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Gareth Lock & Mike Mason - The Human Divers - S03 E08

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour
Gareth Lock and Mike Mason return to the Scuba GOAT podcast for a catch up on the latest in human Factors in diving.  Recently Gareth invited me to complete the remote training package "Essentials of human factors in diving" followed by a 2-day face-to-face course held at Dive Centre Bondi.  T...

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Gareth Lock & Mike Mason - Human factors in diving

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour
Gareth Lock and Mike Mason return to the Scuba GOAT podcast to discuss the latest in human factors in diving. Gareth invited me to complete the "Essentials of Human Factors in Diving" remote training package, followed by a 2-day face-to-face course at Dive Centre Bondi. This course explores Huma...

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Leonardo Guida - Australian Marine Conservation Society - S03 E07

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - July 10, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour
Dr Leonardo Guida, shark scientist and shark conservation lead at the Australian Marine Conservation Society joins us in this episode to talk through a variety of topics ranging from personal experiences swimming and diving with our apex predators to the conservation efforts currently in place t...

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Leonardo Guida - Australian Marine Conservation Society

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - July 10, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour
Dr Leonardo Guida, shark scientist and shark conservation lead at the Australian Marine Conservation Society joins us in this episode to talk through a variety of topics ranging from personal experiences swimming and diving with our apex predators to the conservation efforts currently in place t...

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Surface Interval - Introducing Jayne Jenkins - S03 E06

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - June 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Comedy alert! Each season we have a little get together episode with Don Silcock, senior travel editor for Scuba Diver magazine and Lissa Rebec of Sea Shepherd.  However, now that borders are open, trying to get Lissa and Don in Sydney and available at the same time is virtually impossible! W...

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Surface Interval - Introducing Jayne Jenkins

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - June 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Comedy alert! Each season we have a little get together episode with Don Silcock, senior travel editor for Scuba Diver magazine and Lissa Rebec of Sea Shepherd.  However, now that borders are open, trying to get Lissa and Don in Sydney and available at the same time is virtually impossible! W...

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Jayne Jenkins - Surface Interval

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - June 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Comedy alert! We managed to coax Don Silcock back into the studio by waving a beer under his nose and as a bonus for the show his dive buddy of 20 years came along too... The sensible text and a REAL intro to Jayne Jenkins Jayne learnt to dive in the chilly waters along the rugged Welsh coas...

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Jayne Jenkins - Surface Interval - S03 E06

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - June 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Comedy alert! Each season we have a little get together episode with Don Silcock, senior travel editor for Scuba Diver magazine and Lissa Rebec of Sea Shepherd.  However, now that borders are open, trying to get Lissa and Don in Sydney and available at the same time is virtually impossible! W...

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Martin Connolly - Scuba IQ - S03 E05

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 29, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour
Scuba IQ operates from Port Douglas, (north of Cairns) Queensland, Australia.  Clearly, Port Douglas is a perfect destination to get out and explore the Great Barrier Reef and that's exactly what Scuba IQ do. Originally from New Zealand, Martin Connolly spent a few years in the navy and then s...

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Martin Connolly - Scuba IQ

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 29, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour
Scuba IQ operates from Port Douglas, (north of Cairns) Queensland, Australia.  Clearly, Port Douglas is a perfect destination to get out and explore the Great Barrier Reef and that's exactly what Scuba IQ do. Originally from New Zealand, Martin Connolly spent a few years in the navy and then s...

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Steve Crosby - Wading through the pandemic years - S03 E04

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 16, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Steve Crosby walks us through his journey to become a dive pro and what it has taken to stay connected to the dive industry particularly during the pandemic years. Many people have asked me how to get into and become successful in the dive industry.  Hard work and determination... Be like Stev...

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Steve Crosby - Getting through the pandemic years

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 16, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Steve Crosby walks us through his journey to become a dive pro and what it has taken to stay connected to the dive industry particularly during the pandemic years. Many people have asked me how to get into and become successful in the dive industry.  Hard work and determination... Be like Stev...

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Steve Crosby - Wading through the pandemic years

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 16, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour
Steve Crosby walks us through his journey to become a dive pro and what it has taken to stay connected to the dive industry particularly during the pandemic years. Many people have asked me how to get into and become successful in the dive industry.  Hard work and determination... Be like Stev...

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Jennifer Matthews - Future Reefs Research, UTS - S03 E03

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour
Dr Jen Matthews has pioneered the application of metabolomics to unravel the metabolic interactions underpinning coral health and resilience to environmental change. Increasing environmental pressures, such as increased sea temperatures, are causing the catastrophic loss of coral cover around t...

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Jennifer Matthews - Future Reefs Research, UTS

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - May 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour
Dr Jen Matthews has pioneered the application of metabolomics to unravel the metabolic interactions underpinning coral health and resilience to environmental change. Increasing environmental pressures, such as increased sea temperatures, are causing the catastrophic loss of coral cover around t...

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Kate Parker - Daughters of the Deep - S03 E02

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - April 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour
Kate Parker is a full-time paediatric Speech Pathologist but in her spare time has been a volunteer with Sea Shepherd since 2015, originally taking on a role as an onshore volunteer helping to raise funds through selling merchandise at events and sharing the work of the organisation through outr...

