The Great Dive Podcast

This week the boys regale all of us with a chat about their memorable trip to dive some of the deep wrecks of Isle Royale up in Northern Lake Superior. Have a listen!!

It’s Shark Week everyone and Jamesy and Brando dive into a different story from Jaws author Peter Benchley. This week your buddies, take a few minutes to get back into the swing of podcasting. After a week off diving in Isle Royale, Lake Superior they give a few thank yous to all the listeners.

Join the boys this week as they finish the story of the raising of the submarine Squalus. The story left off with the Squalus stuck in 240 feet of cold Atlantic water and divers were attaching the new McCann Rescue Chamber to the sub to begin rescue operations. At 240 feet the divers were on air and in the late 1930's helium use was in it's infancy and still being "felt out" so it was not being em...

This week the boys return to the sunken Squalus along with navy diver, Martin Conrad Sibitzky and more seamen jokes. After a full day of sitting on the bottom of the ocean the Squalus had been found and marked and it was time to send a diver down.

In light of recent events in the news surrounding the Oceangate submarine tragedy, the boys visit the story of the USS Squalus. The Squalus was a US Sargo-class submarine that sank off the coast of New Hampshire during test dives on 23 May 1939. The sinking drowned 26 crew members, but an ensuing rescue operation, using the McCann Rescue Chamber for the first time, saved the lives of the remaining...

Jamesy and Brando are up in Mackinac diving and will be back with a brand new episode next week. In the meantime, take a trip back and listen to this early episode of TGDP about a Mackinac shipwreck, the Sandusky.

This week the boys revisit the old "I learned About Diving From That" section of Skin Diver Magazine to discuss an article that describes what happens to a diver who thinks "it" can't happen to me when it comes to DCS. Do you know anyone who dives with the "It Can't Happen To Me" mentality? Fact is it can happen and eventually will happen if you dive long enough and/or are careless and unaware whi...

Join your favorite autodidactic podcasters, Jamesy and Brando as they celebrate another Jacques Cousteau birthday. The Undersea Research Group of Cousteau and the boys were the first to do so many things in the sea, and dispelling some of the myths of blood thirsty sea monsters was one of them.

What happens when a diver finds himself in trouble in the water and is about to lose hope? What led to what can only be called a diving miracle? What can we learn from all this as divers and as humans? Whatever the answers are, if it involves a double rainbow of dolphins, it's got to be cool! Have a listen and find out!

It's said that sharing is caring, but is that enough to make it through an out of gas situation at 170'? Listen as the boys discuss a lessons For Life article about a couple of "technical divers" that suffered an out of gas situation at 170 feet.

This week the boys finish up their 3-part series on The Octopus Alternative and round out a few more claw hammer metaphor jokes. Is the best piece of equipment any good if how to use it isn’t practiced?

The boys continue their discussion on the Ghastly Gas Share that turned tragic. They continue with the article that addresses the need for an alternate air source to donate and breathe from. But is the problem an equipment issue or is it something that will always be there unless the training is corrected?

Gas sharing seems pretty simple on paper, but when it happens in real life it can be quite a different experience. This week the boys discuss what can be learned from this real life gas sharing incident and why these real life experiences almost never unfold like they do in the book and in class. Join Jamesy and Brando for part one of a multi part series exploring this real life gas share that sho...

This week your buddies Jamesy and Brando take a look at a story about a simple dive. Typical in many ways for many divers but when one little problem starts the snowball rolling down the hill, things can go bad quickly. The problem is trying to learn from it and not letting it reinforce bad habits.

This week, Penguin and Kingfish talk about a dive to the RMS Niagra. A 100m deep shipwreck and a diver with only a year of experience. Stop. Breathe. Think. Podcast.

Panic is something that almost every diver is going to need to confront in their diving at some point. The answer is simple....Stay calm! Don't panic. But it's easier said than done for many. This week the boys examine an article that discusses this very subject. Have a listen!!

This week the boys discuss a great book by one of our listeners, Daryl Bob Goldberg, entitled "[Life] Lessons Learned Diving". In his book, Daryl relates much of what is learned as we progress through diving to important lessons that help us live as better humans. We really enjoyed making this episode and it has earned a spot as one of our favorite episodes to create. Have a listen, we're sure you...

Another episode of TGDP and another lesson learned. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that just because you are doing a shallow dive that you don’t need to do your proper preparations. Any and every dive can be dangerous, no matter how shallow, if you and your buddies are not prepared. Listen in as Jamesy and Brando learn another diving lesson.

This week the boys channel some good ol' Jack Handey and go deep!

After a long cave month and a few weeks of heavy episodes, the TGDP boys take it easy this week. Going back to an early look at some of diving’s less glamorous sides. Pee, Snot, Spit, and Vomit. Remember if you’re not American, you’re a peein’.

In a world where it seems increasingly apparent that the wrapping of the message is more important than the message itself, the boys travel back in time to highlight a man that was concerned more about the message than it's wrapping. This week we'll wrap up International Cave Diving Month with a discussion that centers around the death of iconic cave diver Rob Palmer, and the "chaos" that ensued f...

This week the boys continue their discussion about George Irvine and the early days of DIR. The technical diving world was in its youth, the fundamentals class was born, and so was the internet. But what was it that had the entire scuba world so upset? What was at the heart of George’s message? What was he saying?

Hop into your hot tub time machines cause were going back in time!!!! We're gonna go back more than thirty years to examine just how we got where we are with diving with regard to the DIR philosophy,and the who, when , where, and how it began!! And to begin with a bang we're discussing The Man himself... The legendary George Irvine III !! This will start a multi part series highlighting the roots...

This week Tepezcuitnle and Brandito join Sheck on his world record breaking Deep Dive. As we wrap up Ned Deloach’s article we see and can actually feel the pressure that Sheck must have experienced 800 feet underwater in Cuidad Mante.

Have you ever wondered what Tempescuintle is? Are you wondering what it has to do with diving? Well have a listen to this week's episode and you'll find out what it is and what it meant to cave diving legend Sheck Exley as we continue our deep cave dive into with part 4 of our cave series that continues discussing "The Deepest Dive" by Ned DeLoach!