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 failures. Of course the boys can't help but pay homage to the Choral memes and it quickly gets out of hand... have a listen! 

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

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 encounter these ghostly creatures, just keep swimming.

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

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 in general, different units, different thinking, why they chose philosophy over a particular machine, and the TGDP class overall. Join us for some fun.

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 391 - TGDP Goes CCR

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 exciting episode. 

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 392 -DIR Revisit

 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 table? Listen as Jamesy and Brando talk tables and what the dive tables really symbolize.

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 394 - Dive Tables 1

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 Hamilton and George Irvine’s look at decompression software. The path for ascent was evolving, but we were still working with adapting the same old navy tables. 

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

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 tables. Hempleman and the Royal Navy start to look more at diffusion than perfusion, bubbles are discovered by doppler and new thinking emerges from Hawaii, new names like Hills, Yont, Spencer begin to evolve the game of decompression even more. 

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

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 the lives and safety of many others. A team of divers, support divers, safety teams, medical team, a surface team. All of these need to come together, and all of them are at risk. But hey, That’s Diving.

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

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 people. TGDP is back to their old shenanigans again. We are partying like it’s 1999, because it is this week. Tune in and join us for this little dive that is the total opposite of our Dave Shaw series… or is it?

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 419 - Never Too Shallow

The boys sit down and start a conversation about oxygen. 

The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 425 - Oxygen 1

Grab your logbooks and gather around as James and Brando chat about your favorite subject and theirs, scuba diving. Each episode, these guys will share with each other an interesting and relevant story, tale, adventure or experience from under, in or on the water. It’s just like hanging out with a couple of cool buddies at the dive shop, on the dock or at the pub. Listen, learn and have fun with James Mott and Brandon Schwartz on The Great Dive Podcast. See and experience more at thegreatdivepodcast.com

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