Best REBREATHER Podcasts (2025)

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #109 – Jeff Carcast – UTD's History and Me 44:22

22h ago44:22

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Send us a text For about two years Jay has been asking me for a history of UTD. It's one of the tasks I never completed, until now. On a long drive from San Diego up to the Sierra Nevada Mountains I recorded a look back at Unified Team Diving – how did it start, where did it start, what were some of the ups, and what were some of the downs. For tho…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #108 – Jeff Passes the Torch to Ben and Jay 50:53

1M ago50:53

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Send us a text Dear UTD Community, Today, we’re sharing a meaningful milestone in the journey of Unified Team Diving. After years of inspiring leadership, Jeff is stepping down from his leadership role at UTD. His vision has shaped the path we’ve walked together, and his contributions have left an indelible mark on our organization. We are deeply g…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #107 – Jeff's Carcast - Comparing Yourself to Others 22:22

2M ago22:22

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Send us a text Do you feel like you are good enough? That is the core of this episode. In diving, and in sports, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others and that can be a huge impediment to any successful outcome in a class or training program. The most important thing in any training situation, or in a competition, is simple: you do you. A…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #106, Ben's Training Corner: Are you on the peak of Mount Stupid? 41:31

3M ago41:31

41:31

Send us a text Hi, in this episode Ben will discuss the Dunning Kruger effect. A cognitive bias that was created in 1999 by David Dunning and Justin Kruger. It gives a graphical representation of the development when learning new things. It's very applicable to us divers, as we can easily become the victim of incomplete education and/or a false sen…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #105 – Meet the UTD Instructors - Rene Krikke 45:24

3M ago45:24

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Send us a text Meet UTD Instructor Rene Krikke, based in Blomberg, Germany. Rene is teaching across northern Europe and brings a fascinating perspective to our "Meet the Instructors" series. Rene stumbled into diving while on a holiday in Egypt, got hooked, made his way to the UTD Scuba Coaching Program, and is now a UTD instructor. Check out Rene'…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #103 – Jeff's Carcast - The Big Scuba Lie 24:33

3M ago24:33

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Send us a text How many dives do you have? I believe the answer to this question is the biggest lie in scuba diving. As instructors, we are trained to take this answer with a grain of salt. In this short carcast, Jeff takes a look at logging dives, logging flight hours, and some ideas about how to best log your dives. For more information, contact …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #102 - Jeff's Carcast – How Do You Stay Motivated? 13:10

5M ago13:10

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Send us a text Do you feel like you are in a rut with your diving? Doing the same dives over and over? How do you stay motivated year after year? These are the question we look at today in another of Jeff's soon-to-be-famous UTD Carcast episodes. Check out more on UTD Scuba Coaching, click here.By UTD Scuba Diving

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20 Years of POD DIVER RADIO & the NEW PDR 3.0 40:42

5M ago40:42

40:42

**Launching POD DIVER RADIO 3.0: The Infocast in 2025** I’m thrilled to announce the relaunch of POD DIVER RADIO in 2025! PDR 3.0 will be a fresh take on the podcast, exploring not only scuba diving but also military history, firearms, combat sports, space exploration, current events, and politics. I started POD DIVER RADIO in 2005, inspired by sto…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #101 – Ben's Training Corner - Dive Beautifully 15:23

6M ago15:23

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Send us a text In this inaugural episode of Ben's short podcast series, "The Training Corner," he looks at the concept of 'dive beautifully.' How do you gain your own level of elegance in diving, particularly around propulsion techniques. As always, if you have questions, comments, or thoughts about this, you can contact us here. https://utdscubadi…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #100 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - DEMA 2024 44:14

6M ago44:14

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Send us a text Weerrrrreee...back! The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Live at DEMA 2024. This week we collected questions in the booth and pulled them out in front of an audience. Fun, interesting, informative. And did we say fun?By UTD Scuba Diving

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Unified Team Diving Podcast #99 – Advanced Rebreather Training - Ben's Talk at DEMA 2024 23:34

7M ago23:34

23:34

Send us a text We are back in Las Vegas for the DEMA show – us and a gazillion other divers checking out new equipment, new training, new everything. This year, in the Technical Resource Center at the show, Ben gave a talk on advanced rebreather training, why it's important to dive a consistent team configuration in your closed circuit rebreather, …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #98 – Jeff's Carcast on Setbacks and More Setbacks 24:36

