The Great Dive Podcast

James and Brando continue their dive into a few incidents included in the 2018 British Sub-Aqua Club Diving Incident Report. See what we can learn from the incidents about scuba accidents and how to avoid them or maybe bet yet, see what we can learn about how difficult it is to learn anything from these incidents and how there's more to a safety record than statistics!

James and Brando dive into some information from the 2018 British Sub-Aqua Club Diving Incident Report. We take a break from the nonsense talk and get into the deeper side of the reef. Join us as we talk statistics, diver qualifications, decompression incidents, fatalities, carnival rides like the Matterhorn and more.

There comes a time in every divers life that they'll confront at least one of these 7 types of inconsiderate diver behavior and sometimes civil discourse is just unable to get the message across. Join Ol' Jamesy and even Ol' -der Brando as they throw their "PG" ratings out the proverbial porthole and discuss an article that details how to express disapproval of rude and/or inconsiderate diver's be...

Ok, we've all been there... when your diving is bleeding into all aspects of your life. But when is it "too much"? Listen as James & Brando come to terms with this socially acceptable disease that can take over your life if you're not careful.

Join us as the true sons of the fathers of diving, Jamesy and Brando, explore the wide world of archetypical diving personas. Beware of the Buffoonus- Aquarius. This is not a politically correct show in today's world. But hey, we’re going back to 1961 when Skin Diver was trying to capture the real image of who a diver really was.

Join Ol' James and even Older Brando as they celebrate their 100th episode!! They'll pop the bubbly and share this momentous occasion with their 2 biggest critics...their wifeys!! It's a fun conversation as well as a way for us to say thanks for all the support from our fantastic listeners!

The boys look at another side of underwater tragedy. In 1991, in northern Florida, a cave was being explored. After a successful dive, deep and long, the grim reaper appeared. This is the story of Parker Turners last dive.

Right in the middle of our National Cave Diving Month, the boys find a story about two cave divers who died as the result of many bad decisions. Although tragic, it is a story that all new divers can learn a lot from. Jamesy and Brando bring you these lessons like only they can.

Cave diving is not for everyone. However, all divers can learn a lot from the lessons learned in the overhead environment. Whether you are ready to join the “Clan of the Cave Divers” or just want to improve your sport diving skills, TGDP is here to help understand what to do and what not to do.

This is an early look back into the first days of cave diving. A perspective from today and a particularly close look at one of the very first cave dives, made by candlelight. Join us as we get Gutsy, Ballsy, and little Crazy.

From Siebe to Scuba, the boys discuss the inventions and disasters all along the way. Self-Contained freedom was a dream for our early underwater adventurers. Hundreds of years and hundreds of inventions made their way into the thinking and refinement of the regulators we use today.

TGDP hits the old history books and brings you a historical look at diving, without the help of any research assistants. Lacking any unpaid interns, the boys had to do it themselves. Grab your big tanks, this is going to be a long dive as we descend a couple thousand years.

The boys get a Happy New Years gift in the mail and then take some time to discuss some Old School Diving Facts. Bridging the gap between the last 25 years, James and Brando have a fun discussion about DCI, Safety Stops, Tables and Dive Computers and a look at the gender issue in diving over the last few decades.

Are you an ice diver? A nice diver? Do you know the difference?? Have you ever written a letter to the editor? Are you a member of the NRA?? Your buddies Jamesy and Brando explore some of Mid-West America’s best Ice Diving locations for a nice diver… or an ice diver…. You decide.

Your favorite dive buddies from TGDP try to get to the bottom of the first dive up at the North Pole. Turns out, it’s 14,000 FSW. With the help of a couple other Hosers, a couple brewskies, and a lot of flannel, eh… we figured out it was the Canadians back in 1974, eh. Please enjoy this very Canadian 12 Days of Christmas with a couple of our teenage idols as well as some good old regular Canadian...

If this is the first episode you’ve heard from us, we’re sorry about the graphic nature of this week’s podcast. It is not politically correct and sometimes it is downright inappropriate. But, so is nature sometimes and that is what we are talking about. Eventually we get to some great health benefits of diving, you can skip the first 15 minutes if you’re easily offended. Listener discretion is adv...

LMAO! You need to listen to this episode ASAP. Jamesy and Brando get into a real SNAFU talking about BPW's. Are you still diving a BCD? BCV? BCJ?? LOL! SMH:)

Do you feel like you may be "that guy" on the dive who just doesn't seem to be able to see all those cool critters that the other divers are seeing? If so, this episode is for you!! (it's for you if you aren't that guy too!!) So have a listen as we discuss the how's and why's of diving with those incredible underwater creatures!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Thanksgiving is over and Black Friday is upon us and as with tradition here at TGDP, we have a review of The Scuba Holiday Wishlist giving our thumbs up (abort the dive on that gift!) or thumbs down (Heck Yeah!! I'll dive it!!)just in time for your loved ones to have for you for your holiday!

More Zenny Diving talk from your favorite dive podcasting duo. James & Brando discuss a book called "Zen Guitar" by Philip Toshio Sudo and how it's approach to guitar playing and mastery can be extrapolated to diving and mastery of diving.

Is it for the C-card, the recognition and admiration, the ego or do we dive to make us more human? To return us to the elements and to learn something about ourselves. Your buddies Jamesy and Brando know what it is. The it, the zone, that missing human element that takes technique beyond technology.

It’s 7 something in the morning and your favorite dive buddies are deep into a philosophical conversation that most people rarely enjoy this early in the day. Except maybe for that small group of old guys at the coffee shop at 6 in the morning. The problems of the world, we discuss them. How to make the world a better place, we figure it out. https://www.tdisdi.com/the-world-would-be-a-better-plac...

James and Brando dive into a classic Great Lakes ghost story. This story about the Erie Board of Trade is chockablock full of skullduggery. So hold on to your halyards and mizzen up your main stays, this tale will have you warming up your wetsuits.

The boys take on a touchy subject this week that most shops and instructors are hesitant to discuss. It involves the F word! Yes, the one you’re thinking of and also others like Fathers and Fatality and Float and another one that is not very PC today. But it’s important, so of course they make jokes about it to lighten the mood.

What do you get when you mix 2 cups of Jamesy, 2 parts Brando, 3 tablespoons of Skin Diver Magazine and a dash of Near Death Experiences? BAM! You get, Disaster Lasagna!