The Great Dive Podcast
Episodes
Episode 352 - TBIFF
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys bring you a special 2 hour double episode, live from the 2023 Thunder Bay International Film Festival. As TGDP prepares for attend...
Episode 351 - 2024 Top Dive Destinations
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The boys ring in the New Year with a review of the top dive destinations for 2024!! Have a listen!
Episode 350 - Happy New Year 2024
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year from Jamesy and Brando. Here is a look back at our very first New Years Resolutions show.
Episode 349 - The Christmas Tree Ship
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1913 the Great Lakes were devastated by a Great Storm. But after all the death, destruction, and chaos of that white hurricane one ship tried to br...
Episode 348 - Ode To Jacqui by Stan Waterman
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join the boys the week as they reveal the answer to the "Who is it?" Episode of last week and it is.... the impeccable Stan Waterman of course!! The b...
Episode 347 - Bends Hit In Bora Bora
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The is week the boys look at a DCS hit that took place in Bora Bora. In many ways it is a rather typical incident. Warm tropical location, daily repet...
Episode 346 - The 10 Worst Pieces of Advice For Underwater Photographers
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join the boys this week as they discuss what one underwater photographer calls "The 10 Worst Pieces of Advice For Underwater Photographers".
Episode 345 - I Heard The Wah Wah
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Wah-Wah continues. Join us as we talk the truth about diving deep on regular old air with Bob Raimo and Michael Menduno. Last week we mentioned ho...
Episode 344 - The Call of The Wah Wahs vs. Personal Responsibility
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join the boys this week as they continue their series dedicated to diving pioneer Bret Gilliam. This week they discuss quite possibly the most controv...
Episode 343 - Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, and Diving
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The boys continue their look back on the life of the legendary Bret Gilliam and read one of his most controversial articles. Not only that but they al...
Episode 342 - The Man With The Golden Sub(mariner)
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The dive community has lost more than a couple notable figures this past month. This week the boys pay homage to one of those legendary figures that l...
Episode 341 - Halloween Spooktacular 2023
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This year for the TGDP Halloween Special, the boys harken back to Jamesy’s old days on an underwater habitat in the Baltic Sea. Germans, French wome...
Episode 340 - Cold Water Confusion
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss Paulette's "event" off the coast of Northern California in Carmel. Unusual hypothermia symptoms throw Paulette and Dennis a...
Do Not Try To Not Listen To This Episode
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys go back in time to learn a lesson from a warm water diver who wanted to try a cold water dive on his vacation to Norway. Cold water...
Episode 338 - Cold Water Underwater Photography For Dummies
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys continue more cold water chat with an episode addressing some of the considerations for underwater photography in cold water. Have ...
Episode 337 - 4 Cold Water Tips
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks but, this week the boys learn 4 tips for staying warm in cold water. Pour yourself a cup of Hot ...
Episode 336 - Cold Miser Quiz Show
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As summer comes to an end and the cold weather diving season returns, TGDP prepares to answer some cold-water diving questions that have been coming i...
Episode 335 - The Great Dive Podcast Quiz Show or Who Wants To Be A Dollar-Aire
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IIiiiit's time for your favorite diving Game Show.... The Great Dive Podcast Quiz Show.... with your host, Ol' Jamesy and the sole contestant Brando! ...
Episode 334 - Outer Limits
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys take a jittery dive to far limits of recreational diving. What could go wrong when a diver with not enough experience, takes not en...
Episode 333 - Everybody Stay Calm And Don't Panic!
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys wrap their 2 part discussion on panic and the diver. This is the conclusion of last week's article written by a UCLA Professor and ...
Episode 332 - Diver Panic Reality Is Not A Nice Guy
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jamesy and Brando visit a paper written by a UCLA Professor and DSO. It examines the readiness of the new diver and what is needed to prepa...
Episode 331 - Sometimes You Have To Get Punched In The Face
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss the role of confidence in diving and learning diving. As an added bonus, we have another poem from the great Dr K-Seuss!
Episode 330 - Anchored To The Bottom
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 330 – Anchored To The Bottom This week do a little treasure hunting. But you know what they say about one mans treasure, it’s another mans...
Episode 329 - The Isle Royale Dive Trip Recap
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 328 - Shark Trouble
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 minut...
Episode 327 - The Raising of The Squallus Part Trois
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 col...
Episode 326 - Squalus Part 2 Deep Rescue
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Episode 325 - The Raising of The Squalus
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
Episode 324 - Zen and the Sandusky Revisited
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 323 - It Can't Happen To Me
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 322 - Monsters We Have Met
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join your favorite autodidactic podcasters, Jamesy and Brando as they celebrate another Jacques Cousteau birthday. The Undersea Research Group of Cous...
Episode 321 - A Double Rainbow of Dolphins
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 320 - Sharing Is Caring
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 319 - The Triangle of Sucking
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 318 - The Octopus Alternative
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The boys continue their discussion on the Ghastly Gas Share that turned tragic. They continue with the article that addresses the need for an alternat...
