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POD DIVER RADIO: The Scuba-cast

296 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings

The podcast for serious scuba divers. We cover, TRIMIX, NITROX, REBREATHER Cave Diving, Shipwreck diving, DPV, Hogarthian, Military scuba, free-diving, hyperbaric science.

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DAN "dive accidents" & Diving in the New England Aquarium.

March 12, 2011 17:39 - 11.4 MB

SEG1: Interview with Dive Saftery Officer  John Hanzel of the New England Aquarium in Boston MA. SEG2: Titan Dive Gear Lighting Systems: Interview Dr. Randy Klein-Gross, Ph.D.  about the Titan Gear Hydrolight Systems including the SCULA (SCULA - Self Contained Underwater Lighting Apparatus. Self contained primary dive lights) SEG3: Diver’s Alert Network: Interview with DAN Research Director Petar Denoble about a recent study Fatal recreational diving accidents 1997-2006: an update from the DA...

PD114: DAN "dive accidents" & NE Aquarium dive.

March 12, 2011 17:39 - 11.4 MB

SEG1: Interview with Dive Saftery Officer  John Hanzel of the New England Aquarium in Boston MA. SEG2: Titan Dive Gear Lighting Systems: Interview Dr. Randy Klein-Gross, Ph.D.  about the Titan Gear Hydrolight Systems including the SCULA (SCULA - Self Contained Underwater Lighting Apparatus. Self contained primary dive lights) SEG3: Diver’s Alert Network: Interview with DAN Research Director Petar Denoble about a recent study Fatal recreational diving accidents 1997-2006: an update from the...

PD113: Battle of Midway

December 27, 2010 03:49 - 52 minutes - 12 MB

Battle of Midway Interview. A small piece of oral history of WW2. This special podcast is dedicated to all members past and present of the US Navy and USMC. I posted an interview that I did back in 1999, while on Midway Island. With two veteran PBY pilots of the battle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBY_Catalina The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battl...

Battle of Midway: The PBYs

December 27, 2010 03:49 - 52 minutes - 12 MB

A small piece of oral history of WW2. This special podcast is dedicated to all members past and present of the US Navy and USMC. I posted an interview that I did back in 1999, while on Midway Island. With two veteran PBY pilots of the battle. The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor,...

VID-20: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

December 26, 2010 04:09 - 4 minutes - 33.6 MB Video

POD DIVER TV 20. Interview with Kater Bourden of Us Fish and Wildlife. Midway, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, is one of the world's most spectacular wildlife experiences. Nearly two million birds call it home for much of each year, including the world's largest population of Laysan Albatrosses, or "gooney birds". Hawaiian monk seals, green sea turtles and spinner dolphins frequent Midway's crystal blue lagoon. Midway became an "overlay" refuge in 1988, while still un...

VID15: Hyperbaric Chamber Ops with Dr Bird of Divers Alert Network

August 31, 2010 02:59 - 10 minutes - 33 MB Video

PDTV-15 Interview with Dr. Nicholas Bird of Divers Alert Network. Dr Bird is the Head of Medicine Department of DAN. The interview focuses of Hyperbaric Chamber Ops.

VID-13: Sidemounting with Terrence Tysall.

August 30, 2010 00:33 - 9 minutes - 55 MB Video

POD DIVER RADIO audio interview with Cave Explorer and educator,Terrence Tysall about Sidemount Cave Diving. Audio segment from Pod Diver Radio podcast. Originally aired March of 2007. Audio with still images.

PD111: Cave Diving on Grand Bahama Island with Cristina Zenato

July 26, 2010 13:57 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MB

Seg1: Cave Diving on Grand Bahama Island with Cristina Zenato. Seg2: DIVERITE 2010, new equipment update. Seg3: Divers Alert Network: Educational Programs:  Seg4: Dive Center Review: AMIGOS Dive Center, Fort White, FL ** Jill's Guide: The Essentials of Cave Diving AVAILABLE NOW!The full color contemporary guidebook to Cave diving. Generously illustrated, “The Essentials of Cave Diving” contains practical 21st century underwater knowledge, including sidemount techniques and the latest rebreath...

