Show overview
The Great Dive Podcast has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 461 episodes. That works out to roughly 440 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 50 min and 1h 4m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 16 episodes already out so far this year.
From the publisher
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
Latest Episodes
View all 461 episodesEpisode 459 - THE NO QUACK ZONE IS BACK
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 458 - Good Divers Bad Decisions
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 457 - DeadlyAOW2
Episode 456 - Panic Underwater
Episode 455 - Do You See The Red Flags
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 454 Deadly AOW Dive
The Great Dive Podcast - A Force For Good
The Great Dive Podcast - A Force For Good by Brando & James
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 452 - DylanHarrison2
This week the boys dive back into the tragic topic of Dylan Harrison, and the death of a young girl on her open water certification dives.
The Great Dive Podcast-Episode 451- Dylan Harrison
This week the boys continue the discussion on scuba diving related incidents with the topic of Dylan Harrison. Dylan was a 12 year old girl who became separated from her instructor and class and later found deceased in the quarry where she was being trained. What can we learn from Dylan's tragedy and can we change the system so that it's less likely to occur again? Have a listen!!
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 450 - LinneaMillsWe'reBack2
This week the boys dive into the long awaited Linnea Mills tragedy. It's a topic you listeners have been asking about for awhile. This story is made up of a lot of the issues we talk about on TGDP every week, and here we see all the holes of the swiss cheese line up on this cold water, drysuit, dawn, deep dive at truly the worst possible time for them to line up.
Episode 449 - We're Back! Pt1
Finally!! We are back to normal day to day operations. Aaaaannd, we are back to tackle a highly requested topic as we begin an (as of now) innumerable part series to discuss both the Dylan Harrison and the Linnea Mills incidents. Swiss cheese, Jenga, and Bigfoot are just a small sample of the parts of the river that this topic leads us down.... Have a listen!
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 448 - ItsSoColdOnTGDP
Warning! This episode is for TGDP True Fans ONLY! This week the boys have an unfiltered conversation about life in general, current affairs, diving, and other relevant topics. Don't go all, "FinsOnFeet" on us and start leaving bad reviews because we took the time to answer some questions, update our audience, and went off script for one episode. To our True Fan listener that's still reading this... Thank you.
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 447 - Juicy Deadly Ice Dive
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen... TGDP is back with a brand new Ice Dive. This Juicy tale will get you ready for another cold water disaster. Could this have been prevented?
Episode 446 - TGDP Update
A quick update from the boys following a busy few weeks and right before a few more busy weeks.
Episode 445 - TBIFF2026
This week Jamesy and Brando sit down and talk with Stephanie Gandulla from NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Kevin Sheard from Warfighter Scuba about the upcoming Thunder Bay International Film Festival.
Episode 444- Shutter Speed Madness!
The boys continue their dive in to underwater photography with a discussion centered around the third leg of the photography triangle, shutter speed. Also, the listener should be warned that there may be humor of all types in this podcast. From high brow, intellectual, down to the juvenile, "Beavis and Butthead" humor. But this warning is not for the average diver/listener simply because we know that is probably a good portion of the reason why they listen to the podcast. This warning is for those "serious listeners" that feel threatened or offended or triggered by laughter...or worry they may accidentally laugh at a ball shaving advertisement and be ashamed. Have a listen!
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 443 - Happy Holidays from TGDP
The boys sit down and wrap up the 2025 year for TGDP.
Episode 442- ISO Madness!
The madness continues with the discussion of underwater photography... and photography in general. This week the boys go insane with ISO! Have a listen!!
The Great Dive Podcast - Episode 441 - FstopMadness
This week your buddies talk about underwater photography again. After joining a photo club to get better at taking pictures, Jamesy start asking questions about apertures and F/stops. Of course, the Sultan of the Shutter, Brando, shines the light of knowledge on the young photographer. Join us.
Episode 440-Divemastering the Ego
Join the boys this week as they examine an 'I Learned About Diving from That' article that tells the tale of what a Divemaster Candidate learned about his ego and the trouble that may come from letting it take hold of you and actually believing what it's telling you. Listen to the deadly incident and one diver's account of a real life encounter with the deadly regulator snatching rocks of the Caribbean!