Kenny Broad's guest appearances

Kenny Broad

The Big Idea

University of Miami

The Wise Consumer

Real Risk

Deanna Cook

Alex Honnold

James Cameron

Alberto Cairo

Jessica Watson

Jennifer Johnson

Matt Hall

Richard Harris

Kathryn Kellogg

Kamea Chayne

Jimmy Chin

Hannah Dehradunwala

Mark Richt

Katie Patrick

Renee Dunn

OwlTail

Brian Kakuk

In this episode I talk with two good friends, cave divers Brian Kakuk and Dr Kenny Broad. Brian runs Bahamas Underground which offers guided diving to suitably qualified cave divers in the exquisite flooded caves on Abaco Island. But the beautiful crystal formations in the gin clear tunnels are only half the story. Amazing geology, bizarre life forms, ancient fossils and even human remains make this a natural laboratory for scientists. Scientists like anthropologist Kenny Broad, another expert cave diver, regularly dive with Brian to help unlock the secrets of these caves.  The guys share stories of early dives, near misses, friends lost; but mostly their passion for exploration and discovery in what can be a most unforgiving environment.www.bahamasunderground.comhttps://vimeo.com/10402471 (The Crystal Caves of Abaco)     https://ccs.miami.edu/team_member/kenny-broad-phd/     

In this episode I talk with two good friends, cave divers Brian Kakuk and Dr Kenny Broad. Brian runs Bahamas Underground which offers guided diving to suitably qualified cave divers in the exquisite flooded caves on Abaco Island. But the beautiful crystal formations in the gin clear tunnels are only half the story. Amazing geology, bizarre life forms, ancient fossils and even human remains make this a natural laboratory for scientists. Scientists like anthropologist Kenny Broad, another expert cave diver, regularly dive with Brian to help unlock the secrets of these caves.   The guys share stories of early dives, near misses, friends lost; but mostly their passion for exploration and discovery in what can be a most unforgiving environment. <a href="http://www.bahamasunderground.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bahamasunderground.com</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/10402471" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/10402471</a> (The Crystal Caves of Abaco)      <a href="https://ccs.miami.edu/team_member/kenny-broad-phd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ccs.miami.edu/team_member/kenny-broad-phd/</a>

S2 E4 The Crystal Caves of Abaco - With Brian Kakuk and Kenny Broad

"We will be a kilometer back in the cave and the walls will have those little thank you bags. You know the ones you get at the grocery stores, those little white ones? They’ll be stuck to the walls floating in the current. It looks like there are ghosts lining the walls…they end up in these sink holes and they make our way into our ground water. But, that’s not the only thing we see back there. You also see tires, you see 55 gallon drums of who knows what, etc. And as you’re swimming past this stuff you’ll see  someones water pipe coming down through the ceiling of this cave going directly to their well, directly to their house in fact, and that’s what really brings home how connected we really are to our ecosystem in ways we really don’t realize." -  Kenny Broad, National Geographic Explorer and Chief Exploration Officer Virtual Wonders Meet Kenny Broad! Deep sea cave diver, 2011 National Geographic explorer of the Year and Chief Exploration Officer for the 3D imaging company Virtual Wonders. In this episode we cover: - The journey that led him to where he is today -The environmental changes he’s seen over the course of his career - The lessons he's learned from deep sea cave diving and how we can apply them to our everyday lives -The power of visual storytelling when it comes to conservation and preservation of our planet -The challenges of his first entrepreneurial venture with Virtual Wonders   Had a great time chatting with Kenny. I think you’ll really enjoy this episode. Happy listening.

"We will be a kilometer back in the cave and the walls will have those little thank you bags. You know the ones you get at the grocery stores, those little white ones? They’ll be stuck to the walls floating in the current. It looks like there are ghosts lining the walls…they end up in these sink holes and they make our way into our ground water. But, that’s not the only thing we see back there. You also see tires, you see 55 gallon drums of who knows what, etc. And as you’re swimming past this stuff you’ll see  someones water pipe coming down through the ceiling of this cave going directly to their well, directly to their house in fact, and that’s what really brings home how connected we really are to our ecosystem in ways we really don’t realize." -  Kenny Broad, National Geographic Explorer and Chief Exploration Officer Virtual Wonders Meet Kenny Broad! Deep sea cave diver, 2011 National Geographic explorer of the Year and Chief Exploration Officer for the 3D imaging company Virtual Wonders. In this episode we cover: - The journey that led him to where he is today -The environmental changes he’s seen over the course of his career - The lessons he's learned from deep sea cave diving and how we can apply them to our everyday lives -The power of visual storytelling when it comes to conservation and preservation of our planet -The challenges of his first entrepreneurial venture with Virtual Wonders   Had a great time chatting with Kenny. I think you’ll really enjoy this episode. Happy listening.

Kenny Broad, National Geographic Explorer & Chief Exploration Officer, Virtual Wonders 

Beneath our feet lies one of the most inhospitable environments on earth: underwater caves. Pushing the limits of the extreme, exploring this inner space can help answer fundamental questions about where we came from and what the future may hold for our freshwater resources and our climate. Cave diving also brings into bold relief the cognitive biases inherent in decision making under conditions of uncertainty and why we do and don’t worry about contemporary environmental challenges.

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