The Great Dive Podcast

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 452 - DylanHarrison2

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive back into the tragic topic of Dylan Harrison, and the death of a young girl on her open water certification dives.

The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 451- Dylan Harrison

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys continue the discussion on scuba diving related incidents with the topic of Dylan Harrison. Dylan was a 12 year old girl who became...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 450 - LinneaMillsWe'reBack2

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive into the long awaited Linnea Mills tragedy. It's a topic you listeners have been asking about for awhile. This story is made u...

Episode 449 - We're Back! Pt1

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Finally!! We are back to normal day to day operations. Aaaaannd, we are back to tackle a highly requested topic as we begin an (as of now) innumerable...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 448 - ItsSoColdOnTGDP

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Warning! This episode is for TGDP True Fans ONLY! This week the boys have an unfiltered conversation about life in general, current affairs, diving, a...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 447 - Juicy Deadly Ice Dive

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen... TGDP is back with a brand new Ice Dive. This Juicy tale will get you ready for another cold water disaster. Could thi...

Episode 446 - TGDP Update

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A quick update from the boys following a busy few weeks and right before a few more busy weeks.

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 445 - TBIFF2026

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jamesy and Brando sit down and talk with Stephanie Gandulla from NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Kevin Sheard from Warfight...

Episode 444- Shutter Speed Madness!

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The boys continue their dive in to underwater photography with a discussion centered around the third leg of the photography triangle, shutter speed. ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 443 - Happy Holidays from TGDP

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys sit down and wrap up the 2025 year for TGDP.

Episode 442- ISO Madness!

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The madness continues with the discussion of underwater photography... and photography in general. This week the boys go insane with ISO! Have a liste...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 441 - FstopMadness

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week your buddies talk about underwater photography again. After joining a photo club to get better at taking pictures, Jamesy start asking quest...

Episode 440-Divemastering the Ego

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys this week as they examine an 'I Learned About Diving from That' article that tells the tale of what a Divemaster Candidate learned abou...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 439 - Public Safety DIving for Advanced Beginners

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys finish their discussion about a Public Safety Diving fatality.

Episode 438 - Public Safety Diving For Beginners

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys discuss public safety diving. A topic sparked by a recent social media post detailing the death of a public safety diver during a t...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 437 Alotar

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 437 Alotar by Brando & James

Episode 436- The Gales of November

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when Jamesy and Brando turn the minutes to hours? Find out this week as the boys recant the sinking of the...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 435 - Haloween 2025

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get your tricks and treats out for another haunting episode of TGDP Halloween Spooktacular. This year the boys bubble up Brando’s hot tub with tales...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 434 - Safety First

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys diving in a companion journal to AquaCorps called Technical Diver. They compare this 1992 article by Michael Menduno with the state...

Episode 433 - Michael Menduno In Depth and Under Pressure

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's only one way to follow up that great interview with Rachel Lance, and that's with the boys paying tribute to the diving community's great amba...

Episode 432 - Oxygen 8 Rachel Lance Interview

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join your buddies, James and Brando as they sit down and talk with Rachel Lance. She is the author of Chamber Divers, the story about J.B.S. Haldane a...

Episode 431 - Oxygen 7

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys are back with Kenneth Donald and his Admiralty Experimental Diving Unit. At 30 years old and knowing virtually nothing about diving...

Episode 430 - Oxygen 6

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Momma Always said breathing oxygen at a higher partial pressure than 1.6 was like a box of chocolates.... ya neva know what ya gonna git... Join the ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 429 - Oxygen 5

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the boys introduce us to a British physician named Kenneth Donald. Around WWII time, most of the oxygen studies were focused on the m...

Episode 428 - Oxygen 4

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do the acronyms ConVENTID, VENTID and ASS all have in common? Well, have a listen and find out as the boys continue their journey down Highway O2...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 427 - Oxygen 3

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive deeper into oxygen breathing at depth.

Episode 426 - Oxygen 2

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shut that oxygen window!! It's getting hyperoxic in here! The boys continue their discussion of Oxygen and the role it plays in the diver's physiology...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 425 - Oxygen 1

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys sit down and start a conversation about oxygen.

