
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 J... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 473 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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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.
The boys sit down at the Thunder Bay International Film Festival with a few buys from the film showcasing Warfighter Scuba.
This week the boys read some listener feedback.... and continue whining. What are they whining about you ask? Have a listen and find out!!
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 po... more
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Thanks to Jamesy and Brando, I learned I need to shave my balls. My girlfriend is happy and my balls are happy that my condom catheter isn’t ripping the hairs off of em of weekend.
Thanks, elder scuba goobers.
Love these guys and have listened for a couple of years. But recent episodes have degraded to repetitive whining about the dive industry. They make good points, but they’ve clearly run out of content and are just repeating themselves now. Stop making episodes simply to fill an hour. Find new content guys, or skip a recording.
Episode 459 - Brando:
Can the media use adjectives once the DOW is over 50K? I think I heard you use an adjective today. 😜
Subscribed and unsubscribed within three minutes. I had high hopes based on a UTD referral, but listening to grown adults spend several minutes joking about shaved balls told me everything I needed to know. I’m looking for content from mature, serious dive professionals—not people who never outgrew a Beavis-and-Butthead phase. I would never sign up to dive with people like this but, hey, if that kind of humor is your thing, you may enjoy it—but it’s very much not for me.
I do not recommend this show if you wear split fins, take life too seriously, and hate Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions.
I especially don’t recommend the pee fog!
I DO, however, recommend this show for anyone who loves diving. As a newbie diver I have learned a lot from their in-depth conversations about diving based on real life stories from around the world as well as their own experiences. Topics that were only barely touched on in my open water dive class have been discussed in greater det... more
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Two veteran divers host a candid and often provocative look at scuba diving culture, safety, training, and industry practices. Episodes routinely dissect high-profile incidents, critique certification pipelines, and examine how marketing, incentives, and human factors shape real-world outcomes in the diving world. Humor and sharp takes blend with practical safety lessons, making it engaging for both active divers and industry stakeholders who want critical insights, accountability, and clearer paths to safer training and deeper understanding of gear, risks, and decision-making.
Noteworthy traits include a willingness to challenge traditional agencies and profit-driven dynamics, a strong focus on safety culture and human factors, and a bala... more
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