Joseph Cocozza

I bring a rare combination of two worlds that make for compelling podcast conversations: high-risk exploration underwater and frontline broadcast journalism in extreme environments.

For decades I worked in network television news engineering with CNN, ABC News, and NBC News, supporting major national and international news coverage. My role was building and operating the technical infrastructure that allowed journalists to broadcast live from some of the most difficult and unpredictable environments on earth: war zones, hurricanes, riots, disasters, and major breaking news events. When reporters were going live from chaotic locations around the world, my job was making sure the technology worked and the story could get on the air.

That career placed me in environments where preparation, teamwork, and calm decision-making under pressure were essential. Those same skills are also central to another major part of my life: technical scuba diving and underwater exploration.

Alongside my work in broadcast journalism, I developed a parallel career as a technical diving instructor, cave diver, and underwater videographer. Technical diving is a highly disciplined form of scuba diving that involves deep diving, decompression diving, cave exploration, and complex underwater environments where divers cannot simply swim directly to the surface.

Over the years I’ve worked on underwater productions as a Dive Safety Officer and underwater camera operator, combining professional broadcast production techniques with advanced diving operations. My work in underwater media focuses on exploration, dive safety, and documenting the people who push the boundaries of what humans can safely do underwater.

I am also an Emmy-winning underwater videographer, and I now produce and host Pod Diver TV, a long-form media platform focused on serious discussions about diving, exploration, and human performance in extreme environments. The platform features conversations with explorers, instructors, scientists, military divers, and filmmakers who are shaping the future of underwater exploration.

My background allows me to speak about a wide range of topics that resonate strongly with podcast audiences, including:

• Technical diving and cave exploration

• Diving safety and accident analysis

• Human factors and decision-making in high-risk environments

• Underwater filmmaking and documentary production

• Broadcast journalism and reporting from disaster zones

• Leadership and teamwork in extreme conditions

• Exploration, curiosity, and pushing the boundaries of human capability

Podcast audiences tend to enjoy the unique overlap between my two worlds—stories from global news coverage on the surface and exploration beneath the ocean. Both environments require discipline, risk management, and the ability to operate when things do not go according to plan.

If your audience enjoys conversations about exploration, adventure, science, extreme environments, diving, journalism, or the psychology of operating under pressure, I would love to join your show and share stories from both the underwater world and the front lines of global news coverage