Episode 424-The Divers Bill of Rights

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BOO-YAH! TGDP is back to the grind and we're getting back in the groove with a cool article from 1998 entitled "The Divers Bill of Rights". Do we have...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 423 - Summer Vacation

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 423 - Summer Vacation by Brando & James

Episode 422- Valerie Taylor, Jaws, and The Meaning of Life

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys continue their celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Summer blockbuster movie "Jaws"!! While examining the vital role Valerie ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 421 - Jaws50

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jamesy and Brando celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the movie. Tune in as the boys talk about sharks, their favorite parts, and differences betw...

The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 420- Shark Attack!?

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode the boys kick off shark quarter with a Lessons For Life tale of a near death shark attack.... well, almost... well... nobody died.... and...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 419 - Never Too Shallow

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that you can drown in only a teaspoon of water? That’s right. That’s why Brando doesn’t have any teaspoons in his house. Look out p...

Episode 418- Dave Shaw The Final Chapter

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FINALLY!!! It"s the end! Join us for the recap of the Dave Shaw story...!

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 417 - Dave Didnt Come Back

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we finally make it to Dave Shaw's last dive. Unfortunately, Dave does not come back. It's a sad story but offers all of us divers many lesso...

Episode 416-That's Diving Mate

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do you say when a diving project goes from bad to worse? I'll tell ya what I say... That's Diving mate! Join the boys as they continue to unwind ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Dave Shaw 7 That's Diving

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive into Dave Shaw’s last dive. Risking your own life to do a world record dive is not as simple as it may seem, and it involves...

Episode 414-Dave Shaw Part VI And So It Continues

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we continue the saga of Dave Shaw and his fatal dive to 270 meters at Boesmansgat in South Africa!

Episode 413-Dave Shaw Part V Synchronicity And The Diver

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do deep cave dives, Mr T, the law, and synchronicity have in common? Find out in this weeks episode as the boys continue their deep dive into the...

TGDP - Episode 412 - Dave Shaw IV.5 Quote Unquote

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James and Brando discuss a recent listener email regarding Cave Diving Speed Limits that were inspired by Episode 409. As we get deeper into the Dave ...

Episode 411-Dave Shaw IV Send Nudes

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're talking about Nudibranchs you dirty minded listeners! In recognition of Testicular cancer awareness month, we've joined our sole corporate spons...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 410 - David Shaw 3 Batman and Robin

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Holy Logbooks, Batman! We are into April and still on Cave Month. This week, Dave breaks the Inspiration in over 180 Meters, not feet, of water. We ar...

Episode 409-Like A Rhinestone Diver (Dave Shaw Part 2)

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys as they continue their deep dive into the events surrounding Dave Shaw's fatal last dive!!

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 408 - David Shaw 1

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to TGDP International Cave Month. This week the boys finally get into the subject of this series, David Shaw. In roughly 5 years, Shaw tr...

The Great Dive Podcast - Epsisoe 407 - Deon Dreyer

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys get into a discussion about the hazards of diving. Hazards that should not be there with certification cards, log books, or mentors...

Episode 406 - Boesmansgat Dives From Sheck's Journal And Nuno's Book

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys as they continue this deep dive into the world of deep cave diving. This epsiode centers on the dives conducted by Sheck Exley and Nuno ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 405 - Ariadne's Thread

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To get to the bottom of Bushman’s Hole and find out what happened to David Shaw, we first need to go back in time and learn a little more about this...

Episode 404-A Case Study of Respiratory Failure During Cave Dive

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cave Week 2025 continues with this episode discussing a case study of a cave diving fatality. The incident involves an extremely deep cave dive on a r...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 403 - Lessons From The Cave

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TGDP International Cave Diving Month is back. This week we start off the series with a little lesson from the cave, we learn what a cave is and also w...

Episode 402 - Reservations For One At Table Six Please

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The boys are back and taking a break from the Dive Table series to discuss a "Lessons For Life Article". This week the story centers around a technica...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 401 - Dive Tables 7 Bendsopaloza

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How confident are you in the decompression model you are using? Is it just assumption and trust? Because the data can be frightening. All dive tables ...