7M ago24:36

24:36

Send us a text Things don't always go quite as planned. Sometime the planning turns into a setback. What is the best way to deal with that? Take "no" for encouragement and take a setback for opportunity. Thoughts or comments? Let me know. Contact here.By UTD Scuba Diving

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #97 – Jeff Carcast – Managing Your Students' Brilliance 20:04

7M ago20:04

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Send us a text Who is brilliant? You? Or your students? Or both? What happens when you face an instructor or a coach who is more focused on their own brilliance than yours. In this short carcast I take a look at a scenario where the brilliance got confused. Have a listen, let me know what you think. Contact us here. https://utdscubadiving.com/conta…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #96 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Stump the Chumps 55:50

8M ago55:50

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Send us a text Another of the Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving. This time we tried something a bit different. Ben came up with the questions and did not tell Jeff what they were going to be. Tune in for an honest discussion about pockets, valve drills, cameras, and more. Send us your obscure questions....contact us here: https://utdscubadivin…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #95 – Jeff Carcast – Following Some Else's Dreams 25:46

9M ago25:46

25:46

Send us a text Following someone else's dreams. This is something every scuba instructor has faced. A student brings a partner, who does not want to be there, into a class, usually Open Water. As instructors, we get to see this play out, sometimes in terror, sometimes in joy. What do you do when someone drags someone into your class? What is it lik…

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Unified Team Diving Podcast #94 – UTD's Path to Leadership with Jeff and Jay 54:58

9M ago54:58

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Send us a text How to get there. That's today's question. What is the path to becoming a UTD instructor or dive master. How does the program work? What are our expectations of you? What do we expect your expectations to be of us. In this episode Jeff and Jay look at the "path," the course work, and tell some stories from past IDC's. Interested in U…

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The Battle of Midway: PBY Aviator Interviews 43:42

10M ago43:42

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The Battle of Midway: PBY Aviator Interviews Interviews were conducted with LtCmdr Lee McLeary USNR and LtCmdr Bill Cullen USNR, who served as pilot-navigators onboard PBYs Flying Boats during the Battle of Midway. These interviews took place in 1999 on Midway Island, during a reunion of Battle of Midway veterans. Ensign Lee McLeary, who was 21 at …

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Unified Team Diving Podcast #93 – Cave Week with Jeff, Ben, and Jay 23:18

10M ago23:18

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Send us a text It's on! Cave Week 2024! This November join us in Florida for Cave Week. In this short podcast Jeff, Ben, and Jay discuss the logistics, the fun, and all the details about this amazing UTD community event. For more information and to register for Cave Week, click here: https://utdscubadiving.com/utd-cave-week/…

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Battle of Midway: Cmdr Dick Best USN 18:04

10M ago18:04

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BATTLE OF MIDWAY: June 4, 1942. The Battle of Midway was the seminal naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was a battle between US Navy and Japanese Aircraft Carriers for control on the Midway Atoll 1100 miles west of Hawaii. In June of 1999, I was on the island for a reunion of battle veterans. I got to interview Cmdr Dick Best. …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #92 – Instructor Trainer Jon Edwardsen on the Success of His Recent IDC 27:32

10M ago27:32

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Send us a text Jon Edwardsen has been a UTD instructor almost since the beginning of UTD. He is my colleague, friend, and critic. The great thing about having Jon as an instructor trainer is his uncanny ability to cut through any and all BS and get to the heart of the matter. So when Jon did an IDC with a few of our coaching clients and said he was…

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“Primer in Diving Physiology” 25:15

11M ago25:15

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“Primer in Diving Physiology” Presented by: Capt. Marie Knafele USN MD ~ PhD NEDU Chief Medical Officer NAUI TECHNICAL DIVING CONFERENCE 2000 Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School, Key West, Florida, US November 01, 2000 Capt Knafele "Discusses oxygen toxicity, CO2 buildup, and technical diving." See the video at…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #91 – Jeff Carcast – Teaching Teaching, Not Teaching the Thing 31:11

11M ago31:11

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Send us a text There is much to unpack around how we run out instructor development program, how we train our instructor trainers, and how all that benefits the Unified Team Diving students and coaching clients. Back in the car, Jeff takes a look at the mechanics of teaching teaching – education as a change in behavior, that change being worthless …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #90 – Becoming a Thinking Diver Part 2b 54:50

11M ago54:50

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Send us a text This episode is a cross between our wrap up of "Becoming a Thinking Diver" and "The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving. Jeff and Ben cover: Redundant equipment. Knowing when to say when. Training for multiple failures buy planning for one. And a quick story about the bike. Check it out, if you have questions or comments contact u…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast – Ben's Training Corner – Equipment Does Not Kill You 34:27

