POD DIVER RADIO: The Scuba-cast

About POD DIVER RADIO: The Scuba-cast

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

Publisher

Jospeh Cocozza: PADI MSDT

Category

education · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2005

Latest episode

22 May 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 230 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Maldives Diver Deaths: A Tech Diver explains.

   Cave diver and diving journalist Joe Cocozza explains critical safety lessons from the Maldives dive accident, urging direct discussion on technical diving risks.

2. 

   10 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Scuba Diving Injuries Explained by a Hyperbaric Physician

   Joe Cocozza sits down with Dr. Nicholas Bird, hyperbaric physician, former Air Force flight surgeon, former DAN Chief Medical Officer, and current hyperbaric department leader at Virginia Mason in Seattle, for a deep discussion on hyperbaric medicine, diving injuries, and the expanding role of hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Dr. Bird explains how hyperbaric medicine applies to decompression illness, including decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas embolism (AGE), and why divers need to understand the difference between the bends, pulmonary barotrauma, pneumothorax, and other lung overexpansion injuries. He also breaks down how hyperbaric chambers are used to treat diving injuries, why oxygen first aid matters, and why not every chamber is equipped to treat injured divers. The conversation also explores current and emerging research into hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT / HBO2) for PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and other neurological conditions, including the work being done internationally and what it may mean for veterans, military personnel, and future patients. PDTV is working with the Paragon Dive Group online dive shop. Use code PODDIVER and save 5% of order. https://www.paragondivestore.com/ LINKS: 1. Print Magazine Article about Naval Experimental Dive Unit http://traffic.libsyn.com/poddiver/PDMAG-05_NEDU1998.pdf 2. Fitness to Dive: A Scuba Doctor's Checklist. https://youtu.be/IeE5Yp6vdiY Hyperbaric medicine is: DCS vs AGE Pulmonary barotrauma, pneumothorax, and pneumomediastinum Why ascent rate is only part of the decompression equation US Navy tables vs dive computers and gradient factors Oxygen first aid and treatment priorities Why dive insurance and emergency planning matter Hyperbaric oxygen research for PTSD and TBI If you are a technical diver, recreational diver, commercial diver, public safety diver, military diver, dive professional, or diving medicine nerd, this is an important conversation. #HyperbaricMedicine #DCS #AGE #DecompressionSickness #DivingInjuries #HyperbaricOxygenTherapy #ScubaDiving #TechnicalDiving #DiveMedicine #NicholasBird #DAN #MilitaryDiving #PublicSafetyDiving #UnderseaMedicine #PodDiverTV Chapter markers 00:00 Introduction and Dr. Nicholas Bird's background 03:15 Hyperbaric medicine, DCS, and AGE explained 11:30 Lung overexpansion injuries, bolting, and barotrauma 19:06 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for PTSD and brain injury 24:32 Dive planning, oxygen first aid, and finding the right chamber

3. 

   3 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What IS Technical Diving in 2026?

   Host Joe Cocozza interviews IANTD's Luis about the evolving definition of technical diving, exploring its history, modern interpretations, and future trends.

Inside a recent episode

Maldives Diver Deaths: A Tech Diver explains.

Published 22 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But listen, this is for divers, and if you're a tech diver, you definitely know what, you've been watching this. We all know what went wrong. We don't have every specific detail of what went wrong. But we do know, come on, we saw their dive kit. Just the dive profile alone, 160 foot, 165 foot ocean cave dive with no prep, not on mix. I mean, come on. I've been diving, cave diving for 20 years. And if someone was proposing me doing that dive, I'd say, listen, I got to do workups. We got to do a lot more than just jump in the water. We all know what went wrong. And we all know why. That's the thing. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

77,570,058

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

42 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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