Brando’s Hot Tub Cave Diving Time Machine for a look back at underwater education. The pivotal change in the mid-1970’s. Was cave diving the way to ecstasy or certain agony? Tune in to find out.
Click Here To Listen! It's National Cave Diving Month, once again on TGDP. Your buddies, Jamesy and Brando, start it off talking about Flattening The Curve. No, not that curve, the other one. The fatality curve. Join them as they discuss how things have changed over the decades to make diving and in particular cave diving a safer sport for all of us to enjoy.
Click Here To Listen! Sacrebleu!! It's Friday again and time for another episode of The Great Dive Podcast!! Don your béret and grab a baguette Mes chères for we are venturing into French territory! Join the boys as they discuss more lessons for life!
Click Here To LIsten!! Jamesy and Brando dive into 2021 with high hopes and a deep understanding of where 2020 left us. With the help of a positively buoyant article from Dive New Wire, they reflect on what 2020 meant to us divers and where we can go in 2021. Be the fin.
Click Here To Listen! The boys sit down and recap the crazy year that was 2020. Life before the pandemic, the coming of Covid-19 and what it did to the year and how TGDP grew along the way. Here are a few of our favorite memories from Mad Dog 2020.
Click Here To Listen! Saint Brando and Krampus James sit down and discuss the Do’s and Don’ts of scuba diving to see who gets put on Saint Brando’s naughty list.
Click Here To Listen! Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, a priest and a rabbi and two podcasters walk into a bar… True story! So there I was… Jamesy and Brando sit back and have a few laughs as they start to wrap up 2020. Join them as they tell a few of the best scuba diving jokes you’ve ever heard.
Click Here To Listen! This week the boys take a quiz to find out exactly what level diver they are.... follow along and see where you rank... Expert? Novice? Take a quiz and find out. Don't worry... it's not a test. It's a quiz so it's short and sweet!
Have a Listen! This week the boys have a talk about deep sea commercial diving. Brando get nostalgic about hard hats, DDCs and the Grem-Bird. While talking about a new movie on Netflix, they also discuss a book sent to them, Salvamar- A Tale of Salvage and Deep Diving, by Dominic Miller. Join them in this exciting episode about being trapped at the bottom of the North Sea.
Here is a link to the book. Get your copy and tell Dominic you heard about it on TGDP. https://www.amazon.com/Salvamar-Tale-Salvage-Deep-Diving-ebook/dp/B07ZH9XNYG?fbclid=IwAR3cyog-yJdbW92ud0A_f6mTVa865KW-sRK0perrt3jJ8NQmeJ8MqLHIkL8 Click Here To Listen! Hey everybody, it’s Black Friday and you know what that means. It’s time to get that special scuba diver in your life some holiday presents. Not sure what to get for your loved one, well TGDP is here to help you spread some holiday cheer. Join us as we go through this new Holiday Gift Guide from the gang over at DeeperBlue.com
Click Here To Listen! This week the boys get back to the business of diving. We love to get listener email and we love it even more if we can turn it into an episode where we can all take something valuable from the lessons contained therein. This episode is exactly that... we'll take some listener e-mail and talk about the important aspects of learning to dive well and learning how to build trust with your dive partner.
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