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Going scuba diving means you are one of the people who get off the couch and really live your life. You are not content to sit back and watch life through the eyes of your favorite TV character, you are living your own. But that comes with a cost. The price is Responsibility.
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This is probably the most important episode of The Great Dive Podcast ever produced. If you have ever wanted to pretend to be a diver or find out how to recognize a poser, then this is the episode for you!
As a diver, knowing which flipper to raise when swearing the Skindiver oath is critical knowledge! Have a listen and find out what's what in the world of the Skindiver! Click Here To Listen! If schooners, islands and maroons, and Jasmine incense are your thing… then this episode is for you, me boy! Join the bootie-seeking, scallywags of TGDP on this look at the love affair of pirates and divers.
Click Here To Listen! After a weekend of weather changes and allergies, the boys ran into a few divers with ear clearing troubles. Equalizing the ears is an overlooked art that many divers force into working. Learn from these stories before you find yourself with MEBT!
Click Here To Listen! This time on Sealab, things don’t go so well. 100 Fathoms below the surface, when you are at 600fsw and you have problems it’s never a good day. Join Jamesy and Brando as they finish this little series about Sealab.
Click Here To Listen! Leaving the warmer waters of Bermuda, Jamesy and Brando join Scott Carpenter and the other aquanauts 205 feet underwater off Scripps Canyon near La Jolla, California. Sealab 2 was bigger, better and lasted longer than the previous mission/experiment/war….
Click Here To Listen! After George Bond’s famous Blow and Go from Episode 125, he started working on a new project that would have Americans living and working on the bottom of the ocean. This project would be come Sealab. Jamesy and Brando take a dip to join them on this incredible experiment.
Click Here To Listen! Join your buddies from TGDP as they take a twilight zone trip with Papa Topside to make an Emergency Swimming Ascent from 300FSW. If you don’t laugh… Bad Things Happen!
Click Here To Listen! Be honest, have you ever made any of these photography mistakes? James and Brando even admit to a few. Plus the boys discuss other photography crimes and classic mistakes.
https://www.deepblu.com/mag/index.php/2018/01/03/10-common-underwater-photography-beginner-mistakes/ Click Here To Listen! Join James and Brando as they continue to celebrate "Shark Week" with a "Lesson For Life" that comes from a chance encounter with (as you would expect) a shark. This week also includes the much awaited return of "Shark Johnson". So sit back and have a listen to this episode of The Great Dive Podcast!
Click Here To Listen!! Shark Week starts tomorrow and TGDP kicks it off with a big bite! We take a trip to the land down under to jam with the Thunderbirds and take a swim with seals and sharks. Like they say down there, “You better pack your darkies if you’re going to swim with the sharkies.”
Click Here To Listen! What is the #1 way divers die? Is it a skill issue? A mental issue? Ego? What is the difference in the mindset of a diver who dies while attempting to break the deep diver record, compared to a diver pushing their own personal limits with ego and ignorance?
Click Here To Listen! Hey divers!! We have a fun one this week! Join Jamesy & Brando as we get in touch with our inner hippies and talk about astrology and scuba diving! We'll have special guest star Alayna from KOXY Radio's "AstroHo's" show guide us through the zodiac for diving! This is a fun one you're sure to enjoy... as long as you're not an over-sensitive Cancer or a Pisces with a Scorpio in Uranus.... ahahaha!
Click Here To Listen!! Breathe Deep… Even the most skilled divers can fall victim to panic. Jamesy and Brando recall a couple of their own moments of panic underwater and try to keep cool in the presence of clowns.
Click Here To Listen! Coming from the land of the ice and snow, Jamesy and Brando plunge into a dark dive that leads to a sad fatality for a father and son dive team. What happens when the reality of your experience mixes with your good intentions of instructing someone when you’re not an instructor?
Click Here To Listen! Summer is finally here, and we have your Scuba Catastrophe Survival Guide ready for your listening pleasure. Panicked Buddy! Getting Lost! Trapped! Your Computer Conks Out!! Alexa, what do I do about this shark bite? We have the answers for you.
Click Here To Listen! This one is pure gold.... sit back and let this week's stream bathe your ears like a warm waterfall of relief. We tackle the always important yet rarely discussed topic of peeing in your wetsuit. Is it disgusting or is it a dire necessity? You decide as we discuss this topic as well as give a heartfelt apology to one of our dear listeners who we may have offended by confusing their name. There is no excuse for this and we are owning up to our faux pas.... but in our defense it is a common misunderstanding with this particular name.
Click Here To Listen!! After sharing their congratulations from PADI for 20 years of service, the TGDP boys get into a discussion about the dive tables. Are they obsolete? In todays age of dive computers and custom profiles, are the old tables wrong??
Click Here To Listen! Keeping up to date on current affairs, the boys have a talk about the recent deaths at the top of Mt. Everest. There are many similarities to diving and goal-oriented diving in particular. Why do we dive? Is it for the log book or is it a spiritual achievement? Is there a bigger Mt. Everest inside of us?
Click Here To Listen! The boys jump into a long-awaited topic and discuss an article by Gareth Lock, author of the new book Under Pressure. This episode takes a deeper look at decision making and the value of situational awareness, biases and heuristics, and other ways that Gareth helps us think about improving our diving.
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James & Brando comment on diving in their own, unique way. An original take on SCUBA diving and their shared passion for exploring the underwater world and the diving community. Archives
March 2020
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