The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 400 - The Changing Landscape of Decompression by Bill Hamilton

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys continue their talk on decompression and the evolution of dive tables and computer generated decompression algorithms based on deco...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 399 - Dive Tables 5 Diving Deeper Into Decompression Science

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys get back to work after a little Christmas break. Picking up where Haldane left off we get into more changes of the traditional dive...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 336 - ColdMiser ReRelease

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy this replay of the Cold Miser Quiz Show while Jamesy and Brando enjoy a holiday break with friends and family.

Episode 397 - Dive Tables 4 The Lexicon of Dive Tables

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This Christmas don't get relegated to the "kid's table'... join Jamesy and Brando at "The Dive Table"!! We'll laugh and sing Dive Carols and celebrate...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 396 - Dive Tables 3 A Hard Look

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the mid-90’s everyone had a personal desktop computer and decompression software was the new tool for dive planning. This week, we discuss Bill H...

The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 395 - Dive Tables 2 (Revenge of The Tables)

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys as they continue their discussion on dive tables (and everything else!)! How important are the numbers? What role does ascent rate play ...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 394 - Dive Tables 1

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These are not your grandpa’s dive tables, anymore. What good are they for? Is it really necessary to know how to calculate dive profiles from a dive...

Episode 393 - Twenty Thousand Fathoms of Sea Shanties

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sit back and enjoy the soothing voice of Ol' "Sea Shanty Mott" as he regales you with tales of the shipping trade on the Great Lakes during a time whe...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 392 -DIR Revisit

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy this revisit of one of this years top shows, while Brando makes his return from Florida. The TGDP boys will be back next week for another exciti...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 391 - TGDP Goes CCR

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys finally make the move to Closed Circuit Rebreather. Tune into this discussion with Ben Bos from UTD Scuba Diving. They talk about rebreathers...

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 390 - 2Halloween Spooktacular 2024

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gather ‘round ghosts and ghouls and listen to the terrifying tales from Jamesy and Brando. This week we dive into haunted shipwrecks. If you ever en...

The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 389 - It's A Podcast Karrll

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys discuss what happened to Choralll when he runs into problems 200 ft down and discovers he's not adequately prepared for basic failu...

Episode 388 - Diving With Mike Tyson

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get in the ring with Jamesy and Brando this week as they go a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson and discuss the psychological aspects of diving. What c...

Episode 387 - The Final Exam

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So you've done your Scuba course and it's time for the final exam....But wait!!!!.... is this truly the "final exam"??.... find out what the aich eee ...

Episode 386 - Together or Alone?

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jamesy and Brando continue talking about dive bodies and some of the inherent flaws in the buddy system. To find some support for this discu...

Episode 385 -Choose Your Dive Body Wisely

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We all learn in Open Water 101 that diving uses a 'buddy system" for several reasons. These reasons include equipment redundancy in case of failure, e...

Episode 384 - Could You Save Your Buddy?

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The first rule in assisting a panicking diver is knowing that panicking is an asymptote. This week Jamesy and Brando discuss rescue training and what ...

Episode 383 - You're Certified. But Now What?

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So you decided to get certified.... you did the course... you got your certification... but now what do you do? Go diving? Take more classes? Take up ...

Episode 382 - One Million

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys are, "more back." Jamesy and Brando returned from a trip up to Lake Huron’s beautiful Presque Isle and then a freak storm took ou...

Episode 381 -Interview On Gitcheegumee

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To quote Thin Lizzy, "the Boys are back in town!"...and if the boys want to interview on the big lake they call Gitcheegumee, you better let 'em! This...

Episode 380 - Shipwreck Photography

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys get ready for their upcoming trip to Isle Royale. To get ready for taking more shipwreck pictures, they discuss Nine Tips To Improv...

Episode 379 -Out of Gas On The Speigel Grove

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you follow an episode with a story about diving from Stratis Kas's book "Close Calls"? Easy, publish yet another story from Stratis Kas's book ...

Episode 378 - A Really Close Call

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jamesy and Brando take a look at Close Calls, a book by Stratis Kas. This collection of stories by some of the diving communities most influ...

Episode 377 - Excalibur and the Lady of the Lakes

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys celebrate Women's Dive Day with their friend and dive buddy Stephanie Gandulla from NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. J...

Episode 376 - Shark Attack!

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Shark Week everybody. This week, Jamesy and Brando talk about one of the most gruesome shark attacks to have ever been documented. Imagine bein...

