The Alan Mead Experience

Episode 064: the best burger or lots of burgers?

March 21st, 2018  |  30 mins 8 secs

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Al riffs on being stuck between "high end" and "production."

Episode 063: Dr. Alex Salen on learning to dentist

March 14th, 2018  |  50 mins 16 secs

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New dentists rejoice! Alan is joined by Dr. Alex Salen who is a (relatively) recent grad. We talk about growing up in the midwest, choosing what to do after school and learning to dentist!

Episode 062: Mike and Josh make up

February 28th, 2018  |  1 hr 42 mins

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Dr. Mike DiTolla and Dr. Josh Austin hash out where Mike's been. Get ready for an entertaining and emotional ride. Buckle in...it's a long one!

Episode 061: VoD wrap up

February 14th, 2018  |  36 mins 25 secs

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Al talks about his love/hate relationship with February, the Chicago Midwinter and the Voices of Dentistry meeting

Episode 060: Dr. Josh Brower live from Voices of Dentistry

February 7th, 2018  |  34 mins 39 secs

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Alan talks with Dr. Josh Brower...an educator and his classmate from the University of Minnesota class of 1997!

Episode 059: Live at the Voices of Dentistry with Dr. Stephanie Zeller

January 31st, 2018  |  47 mins 18 secs

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Alan is joined by podcaster and prosthodontist Dr. Stephanie Zeller at the amazing Voices of Dentistry summit!

Episode 058: Pre Voices of Dentistry Ramblings

January 24th, 2018  |  27 mins 18 secs

This episode was recorded with a new recorder/mic in the car about 3 days before lift off for Voices of Dentistry!

Episode 057: Al on blogging, podcasting and getting up really early

January 17th, 2018  |  38 mins 33 secs

Al riffs on why dentists should be blogging, the future of the AME and how getting up really early is working for him.

Episode 056: total joint replacement premedication rant

January 8th, 2018  |  34 mins 25 secs

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Premedication for total joint replacement in the dental office has been common for a lot of years. We (mostly) shouldn't be doing it now. Al rants about this.

Episode 055: Dr. Josie Dovidio on side gigs and being a mid career dentist

January 3rd, 2018  |  50 mins 41 secs

Dr. Josie Dovidio joins Alan to talk about what a fine year 1997 was and how graduating at the right time made all the difference for them.

Episode 054: Al on losing everything (part 2)

December 27th, 2017  |  48 mins 7 secs

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Everyone has feelings. But does everyone realize how feelings can affect you?

Episode 053: Al on losing everything (part 1?)

December 20th, 2017  |  48 mins 49 secs

dental podcast, drug addiction, recovery

What if you woke up tomorrow and couldn't do what you've been doing your whole life. What would your life be like? How would you survive?

Episode 052: Dr. Drew Byrnes on Fee for Service dentistry and the Voices of Dentistry conference

December 18th, 2017  |  50 mins 17 secs

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Dr. Drew Byrnes, host of the "Fee for Service Dentist" podcast joins Alan to discuss what "fee for service" really means and how hard it is to actually name a podcast.

Episode 051: Dr. Matthew Standridge on the Dental Hacks Nation and orthodontics

December 13th, 2017  |  49 mins 29 secs

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Dr. Matthew Standridge joins Alan to talk about his podcast, "The Ketodontist podcast" as well as being an administrator of the Dental Hacks Nation and learning ortho.

Episode 050: 10 reasons to be grateful as 2018 approaches

December 6th, 2017  |  42 mins 57 secs

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Al riffs on negativity and how a gratitude list can almost always change your attitude!

Episode 049: Dr. Tammy Bailey on the opioid crisis and really good CE

December 4th, 2017  |  56 mins 14 secs

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Dr. Tammy Bailey joins the AME again. We talk about The Kois Center, the opioid crisis and, as always, the weather.