The Great Dive Podcast

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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 476 - Here We Go Again 11.09.2026 57мин

  This week the boys go deep, 50m deep, in Lake Michigan and discuss another deep air fatality. How long will it take for the scuba world to learn this lesson? There is a common thread amongst these deaths, they are not isolated occurrences.
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  Episode 475 - Lessons From A Dropped Fin 04.09.2026 1ч 8мин

  A dropped fin upon exiting the water via ladder. What can something so simple and common teach us about ourselves as diving and how we dive? How we learn diving? How diving is taught? Join the boys as they discuss a short story and what can be learned through the lens of Human Factors In Diving. Have a listen!!
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 474 - Not The Usual Great Lakes Diving 28.08.2026 43мин

  This week Jamesy and Brando go back in time to Jan 2026 to the Thunder Bay International Film Festival. Join us as we sit down with Cal Straub and Kathy Johnson and discuss some not so usual parts of diving the Great Lakes.
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 473 - The Great Dive Podcast Is Not For Everyone 21.08.2026 44мин

  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 473 - The Great Dive Podcast Is Not For Everyone by Brando & James
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  Episode 472 - Cayman Cowboys Revisited 14.08.2026 44мин

  WARNING!! This podcast contains NAUGHTY language!! If your ears are too sensitive, if you are easily offended, if you need a safe space, if you are confused and require ridiculous pronouns to be used by people to address you, if you are thin skinned or just want to talk about pretty butterflies and rainbows then please find something else to listen to because this episode may hurt your feelings. The boys review some listener mails and revisit their most popular episode, "Cayman Cowboys" (Episode 71).
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 471 - Make Yourself A New Sandwich 07.08.2026 43мин

  This week the boys get back to complaining. Not complaining themselves but have a conversation about it and what it's all worth. And Brando tells his favorite joke, but it has a moral to the story.
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  Episode 470 - TBIFF WarFighter 31.07.2026 40мин

  The boys sit down at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival with a few buys from the film showcasing Warfighter Scuba.
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  Episode 469 - Stop Whining or I'll Give You Something To Whine About! 24.07.2026 54мин

  This week the boys read some listener feedback.... and continue whining. What are they whining about you ask? Have a listen and find out!!
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 468 - Sculture Part 2 17.07.2026 53мин

  Last week, Jamesy and Brando coined a new word in the TGDP Lexicon, Sculture. This week the boys dive deeper into that idea of scuba culture. Sculture, if you will. What are we doing? What do we believe in? Is the idea to certify as many humans as possible just to make money? Or should we be building something better?
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  Episode 467 - Is The Problem With Scuba Training In Scuba Culture? 10.07.2026 1ч 7мин

  Does (at least) part of the issue with Scuba education and practice lie in the culture of Scuba diving? Some aspects of our Scuba culture (Sculture) seem to promote quantity over quality. Whether it is certifications or depth, the emphasis seems to be on high numbers vs. high quality of the diver doing the dive. Agencies incentivize high numbers of certifications by awarding "Elite Instructor" status (LMAO!) to instructors based on speed and numbers of students certified. This is an achievement that can only be accomplished by prioritizing speed of training (to get more numbers) over quality of training. The two are mutually exclusive. Quality takes time. It takes time because it takes work. Anything of value takes work and therefore time. An instructor with 100 dives under their belt is only going to make divers with that level (or worse) of competency. Couple this with the glorification of the depth achievement over the glorification of the quality and proper execution of the dive is also contributing towards the degradation of our Scuba culture with the constant attention to depth rather than the overall quality of the diver and the proper approach and execution of the dive. Too many people want the T-shirt without doing the hard work. Have a listen!!
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 466 - The Hardest Class You'll Ever Love 03.07.2026 56мин

  James and Brando start talking about a recent weekend teaching the UTD Essentials class to a couple of scuba professionals. This class is hard, but not because of the difficult skills or impossible expectations. It’s hard because it requires humility and intention, rather than learning and doing random skills underwater. Check it out.
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  Episode 465 - Cave Diving Month Final Words 26.06.2026 52мин

  The boys wrap up International Cave Diving Month with some final words. What can the recreational diving community learn from the Cave Diving community? Have a listen!
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  Episode 464 - Quantity vs. Quality in The Diving Industry 19.06.2026 52мин

  What possibly could be the downside of focusing education on quantity vs focusing on the quality of the education? This week the boys explore the idea of a quantity vs. quality approach to educating the scuba world. Have a listen!
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 463 - Is it Cave Month 12.06.2026 47мин

  This week the boys sit down and talk about Jamesy’s recent visit to Florida for the NSS-CDS International Cave Diving Conference. So, I guess it is officially Cave Month. Ol’ Jamesy’s presentation was a philosophical look at the difference between cave diving and the rest of the scuba education.
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  Episode 462 - Final Thoughts on The Maldives Incident 05.06.2026 48мин

  The boys give their final thoughts on the Maldives Cave Diving Incident.
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 461 - Summer Splash 29.05.2026 31мин

  This week the boys take a week off from the Maldivian Death Cave, to bring you a special interview from this year’s Thunder Bay International Film Festival. Summer is heating up and Jamesy and Brando are busy living the scuba life. Enjoy these interviews with Andrew a Great Lakes boat captain and Kate from NOAA talking about the festival and why the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is so great.
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 460 - The Return of the Attack of the Revenge of the Quacking Maldivian Death Cave From Outer Space 22.05.2026 1ч 3мин

  This week Jamesy and Brando join the discussion about what happened to the 5 Italian divers inside the Death Cave of the Maldives. But, we don’t want to continue speculating as much as we are trying to move this conversation along. This story is about more than just those 5 divers.
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  Episode 459 - THE NO QUACK ZONE IS BACK 15.05.2026 47мин

  A recap of the past few months episodes and best of all.... NO QUACKING or HONKING! yes, you read that correctly.... there are no censoring beeps, quacks, honks or even Brando yapping about Manscaping. Just good old fashioned scuba diving talk! have a listen!
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 458 - Good Divers Bad Decisions 08.05.2026 1ч 12мин

  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 458 - Good Divers Bad Decisions by Brando & James
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  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 457 - DeadlyAOW2 01.05.2026 1ч 10мин

  The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 457 - DeadlyAOW2 by Brando & James