100 Days Underwater with Joe Dituri
Dr Will Duffin speaks to former Navy Diver and prolific underwater explorer and researcher Dr Joe Dituri. This episode is recorded from underwater as during Joe's 100 day under sea mission in the Jules Undersea Lodge in Florida. You can learn more about Joe's groundbreaking work here: https://drdeepsea.com/100-day-undersea-mission The following topics (amongst many others) are discussed:What it's like living in a confined tin can, why access to coffee is just as important as oxygen, and why it's actually a powderkeg that could up in flames at any moment. Joe even gives us a visual walk around of the habitat - (It's well worth loading up the youtube version of this podcast if you can). Joe tells us Why the cure for diseases like Alzheimer's, cancer and traumatic brain injury lie at the bottom of the ocean. They talk about the physiology of saturation diving, it's future application in science and research and as an analogue for long duration space flight. Joe answers the question of whether there could ever be a permanent undersea human habitat in the Marianas Trench? They also dive (excuse the pun) into Joe's professional background and how he reinvented himself in the world of science after a long career in the military. Joe is not only an accomplished scientist and diver but also a fiction writer. You can find a copy of his latest novel 'Secrets in Depth' here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/4511722.Joseph_DituriJoe will reveal the outputs of his groundbreaking science at this years World Extreme Medicine Conference 11-13 November in Edinburgh. We look forwards to seeing you there! 📺 Checkout the video version: https://youtu.be/RY9EOS76dIk