Episode 375 -Solo Diving and Maslow's Self Actualized Diver

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wait... What?? Find out what Maslow's Hierarchy of Scuba needs and the solo diving class/diver have to do with each other... maybe nothing at all... m...

Episode 374 - Shadow Divers Triggered!!!

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jamesy and Brando look at some of the listener mail they received about the Shadow Divers episodes. One upset listener who did not like the ...

Episode 373 - Lotte Haas: The First Lady of Diving

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys pay tribute to the better half of the Haas duo, Lotte Haas. One of the first female SCUBA divers , Lotte started diving in 1949 on ...

Episode 372 - Hans Hass 2 Celebrity Diver Death Match

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we go deep into the history of Han Hass and Jacques Cousteau. They were both pioneering scuba at virtually the same time. Were they in compe...

Episode 371 - Deep Thoughts By Hans Haas

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So the boys go deep this week with the first of a multi-episode series on diving legends, Hans & Lotte Haas. This week we'll get to know Hans with a r...

Episode 370 - A Divers Greatest Fear

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After 10 weeks of East Coast Wrecking, the boys get back to some classic TGDP. Anyone can learn to scuba dive. The skills are relatively simple, so wh...

Episode 369 - Shadow Divers Exposed

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wait...WHAT?? TEN EPISODES of East Coast wreck diving... heroic deeds....noble virtues and grand character... all shot to hell? Surely our sacred real...

Episode 368 - Shadow Divers Part 4 U869

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys finally make their way to the end of the U-Who and discover the true identity of the U-869. Dive by dive, Jamesy and Brando go back to the be...

Episode 367 - Shadow Divers Part 3 Richie Kohler

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

First off, thank you all for allowing us a week off... it was much needed and really helped with both of our "10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag" live...

Episode 366 - Shadow Divers Part 2 John Chatterton

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive into the next great character in Shadow Divers, John Chatterton. Commercial diver, scallop fisherman, army medic, deep wreck e...

Episode 365 - Shadow Divers Part 1 Bill Nagle

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive into the New York Times Bestseller ‘Shadow Divers’ by Robert Kurson. It’s another look at the U-Who but this time from t...

Episode 364 - Intermission

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys prepare for another deep dive into scuba storytelling, another book about the U-Who. It’s part recap, it’s part teaser for the ...

Episode 363 - We All Fugged Up aka Don't Panic

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys as the wrap up their discussion of Bernie Chowdhury's, "The Last Dive". It's only fitting to allow this wrap up to serve as a transitio...

Episode 362 - They Fugged Up

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys continue their discussion of the true story of the Chris and Chrissy Rouse, the father & son diving team and their fatal last dive on a Germa...

Episode 361 - I Fugged Up

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join the boys this week in part 3 of their multi-episode discussion of Bernie Chowdhury's epic dive novel "The Last Dive". This week we learn of Berni...

Episode 360 - The Last Dive Part 2 The Bicker Brothers

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys dive deeper into The Last Dive. The main story of the book is about the relationship between the father and son dynamic of Chris an...

Episode 359 - The Last Dippity Doo Aka The Last Dive

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys begin a multi episode discussion of the legendary diving book, "The Last Dive" by Bernie Chowdhury. Even if you haven't read it (d...

Episode 358 - Tied Up With Peter Panic

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys enjoy a little lesson for life, eventually. First, they spend some time recapping cave month and solo diving. What lessons can a beginner ope...

Episode 357 - 1973 Mt Gambier Cave Accident

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The boys wrap up Intergalactic Cave Diving Month (IGCDM) with a discussion of a 1973 cave dive in South Australia that resulted in the death of 4 dive...

Episode 356 - To Those Who Would Dive Alone

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In week 3 of 2024 Cave Diving Month, Jamesy and Brando take an interesting look at Solo Diving. What are the special things to consider if you must do...

Episode 355 - Accident Analysis and Education

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys look at traditional scuba education and how it developed in comparison to cave diving education. The concept of Accident Analysis v...

Episode 354 - Going It Alone

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week the boys kick off the 2024 International Cave Diving Month Special with a look at a fatality that occurred on a solo cave dive. Was it a med...

Episode 353 - Ice Diving in Cali

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is there anything you cannot do in California? Join the boys as they kick off ice diving season with an article on ice diving in the Sierra mountain r...