PD110: PFO study and DAN Emergency Hotline

June 10, 2010 20:50 - 1 hour - 14.4 MB

SEG1: PFO Study SEG2. SILENT DIVING UPDATE with Mike Fowler SEG3. DAN Emergency Hotline The new number is: 919-684-9111DAN's medical staff is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to handle diving emergencies such as decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism, pulmonary barotrauma, or other serious diving-related injuries. When you call the DAN Emergency Hotline 919-684-9111:    

PD109: Diving in Bahamas and the Fiji Islands

April 26, 2010 03:54 - 38 minutes - 8.75 MB

SEGMENT 1: STUART COVE”S Dive Center in Nassau.  SEGEMENT 2: Aqualung Lightwieght Gear System for the Global Traveller. SEGEMENT 3. Diving on the FIJI Islands. Interview with Thomas Valentine. The Fiji Islands in the South Pacific are an archipelago of over 300 islands. Fiji is world renowned as “The Soft Coral Capital of the World”

PD108: Women in Diving

April 13, 2010 02:37 - 20 minutes - 8.32 MB

SEGMENT 1: AMAZING DIVING with Cristina Zenato of UNEXSO. Located on the Port Lucaya Marina, in Freeport Grand Bahamas, UNEXSO offers a wide variety of scuba diving activities. Dolphins, sharks, wrecks, caverns and reefs. SEGMENT 2:  EQUIPMENT FOR THE FEMALE DIVER. Interview with Tom Phillip of AQUALUNG about the design of scuba gear tailored to the female diver.    

PD107: BTS 2010 Sound Scene Tour

April 01, 2010 16:33 - 55 minutes - 12.8 MB

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NSS-CDS Workshop & Coral Reef Restoration. P-106

March 25, 2010 17:22 - 46 minutes - 10.6 MB

PD106: SEGEMENT 1 Annual NSS-CDS Workshop: “2010: an Innerspace Odyssey” May 21-23, 2010…. Otter Springs, Florida  SEGMENT 2: Interview with Dr. Thomas J. Goreau about Coral Reef Restoration and the use of BioRock  Dr. Goreau is the President of the Global Coral Reef Alliance. The GCRA is a coalition of volunteer scientists, divers, environmentalists and other individuals and organizations, committed to coral reef preservation. Global Coral Reef Alliance   37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, Mass...

Underwater Glider to Cross the Atlantic Ocean. P-105

March 14, 2010 14:34 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

PD-105: SEGMENT 1:AMIGOS DIVE CENTER. Interview with Wayne Kinard. Amigos Dive Center. 5472 SW Elim Church Rd Ft. White, FL 32038 (386) 497-3876 SEGMENT 2: Voyage of the Scarlet Knight, The First Underwater Glider to Cross the Atlantic Ocean. Interview with Dan Crowell about the project. Rutgers University's underwater vehicle successfully navigates an ocean. Unlike other underwater drones, RU27 and its kin are able to travel without the aid of a propeller. Instead, they move up and down t...

BOAT DIVING ETIQUETTE

February 26, 2010 20:29 - 27 minutes - 11 MB

PD104: Interview with Capt. Al Pyatak. He is the Captain and owner of the dive boat SEA LION. Al Pyatak is the holder of a USCG 100 Ton Near Coastal Masters License with Aux Sail and Commercial Towing endorsements. He IANTD and TDI Technical Nitrox Instructor, Tri-Mix Instructor, NACD Full Cave Certified, NSS/CDS Full Cave Certified, Mixed Gas Diver since 1989 and holder of IANTD Tri-Mix Diver certification #1.

The Vaquita Porpoise & North Carolina Wreck Diving. P-103

February 07, 2010 03:08 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MB

PD-103: SEGMENT 1:  Interview with Christopher J. Gervais of the Explorers Club: Save The Vaquita is a conservation organization that is dedicated to save the world's most endangered cetacean the Vaquita (Phocoena sinus). The Vaquita is the smallest cetacean, adults weighing up to 55 kg (120 lbs). This species is a non-migratory animal and has the most limited distribution of any marine, restricted to the northwestern corner of the Gulf of California. SEGMENT 2: Diving on the Wrecks of Nort...

