The Alan Mead Experience

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The Lawn Mower Parable Aug 10, 2023

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Al tells a story of lawn mower tragedy, shame and redemption and what he learned from it. Lessons like "you're almost always the source of your own problems," "ask for help" and "get out of your own way" aren't the kind of things you'll see on Instagram, but they're pretty useful lessons that I continue to learn.

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Ted's Lawn and Garden

19 Years Since Detox (AME79) Jan 09, 2021

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The Alan Mead Experience makes a triumphant return after more than a year hiatus! Today's episode features Al talking about his first weekend as a clean and sober recovering person 19 years ago today!

The Reputation of Dentists (AME078) Oct 16, 2019

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Do dentists have a bad reputation? If yes, is there anything we can do about it?

Al contemplates this and if customer service is dead. (spoiler: yes, it is).

A May Well Spent (AME077) May 31, 2019

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Alan talks about taking a break from podcast production, losing some weight, defeating diabetes and what the future holds. Also a VoD tradition that includes the Waffle House.

Richard Heend Created the Internet...kind of (AME076) Feb 16, 2019

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The beginning of seventh grade. That's when the Rich and Al story started.

Al has been friends with Richard Heend for more than 35 years. Which makes me feel super old. Rich had computers long before people normally had computers. This is where Al's fascination with computers and being "online" started.

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AME AMA (AME075) Dec 22, 2018

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Al asks the Alan Mead Experience FB group to "ask me anything." And they did!

I talk about new microphones, broken iPads, kids with autism, balancing dentistry and podcasting and the upcoming Voices of Dentistry meeting!

A couple links:

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The Perfect Dental Chart Note
Voices of Dentistry
Neumann BCM 705

What I Did Last Summer (AME074) Oct 27, 2018

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The AME is back from hiatus! Alan starts with a death defying horse story and then explains what he's been up to all summer.

Episode 073: Dr. Sarah Meyer on necrotic hippo teeth Jun 22, 2018

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Alan talks to Dr. Sarah Meyer who has convinced him working on sleeping patients is awesome, and working on sleeping gorillas, tigers and bears is even more awesome!

Episode 072: Things rolling around in the back of my mind Jun 08, 2018

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Al discusses a couple things that continue to bubble up when he's least expecting it.

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Episode 071: The AME AMA (ask me anything) May 30, 2018

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Al goes solo to answer a bunch of listener questions!