Episode 317 - A Gas Share Turns Ghastly
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 316 - Regulator Misfire
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 315 - Beyond Halfway
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Episode 314 - Don't Panic!
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Episode 313 - Diving And Life.
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 rela...
Episode 312 - Never Too Shallow
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 311 - Deep Thoughts About Diving
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys channel some good ol' Jack Handey and go deep!
Episode 310 - Basic Etiquette For Divers
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 les...
Episode 309 - Rob Palmer's Death and GI's Message
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ti...
Episode 308 - DIR Part 2 Mr Controversy
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 fundament...
Episode 307 - Do It Right Or Don't Do It At All
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Episode 306 - Will You Ever Do It Again? Sheck Part 5
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Episode 305 - ¿Que Pasa Tempescuintle?
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 fi...
Episode 304 - Sheck Exley Part 3 The Deepest Dive
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the third episode of this year’s Cave Diving Month, the boys continue their look at world famous cave explorer Sheck Exley. In 1988, Sheck and a...
Episode 303 - Exley's Accident Analysis Revisited Part 2 aka Pulling A Zeppelin
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 303 – Exley’s Accident Analysis Revisited Part 2 aka Pulling A Zeppelin This week the boys dive back into the second half of Sheck Exley’...
Episode 302 - Sheck Exley's Accident Analysis Revisted
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Ol' Jamesy and I kick off the highly anticipated International Cave Diving Month!! And we do so with none other than the legend himself, Sh...
Episode 301 - Scubanomics
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode the boys discuss the results of several surveys from Scubanomics (https://medium.com/scubanomics)that are giving us a glimpse i...
Episode 300 - The 300th Episode Spectacular
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wow! 300 Episodes!! Can you believe it? TGDP wants to thank all of you listeners and supporters for making this show such a success. We went back and ...
Episode 299 - The Rule of Scrooge & Buddha
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As we wind down 2022, we hope all of our listeners are enjoying the Season's various holidays and spending time with friends and relatives and (hopefu...
Episode 298 - Twas The Night Before Scubamas
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys take a little trip in Santa’s sleigh. Are you a naughty or nice little diver? Santa Jamesy, Brandi Claus and St. Scubalas tell a ...
Episode 297 - Siren Call Of The Deep Patch Jacket Joyce
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys dig out the very first, “I Learned About Diving From That…” article published in Skin Diver. Too deep, too fast. This is a lesson about...
Episode 296 - Going Ballistic With Advanced Buoyancy Control
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're BACK! Sorry for the delay. listener.... we encountered some challenges last week that hindered our time schedule for recording/editing/ & releas...
Episode 295 - Dive Outlaws
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, your buddies Jesse Jamesy and Bronco Brando, ride off into the sunset with the 3 golden rules of scuba diving. Why do mature and experience...
Episode 294 - Baby It's Cold Outside
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are thankful for electric and hi tech undergarments! Just in time for the cold weather season, we have a short primer on cold water diving fo...
Episode 293 - Rapping With Jamesy and Brando
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jamesy just got back from teaching a class in the middle of a hurricane, so the boys take a week to catch up on the recent happenings. Florida Keys, T...
Episode 292 - Warfighter Scuba Interview
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week in honor of Veterans Day, the boys interview their friends at Warfighter Scuba. Warfighter Scuba President and Lead Instructor Nick Powers a...
Episode 291 - The Root of All Fears
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys discuss an excerpt from the pages of "The Inner Experience of Diving: A Beginner's Guide to The Water Planet", by Carlos Eyles from 1978. The...
Episode 290 - Haloweenie 2022
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the TGDP Halloween Spooktacular 2022. This year Jamesy and Brando talk about the eerie attraction to shipwrecks the ghostly sights of ...
Episode 289 - Edward Dive Knife Hands
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So if Johnny Depp were to star in a remake of the classic 'Edward Scissor Hands', would you go see it? We would.... but this weeks episode title came ...
Episode 288 - Dead Horse Beatings & Fins
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So this week we decided to take on a subject of frequent debate and discussion in the SCUBA community, and that is FINS! Have a listen as Jamesy and B...
Episode 287 - Self Rescue Tips
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the boys prepare for an upcoming Rescue class, they discuss the necessary tools and training for being a safe diver. The Rescue Diver must first be...
Episode 286 - Letter From Bubba
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys read a recent email from Bubba about a bad dive shop experience. He asks us for our opinions on the situation. What do you do when ...
Episode 285 - A Lesson For Life About UW Photography
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The people have spoken and TGDP has answered the call! They wanted more Lessons For Life AND they wanted more UW photography and Ol' Jamesy has pulled...
Episode 284 - Underwater Photography on The Brink of Disaster
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys continue their trek into underwater photography with a discussion centered around the idea that underwater photographers have to be solo dive...
9 Tips For Creative Underwater Photography
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys talk about getting better underwater photos. Maybe you’re trying to set yourself apart as a professional photographer or maybe th...
Episode 282 - A Whale Shark of A Tale To Tell You
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss an article from Skin Diver's "I learned About Diving From That" section in their magazine detailing a divers account of fin...