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Mike Mason - The Human Diver, Australia - S03 E01

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - February 13, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes
With over 20 years as a fighter pilot under his belt, Mike Mason currently teaches pilots of the Australian Air Force how to hone their skills and use the aircraft they are flying as a weapons platform.  Human Factors is used on a daily basis to achieve the goals these men strive for, so its fai...

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Mike Mason - Human Factors comes to Australia - S03 E01

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - February 13, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes
With over 20 years as a fighter pilot under his belt, Mike Mason currently teaches pilots of the Australian Air Force how to hone their skills and use the aircraft they are flying as a weapons platform.  Human Factors is used on a daily basis to achieve the goals these men strive for, so its fai...

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Ryan Duchatel - Total Immersion Diving & JJ CCR's - S02 E17

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - December 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour
What a great way to round out Season 2 of the show - Expanding on our look at the Technical side of recreational diving, I'm joined by Ryan Duchatel, JJ CCR Trimix Instructor, cave diver and co-owner of Total Immersion Diving based in Newcastle , Australia. I've found many recreational divers a...

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Graham Willis - The Dive Spots of New South Wales - S02 E16

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - December 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour
Graham Willis is a professional dive Instructor operating out of Frog Dive, Sydney, Australia.  Having lived in Sydney for over 30 years it's a fair assumption that Graham knows a lot of the dives sites pretty well and during a chance meeting via mutual friends Graham began chatting with a chap ...

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Jeffrey Glenn - An introduction to Tech Diving - S02 E15

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - November 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour
Jeffrey is a dive industry titan specialising in all areas of technical, cave and rebreather diving. He’s logged more than 20 years experience at the pointy end of diver and instructor development, and is also the owner of GoPro Asia and Bans Technical Diving, based on Koh Tao, Thailand.  His q...

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Rebecca Griffiths - Freediving photography & conservation - S02 E14

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - November 02, 2021 05:00 - 54 minutes
Rebecca Griffiths first grabbed my attention via Instagram.  Her account displays some beautiful photographs which I recognised instantly as having had minimal post-shot editing (quite a rare commodity these days).  I continued to follow for a while and found that she was not only a photographer...

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Deborah Dickson-Smith - Global travel Part II - S02 E13

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - October 21, 2021 03:00 - 44 minutes
The second part of our mini-series with Deb and I talking through more destinations that every diver should have on their bucket list and highlight some of the up to date travel requirements for the destinations mentioned. See chapter markers for locations discussed and S02 E12 for the first p...

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Deborah Dickson-Smith - Diveplanit: Global travel - S02 E12

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - October 18, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes
As the world starts to open up,  I reckon it is time to take a look and remind ourselves as to what is on offer. Joining me today is Deborah Dickson-Smith, a writer, editor and publisher who has built a career in the travel media industry.  She has managed to travel (and dive) through most of ...

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Samuel Rostøl - The Grind: Whaling in the Faroe Islands - S02 E11

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - October 06, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour
Earlier this year Norwegian born Samuel Rostøl decided to leave mainstream employment as a nurse so that he could focus all of his available time on supporting animal activism.   Soon thereafter, Samuel was invited to join Sea Shepherd in the Faroe Islands as they documented the annual Grindadro...

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Marcel Van Den Berg - Scuba diving tips - S02 E10

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - September 22, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour
Marcel Van Den Berg is a PADI Platinum Course Director, super passionate about professional training and eager to help anyone wishing to become a dive pro.  During this episode, I have a catch up to see how he is supplementing his income during the pandemic, what he is doing regarding pro traini...

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Sylvia A. Earle - National Geographic Ocean: A Global Odyssey - S02 E09

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 21, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour
An absolutely mind-blowing highlight of my Scuba GOAT journey to date is the 2hrs I recently spent with Dr Sylvia A. Earle on the show.  I’m sure this guest needs little by way of introduction; though her credentials, experience, passion and dedication to our oceans is awe-inspiring and incredib...

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Surface Interval - Lisa, Don & Matt - S02 E08

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 10, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour
I catch up with two of my dive buddies whilst we are stuck in lockdown.  Lissa Rebec is Sea Shepherd's co-ordinator in Sydney, Australia and Don, the Senior Travel Editor for Scuba Dive magazine.  We discuss a few topics that have caught our attention recently and also highlight a number of exce...

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Andre Borrel - Director Envoy Shark Cull - S02 E07

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 01, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes
If the report Queensland Shark Control Program catch statistics for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is to be believed, 286 sharks were captured between June 2020 and July 2021, of which only 57 sharks were released alive.  The report does not specify or account for the animals caught and kill...

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Andre Borell - Director Envoy Shark Cull - S02 E07

The Scuba GOAT Podcast - August 01, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes
Envoy Shark Cull is a hard-hitting Australian documentary directed by Andre Borell.  The film shines a much-needed light on the outdated and antiquated shark control methods deployed in QLD and NSW, that have not changed in methodology since being introduced in 1936.  I was shocked and devastate...

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