12M ago34:27

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Send us a text It's not the equipment, it's the choices you make. In his inaugural training corner episode, Ben takes a look at how you can make good, or bad, choices and how those choices can have dramatic ramifications. For more information on the Unified Team Diving training systems and the UTD Scuba Coaching Program, or to reach Ben or Jeff, cl…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #88 – Jeff Carcast – Free Has No Value 26:47

1y ago26:47

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Send us a text One of the great things about me and Unified Team Diving is that I get to set the company culture around money, finances, student fees, all of it. I feel very strongly that financial transparency is critical to the health of any business. I also believe "free" does not serve anyone – us or you. Basically, I believe free has no value.…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #87 – Becoming a Thinking Diver Part 2a 1:01:45

1y ago1:01:45

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Send us a text In our last episode about the "Thinking Diver" we talked about creating your team, or village. In this episode Jeff and Ben start to look at the practical elements of being a thinking diver – gear, gas, team, and much more. Be a thinker. Listen in. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know by clicking here. To join ou…

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Unified Team Diving Podcast #86 – Jeff's Carcast – Why I Am Still So Stoked About UTD 35:54

1y ago35:54

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Send us a text A non-car carcast. This time I woke up ready to talk about why Unified Team Diving is so important to me but I did not have any place I needed to drive, so I recorded a non-car carcast. Why do we keep doing what we do? How do I grow as a coach and instructor as you grow as a diver or instructor? What makes me tick and, in turn, what …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #85 – It Takes a Village – The Thinking Diver Part 1 38:34

1y ago38:34

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Send us a text Learning and advancing at anything does not need to be something you do alone. Really, it takes a village. You are at the center, then your instructor or coach, but then all the other people and organizations and facilities and friends and family that guide you to becoming the most successful diver-version of yourself. In this episod…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #84 – Jeff's Carcast – We Are Not for Everyone 41:30

1y ago41:30

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Send us a text In any business one of the most important things is knowing who your clients are. And equally important is to know who your clients are not. In this carcast, I take an honest look at who we are for and who we are not for. It's a complex discussion about a very simple concept. Are we for you? Let us know: Click here to contact Jeff an…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #83 – Jeff's Carcast on Style vs. Success 24:07

1+ y ago24:07

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Send us a text Is it success that's the most important thing in scuba diving? Or style? This is a discussion – actually a monologue I recorded in my car – on the issue of style vs. success or, in scuba diving, style vs. certification. Drawn from a phrase common in big wall rock climbing, style vs. success refers not to whether or not we reach our g…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #82 – Are You Solo Diving as an Instructor? 1:00:16

1+ y ago1:00:16

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Send us a text We are Unified TEAM Diving not, as we sometimes like to say, Unified 'Go-Run-Off-By-Yourself Diving.' But what about when you are instructing students? Are they part of your team? Can they help you? What are everyone's expectations when instructing? In this episode Jeff and Ben unpack this simple, yet not so simple question. Contact …

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #81 – Jeff's Carcast on Managing the Frustration of Setbacks 27:41

1+ y ago27:41

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Send us a text Setback happen. This is true for everything we are learning, particularly when moving to a higher level in any field. In scuba training, in Unified Team Diving, we have a thing called the "ebay dive." This is when you come out of the water after such a frustrating dive that you want to put all your gear on ebay, sell it, and take up …

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UTD Podcast #80 – Jeff's Carcast on Fulfilling Unfulfilled Dreams 20:18

1+ y ago20:18

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Send us a text In the late 70's or early 80's I had an opportunity to take on something that looked really cool to me but my situation at the time blocked it. I've kept that dream alive until this past weekend when I fulfilled an unfulfilled dream. What are your unfulfilled dreams? What are you missed opportunities – in scuba or in life? Do you hav…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #79 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving - Live at DEMA 2023 50:16

1+ y ago50:16

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Send us a text We are live at the DEMA show in New Orleans taking questions from the audience. Listen to Jeff and Ben answer all sorts of random questions and, finally, almost get completely stumped. Contact us with your obscure questions and plan on seeing us at DEMA 2024 in Las Vegas where we will do another live episode: https://utdscubadiving.c…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #78 – Introducing UTD's new Director of Development Jay Gardner 33:30