PD102: Survival at Sea and Diving in Truk

January 27, 2010 03:17 - 41 minutes - 9.61 MB

SEGMENT 1: Life Raft Survival & Rescue at Sea: Interview with Charles Daneko of WINSLOW® LifeRaft Company  SEGMENT 2: Diving on the Wrecks of Truk Lagoon with Captain Mike Gerkin: 

PD112: DEMA 2010

January 10, 2010 17:00 - 50 minutes - 11.5 MB

SEG1: The Nautilus Lifeline is a Scuba Diver VHF Radio and GPS, No base unit requirement, Waterproof to 120 meters. SEG2: Titan CCR: We interview Dr. Randy Klein-Gross, Ph.D.  about the the Titan Closer Circuit Rebreather. The Titan CCR is a small, compact, lightweight system that is easy to use and travel with. The unit is simple to use, understand and maintain. SEG3: Diver’s Alert Network: Project on Harvesting Divers. Eric Douglass tells us of a DAN study of the plight of the Miskito Indi...

PD65: Beneath The Sea 2007

January 10, 2010 17:00 - 22 minutes - 7.86 MB

PD65: "Beneath The Sea 2007" Sound Scene Tour at the DIVE RITE Tech Dive party.

PD139: Holiday 2014 Episode

January 10, 2010 17:00 - 11 minutes - 2.68 MB

The three ways to subscribe to Pod Diver Radio 1.2.3.

P83: DEMA 2007 interviews

January 10, 2010 17:00 - 24 minutes - 13.9 MB

PD83: Martin Stepanek Free diving champion and instructor talks about his work with Oceana. Interview with ND-1 J.R. Hott USN (NEDU) about the US Navy Diving program.

PD101: Diving in ICELAND. The Silfa Crack

April 30, 2009 01:46 - 21 minutes - 8.57 MB

Diving in ICELAND

PD100: CCR diving on the wreck of the SS Delaware

December 19, 2008 14:06 - 23 minutes - 6.83 MB

PD100:  and HAPPY HOLIDAYS: To a great diving year in 2008 and to another great diving year in 2009. Welcome to the 4th season of Pod Diver Radio! SEGMENT 1: Joe Cocozza sums up PDR IN 2008 SEGMENT 2: 2009 PODCAST EPISODES WILL BE SUBJECT SPECIFIC.  SEGMENT 3: Shipwreck Diving on the Dive Boat Sea Lion. CCR diving on the SS Delaware and artifact recovery on the MV Stolt Dagali. Travel tip! Don’t stay at MOTEL 6 in Fort Lauderdale, it is STILL infested with roaches!

Florida Keys Free Diving

July 26, 2008 20:34 - 14 minutes - 5.64 MB

PD98: Free diving and spearfishing on the shipwreck in the Florida Keys. Audio interview with underwater hunter Alex Pedera.

TDI Cave Diving Programs

July 17, 2008 16:00 - 7 minutes - 4.05 MB

PD-97: TDI Cave Diving Programs. Interview with Brian Carney at Beneath The Sea 2007.

PD96: Bermuda, Bahamas and North Florida

July 08, 2008 00:00 - 47 minutes - 19.2 MB

PD96: A- BLOCK: WRECK DIVING IN BERMUDA Charlie Greene of Bermuda Scuba tells us about the various shipwrecks of Bermuda and Jacquelyn Bisset’s wet t-shirt. B- BLOCK: KIDS SEA CAMP. Kids Sea Camp is a fun-filled vacation for families who love the ocean. A full week's schedule of events and educational programs promises great times and learning experiences for kids age 4-15. C-BLOCK: MONMOUTH CAVE SYSTEM Jill Heinerth takes us sump diving. D-BLOCK DIVING UNEXSO. Located in Port Lucaya. A wide ...

PD95: CCR Training and Cave Diving in Bahamas

June 27, 2008 18:07 - 1 hour - 20.2 MB

1. EVOLUTION CCR TRAINING at Conch Republic Divers in Key Largo Florida. Richie Kohler teaches Joe Cocozza how to fly his new Evolution Rebreather.  2. Training Agency Review. NAUI. National Assoc of Underwater Instructors. 3. Cave Diving in Grand Bahamas Island with Christina Zenato of UNEXSO.

