Podcast
The Great Dive Podcast
Hosted by Brando & James · EN
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
30episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 468 - Sculture Part 2
1w ago00:53:00Tap to summarizeLast 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?
Transcribe →Episode 467 - Is The Problem With Scuba Training In Scuba Culture?
2w ago01:07:17Tap to summarizeDoes (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!!
Transcribe →
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 466 - The Hardest Class You'll Ever Love
3w ago00:56:43Tap to summarizeJames 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.
Transcribe →Episode 465 - Cave Diving Month Final Words
4w ago00:52:22Tap to summarizeThe 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!
Transcribe →Episode 464 - Quantity vs. Quality in The Diving Industry
Jun 1900:52:08Tap to summarizeWhat 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!
Transcribe →
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 463 - Is it Cave Month
Jun 1200:47:07Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 462 - Final Thoughts on The Maldives Incident
Jun 500:48:52Tap to summarizeThe boys give their final thoughts on the Maldives Cave Diving Incident.
Transcribe →
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 461 - Summer Splash
May 2900:31:44Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 460 - The Return of the Attack of the Revenge of the Quacking Maldivian Death Cave From Outer Space
May 2201:03:03Tap to summarizeThis 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.
Transcribe →Episode 459 - THE NO QUACK ZONE IS BACK
May 1500:47:43Tap to summarizeA 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!
Transcribe →