Episode 366 - Shadow Divers Part 2 John Chatterton
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
6d ago
This week the boys dive into the next great character in Shadow Divers, John Chatterton. Commercial diver, scallop fisherman, army medic, deep wreck explorer, boat captain, and submarine researcher, John has done it all. Join us as we learn more about how he came to discover the answer to the U-Who ..read more
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Episode 365 - Shadow Divers Part 1 Bill Nagle
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
2w ago
This week the boys dive into the New York Times Bestseller ‘Shadow Divers’ by Robert Kurson. It’s another look at the U-Who but this time from the perspective of John Chatterton and Richie Kohler. We are first introduced however to Captain Bill Nagle, a legendary diver himself once, but now on a course of self-destruction. He was a diver’s diver, and we explore who really deserves the title of, “a diver ..read more
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Episode 364 - Intermission
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
3w ago
This week the boys prepare for another deep dive into scuba storytelling, another book about the U-Who. It’s part recap, it’s part teaser for the next series, it’s part thank you, it’s a little bit of everything that TGDP is all rolled into one little episode ..read more
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Episode 363 - We All Fugged Up aka Don't Panic
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
3w ago
Join the boys as the wrap up their discussion of Bernie Chowdhury's, "The Last Dive". It's only fitting to allow this wrap up to serve as a transition from the story of The Rouses and their demise on the newly discovered German U-Boat dubbed, "The U-Who" into the inevitably intertwined story of John Chatterton, Richie Kohler, Bill Nagle, and a host of other well known East Coast wreck divers as they relentlessly pursue their noble mission to identify this mystery submarine.... the story only gets better gang ..read more
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Episode 362 - They Fugged Up
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
1M ago
The boys continue their discussion of the true story of the Chris and Chrissy Rouse, the father & son diving team and their fatal last dive on a German U-Boat in part 3 of a multi part series of Bernie Chowdhury's novel, "The Last Dive". Have a listen ..read more
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Episode 361 - I Fugged Up
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
1M ago
Join the boys this week in part 3 of their multi-episode discussion of Bernie Chowdhury's epic dive novel "The Last Dive". This week we learn of Bernie's own bout with DCS. What he thought would be a bump in the road was almost a dead end and definitely was a detour in his life. Have a listen ..read more
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Episode 360 - The Last Dive Part 2 The Bicker Brothers
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
1M ago
This week the boys dive deeper into The Last Dive. The main story of the book is about the relationship between the father and son dynamic of Chris and Chrissy Rouse. The Bicker Brothers. Two men who were constantly attacking each other in public and on the dive boat. Was it jealousy? Was it ego? Was it love ..read more
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Episode 359 - The Last Dippity Doo Aka The Last Dive
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
1M ago
This week the boys begin a multi episode discussion of the legendary diving book, "The Last Dive" by Bernie Chowdhury. Even if you haven't read it (do you even dive bruh?) you'll gain fabulous insight into the history & evolution of diving in the early 1990's and technical diving in particular. This is the true story of the Rouses and their tragic demise wreck diving off the US East Coast. As a tech diver himself, Bernie does a fantastic job of portraying the atmosphere of the technical (both cave and wreck) diving community in it's infancy during the late 80's and early 90's. Bernie's exc ..read more
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Episode 358 - Tied Up With Peter Panic
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
2M ago
The boys enjoy a little lesson for life, eventually. First, they spend some time recapping cave month and solo diving. What lessons can a beginner open water diver take from all that cave diving talk ..read more
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Episode 357 - 1973 Mt Gambier Cave Accident
The Great Dive Podcast
by Brando & James
2M ago
The boys wrap up Intergalactic Cave Diving Month (IGCDM) with a discussion of a 1973 cave dive in South Australia that resulted in the death of 4 divers. In hindsight, the reason for the the fatalities is quite clear. But in 1973, the cardinal rules of cave diving were not yet developed and it would take even more deaths for them to come to fruition and yet, although infrequent, cave diving deaths still result from divers ignoring what was learned the hard way. Learn what caused this fatal outcome as well as how and what open water divers can learn from incidents like this that happen in cave ..read more
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