Episode 281 -Wide Angle Bad Viz
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys talk about a recent dive in Lake Huron on a couple of Advanced Open Water milk run shipwrecks, The North Star and the Mary Alice B....
Episode 280 - To Dive Or Not To Dive, That Is The Question
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CROYKEY ! Thiies wayk waeve gawt a faeh deenkum of a bloody bawnzah faw ya frawm the lahnd daown undah!! A sheila neahly carks it whaen she goes on a ...
Shark Chicks 3 - Girl Talk
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys wrap up the Shark Chick Series this week with a sit-down interview with three of TGDP’s favorite women of the water. Jamesy and Brando have...
Episode 278 - More Sharktalk With The Daily Jaws
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys continue the celebration of The Shark! We visit a website dedicated this celebration! www.TheDailyJaws.com . Check them out!
Shark Chicks 2 - Ocean Ramsey
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys take a look at another shark chick, Ocean Ramsey. Many call her a shark whisperer and a conservationist, but others still find a pr...
Episode 276 - Shark Chicks Part I
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Shark Week with National Women Divers Day/Month, the boys begin a multi part series on sharks and the women who love them! Today we start ...
Episode 275 - The First Lady of Diving Zale Parry
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jamesy and Brando take a deep dive into the life of the First Lady of Scuba Diving, Zale Parry. A world record deep diver, technical advisor...
Episode 274 - Just Putting The Tip In
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode centers around a young couple that are scuba diving on a warm water shipwreck. Find out what bad things can happen when they push ...
Episode 273 - Episode 14 Revisited
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are taking a 4th of July Weekend break. Join us as we revisit Episode 14. This was very early on in our podcast and one of the first time we ...
Episode 272 - Decompression And The Single Tank
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most popular tanks for American divers, cylinders for the rest of the world, was the Steel 72. Really, it was 71.2 cubic feet. Actually, it...
Episode 271 - The Road To Recovery
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss a devastating bends incident. And although this happened decades ago, there are lessons to be learned from this one! Have a...
Episode 270 - Boat Ladder Lessons
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys highlight an old article from Skin Diving magazine's "I learned About Diving From That" department that details a story of what was nearly a ...
Episode 269 - Edge Of Panic
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 2 of last weeks show, The Color of Fear. In the last episode we focused on Rossier’s primal fears. This week we look at overcoming anxi...
Episode 268 - The Color Of Fear
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, your buddies at TGDP talk about the brain and primal fears we have as humans. We all have underlying fears we are born with and that develo...
Episode 267 - The Right Tool For The Job
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recently we've had the opportunity to acquire Manscaped as a sponsor and as a result, Manscaped was gracious enough send each of us the "Performance P...
Episode 266 - Operation MK-SCUBA
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jamesy and Brando go on a top-secret operation of Mind Control. Looking back at an article by Tom Mount, the boys discuss the stresses that ...
Episode 265 - So You Want To Go Pro?
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we circle back to dive into the subject of Underwater Photography! Jamesy continues his foray into the realm of underwater photography with ...
Episode 264 - Rockport
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three Vikings, an archeologist and two podcasters walk into a bar…. This week, Jamesy and Brando recap the Dive Into Earth Day event and tell a litt...
Episode 263 -Just Do Your Part Damnit
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Earth day comes back around the boys discuss how we can all do our part to help take care of this beautiful place we all call our home.
Episode 262 - Bahamian Deep
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Jamesy and Brando discuss deep diving on air and look back at a story from the Bahamas, back when deep diving on air was the thing to do. A ...
Episode 261 - Yahbbies On The Bahbbies
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Oy mate!! It's time to throw some yahbbies on the bahbbie... and if you know what that means, you might just be fluent in Australian and be right at h...
Episode 260 - The Great Dive Watch Podcast
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys lose track of time discussing dive watches!!
Episode 259 - Fingers To The Bone
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys enter a discussion about working underwater. Not tour guiding the reef kind of working underwater but the dangerous and sometimes d...
Episode 258 - Reef Of Dreams
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the perfect dive? Your perfect dive? Is it real or does it only exist in your mind? This week the boys take a look at an article written by Na...
Episode 257 - Trying Again With Underwater Photography
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss an article by famous underwater photographer, Marty Snyderman. The article is called "Trying Again" and is basically about ...
Episode 256 -Weekend Recap of The Keuka Ice Diving
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a fantastic weekend of ice diving the shipwreck of The Keuka in Northwestern Michigan, the boys feel compelled to share the details of some fun ...
Episode 255 - Guidelines For Survival Tom Mount 2
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the true heart of scuba diving? Is it exploration? Or is it recreation? How did our pioneers look at the game we play today? With the passing ...
Tom Mount- A Diver's Diver
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys discuss the recent passing of diving legend, Tom Mount. A technical and cave diving pioneer, Tom’s passion for diving and martial...
Episode 253-The Thai Cave Rescue
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The boys wrap up International Cave Diving Month with a much anticipated discussion of the Thai Cave Rescue of the boys soccer team and coach back in ...