PD94: Phil Nuytten interview

June 09, 2008 23:07 - 58 minutes - 16.9 MB

A- BLOCK: Database of tech divers. B- BLOCK: The EVOLUTION PLUS: Silent Diving Systems. C-BLOCK SUDS in Key Largo Florida: Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba (SUDS) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) is designed to help improve the lives of injured soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan. By training the soldiers in a challenging & rewarding activity it can help facilitate the rehabilitation process & promote mobility. Offering this venue provides the soldier with a sport they can...

DPV: Diver Propulsion Vehicle

May 05, 2008 01:53 - 19 minutes - 11.1 MB

PD92r: 1. DPV training with Richard Dreher of superior dive training. 2. Intro the new DPV by Silent Diving Systems, the FUSION  

BTS 2008, Sound Scene Tour. PD91

April 18, 2008 23:57 - 43 minutes - 12.5 MB

PD-91: A- BLOCK:  Sound Scene Tour of BTS 2008 www.beneaththesea.org/ We talk to our friends at Manta, Dosils, NAUI TECH and the NEDU B- BLOCK: Cave Diving Jug Springs Florida with Richard Dreher of superior dive training C-BLOCK: New developments in dry suit underwear with 4th Element. D- BLOCK: Wreck Diving ON Bikini AtollBLUE HOUSE MULTIMEDIA: W44 Street New York, NY,

History of Wetsuit Development

January 31, 2008 17:00 - 18 minutes - 8.73 MB

PD-90: Henderson Aquatics. History of Wetsuit Development. Interview and factory tour with Allen Edmond of Henderson Aquatics.

Cave Diving in France & Tech Diving in the Dry Tortugas. P-88

January 09, 2008 04:22 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MB

PD-88: B- BLOCK: Commercial Diving in North Europe evolves into Cave Diving in France.C- BLOCK: Tech Diving in the Dry Tortugas.

DAN Technical Diving Conference. P-87

December 30, 2007 04:08 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MB

PD87 Divers Alert Network:  2008 Technical Diving Conference. The two-day conference, planned for Jan. 18-19, 2008, in Durham, N.C., will feature four half-day workshops. Discussions will include the operational and medical aspects of technical diving. The forum will also address ways to improve effectiveness and safety.Workshops OverviewPHYSIOLOGY WORKSHOP PLANRespirationNormal respiration and gas exchange at sea level with emphasis on oxygen uptake, CO2 elimination, and ventilatory control...

O2 Provider Course and NEDU p86

December 10, 2007 03:31 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

PD-86 A- BLOCK: NACD BAG-O-SWAG. B- BLOCK: Divers Alert Network: Oxygen Provider Course.C- BLOCK: NAVY EXPERMENTAL DIVE UNIT (NEDU) with Petty Officer First Class J.R. Hott.

Fitness and diving

November 25, 2007 22:14 - 14 minutes - 5.76 MB

PD85: Fitness and DivingDr Neil Pollack of Divers Alert Network talks about fitness and scuba diving. We also talk with Nancy Easterbrook of Dive Tech Grand Cayman talks about CCR Diving and INNER SPACE.  

PD84: Shark fining, Tech Diving and NYC

November 18, 2007 06:53 - 54 minutes - 21.9 MB

A- BLOCK: OCEANA TALKS ABOUT saving our seas and the awful practice of Shark Fining. B- BLOCK: DAN: Dr Richard Vann talks about the upcoming Tech Diving Conferance. C- BLOCK: Sound scence tour. Richie Kohler in New York City.

PD82: CAVE DIVE TRIP TO NORTH FLORIDA

November 06, 2007 02:33 - 57 minutes - 22.9 MB

SOUND SCENE TOUR OF CAVE DIVE TRIP TO NORTH FLORIDA.GERRY MURPHY OF DIVE RITE TALKS ABOUT CAVE DIVING EXPLORATION AND THE ADVENT OF NEW DIVE GEAR.

PD81: Pretty Fish diving in Costa Rica

October 07, 2007 17:04 - 15 minutes - 4.56 MB

Pretty Fish diving in Costa Rica.

Cave Diving Paleontology in the Bahamas.