1+ y ago33:30

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Send us a text Welcome to Jay Gardner, UTD's new Director of Development! Jay joins Jeff and Ben as the third member of UTD's management team, bring a lifetime of experience with companies both large and small. Jay started his journey in UTD as a coaching client, then an instructor candidate, then an instructor. After a short stint in Austin, Texas…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #77 – Jeff Carcast on Quitting Part 2 – When It's Okay to Quit 14:10

1+ y ago14:10

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Send us a text This is a short addendum to my previous carcast on quitting. In this quick episode I add a little info, this time about when it's okay to quit. There is a time and place for everything and sometimes the best thing is to "know when to fold 'em." Thoughts and ideas? Contact us here: https://utdscubadiving.com/contact/…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #76 – Jeff's Carcast on Quitting 25:38

1+ y ago25:38

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Send us a text "Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run." Great words to live by. In this carcast, actually recorded as a "hikecast" during this year's solar eclipse, Jeff looks at some of the mental and physical elements of quitting – quitting a class, quitting a training path, quitting anything. But,…

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UTD Scuba Diving Podcast #75 – Everything Rebreathers Part 1 1:02:50

1+ y ago1:02:50

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Send us a text Let's breathe without bubbles. In this episode, the first or two or three, Jeff and Ben look at all things rebreathers. In this first part: the what, why, how and the joys of diving rebreathers. In future episodes we will look at the traps of diving rebreathers, the training progression, and answer your questions. If there is anythin…

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UTD Podcast #74 – The Most Obscure Questions in Scuba Diving Vol. 15 – The Tech Student Episode 1:04:33

1+ y ago1:04:33

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Send us a text A live episode with slightly sketchy audio, although it was a technical marvel. Ben and three of his tech students in Norway, Jeff via cell phone from San Diego. In this episode we take live questions from the students who just completed their tech training. Ratio Deco adjustments, diving with non-UTD buddies after your class, and mu…

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UTD Podcast #73 – Jeff's Carcast on Compliance and Consistency 29:05

2y ago29:05

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Send us a text Consistency and compliance. Or is it compliance and consistency? Either way, these are the two hallmarks of a great client relationship with their coach and coaching program. In this carcast, Jeff takes a look at how consistency and compliance inform the best possible training for scuba divers. If you are just chasing a certification…

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UTD Podcast #72 – Jeff and Ben on the August 2023 San Diego Classes 12:08

2y ago12:08

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Send us a text Following two weeks of UTD classes in San Diego, and a few minutes before Ben heads back to the airport to return to Denmark, we chat about how this series of classes went for both the instructors and the students.By UTD Scuba Diving

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UTD Podcast #71 – Lisa Huynh on Coaching and Essentials 22:30

2y ago22:30

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Send us a text In this episode Jeff sits with UTD Scuba Coaching client Lisa Huynh the day after she completed UTD Essentials of Rec. Lisa explores how she got her start with coaching, the benefits of integrating UTD's in-water training with the coaching program, her experiences with her prior training, and much more. For more info on UTD Scuba Coa…

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UTD Podcast #70 – Getting Started with Rebreathers 1:00:32

2y ago1:00:32

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Send us a text The rebreather. Is it a wildly complex thing that rivals something that could fly to the moon? Or is it simply a bag you breathe into that scrubs out the CO2 and allows for longer bottom times? Or something in the middle? In this episode Jeff and Ben look at the simple yet complex story of rebreather diving...how to get started, the …

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UTD Podcast #69 – Jeff's Carcast on How to Get Really, Really Good at Something 32:33

2y ago32:33

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Send us a text Your "Path to Mastery" is a buzzword (or buzz-phrase) that's been around forever but, what does it really mean and how can you take your path to becoming great at one thing and apply it to becoming great at something else (like scuba)? In this carcast, recorded on an endless, rainy drive from San Diego to Las Vegas, I explore the pat…

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UTD Podcast #68 – UTD's ISO Certification 24:00

2y ago24:00

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Send us a text In April this year UTD went through an audit with EUF, the European Underwater Federation and received certification that the UTD training systems are in compliance with ISO standards. ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, creates standards for many industries, including scuba training. However ISO does not certify…

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UTD Podcast #66 – Spain IDC – The English-Speaking Candidates 21:22

2y ago21:22

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Send us a text Just a few minutes after the UTD Instructor Development Course ended at the Rivemar Dive Center in La Azohia, Spain, Jeff and Ben sat down with the four English-speaking instructor candidates to get their take on the week...how it went, their expectations, and much more. For information on becoming a UTD Instructor, click here.…

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