September 15, 2007 16:00 - 29 minutes - 14.3 MB

PD-80: Cave Diving Science, Exploration and Paleontology in the Bahamas. Interview with Brian Kakuk and Nancy Albury of the he Bahamas Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corp. (AMMC) / National Museum of the Bahamas.We talk with in the Bahamas Sawmill Sink Project. A multi-disciplinary research and underwater cave exploration project.project, funded by tBRIAN KAKUK talks about fossils and cave diving in the Bahamas.

BRIAN KAKUK: Underwater "Oh Shite" Moment

September 03, 2007 05:02 - 8 minutes - 4.05 MB

PD-79 BRIAN KAKUK’S "OH Shite Momment"  When pusch virgin line in an underwater fracture cave. AT 320 ft, the big boulders start to fall.

PD78: Dr Vann on DCI & Jill dives under Antartic Ice

August 15, 2007 19:40 - 31 minutes - 7.15 MB

A- BLOCK: DAN's new   B- BLOCK:Cave Diving in MexicoC- BLOCK: DAN TECH TIPS: DCI and Barotramua with Dr Richard Vannof DAN  

PD77: Cave Diving, Deep Shipwrecks and Recompression Treatment.

August 04, 2007 09:10 - 35 minutes - 10 MB

PD77: 1. We speak with Jill Heinerth about not diving the U-869 and August giveaway of her DVD "Waters Journey"  www.intotheplanet.com 2. Interviews with  British Deep Shipwreck Diver Leah Cunningham and his finding a new shipwreck at 420 fsw. Then a 3. DIVE RITE In Depth."review a Dive Rite Regulators and 4. review of "Playa International Clinic" and the Re-compression Chamber in Mexico's Rivera Maya

Bahamas Cave Diving w/ Brian Kakuk

July 13, 2007 16:00 - 22 minutes - 11 MB

Cave Diving in Abaco Bahamas with Brian Kakuk.

ABACO Divers & Brian Kakuk's "O-S-M"

July 10, 2007 22:54 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MB

SHOW NOTES 1. "Live" from ABACO BAHAMAS, report from the island. Also, review of book "Scuba Diver Safety" by Dan Orr. 2. Abaco Dive Adventures: Interview with Tim Higgs. 3. PADI, Specialty course "Cavern Diver" 4. DIVE RITE In Depth." Review of the new regulator, the Hurricane. 5. "Oh Shit Moment" Brian Kakuk talks about the fun life of a Navy Diver.

PD75: ABACO Divers & Brian Kakuk's "O-S-M"

July 10, 2007 22:54 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MB

1. "Live" from ABACO BAHAMAS, report from the island. Also, review of book "Scuba Diver Safety" by Dan Orr. 2. Abaco Dive Adventures: Interview with Tim Higgs. 3. PADI, Specialty course "Cavern Diver" 4. DIVE RITE In Depth." Review of the new regulator, the Hurricane. 5. "Oh Shit Moment" Brian Kakuk talks about the fun life of a Navy Diver. LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD AUDIO HERE

PD74: PADI DEEP DIVER & GUE CAVE 1 Program

June 29, 2007 21:06 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MB

- Cenote Diving in Mexico- PADI SOM: Deep Diver- Oh Shit Moment: Lamar Hires talks about a broken line inside a cave.- GUE CAVE 1 Program

NJHDA Shipwreck Symposium

June 19, 2007 14:30 - 54 minutes - 21.6 MB

Interviews w/ Captain Martin Bayerle about the search for gold on-board the RMS Republic and Dean Fessler of the Shark Research Institute:     (Joe recounts working on the RMS Republic documentary with Captain Bayerle way back in 1989)  

PD72: GUE Cave ~ DAN Tech Tips ~ Yucatek

June 06, 2007 13:50 - 50 minutes - 17.3 MB

1. YUCATEK Dive Center. Playa del Carmem, Q-Roo, Mexico 2. DAN Tech Tips Dr. Richard Vann. (Oxygen Toxcity) 3. GUE Cave 1 Program.

Pony_Bottles.mp3

May 31, 2007 16:00 - 8 minutes - 3.41 MB

HPNS: High Pressure Nervous Syndrome.

May 13, 2007 16:53 - 10 minutes - 4.28 MB

PD-70: DAN "Tech Time" with Dr Richard Vann PhD. Dr Vann discusses the deep diving condition of HPNS (High Pressure Nervous Syndrome)

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