Death Before Decay

In this episode of Death Before Decay, Dr. Elliot Humiston sits down with entrepreneur, community builder, and longtime friend Andrew Jakus for a conversation about identity, creativity, community, and the experiences that shape who we become. From skateboarding, music, and local culture to business ownership, parenthood, and personal growth, Elliot and Andrew reflect on the people, places, and pa...

In this episode of Death Before Decay, Dr. Elliot Humiston sits down with KJ from NuArt Dental Lab for a conversation that goes far beyond dentistry. Together they explore the relationship between confidence, appearance, identity, and self-improvement. What starts as a discussion about smile design and modern dental technology quickly becomes a broader conversation about why people care about aest...

In this episode of Death Before Decay, Jon Erlien and I sit down to talk about branding, identity, marketing, confidence, and what it actually means to build something authentic. We get into: growing a business without losing yourself how branding is more than logos and colors social media, confidence, and perception balancing professionalism with individuality why authenticity matters more than t...

Most people think orthodontics is just about straight teeth. But Ethan and I ended up talking a lot more about: confidence pressure legacy earning trust patient experience and what it means to build your own identity inside a profession We also got into skiing, competition, growing up around high expectations, and how much modern dentistry is changing. Episode 2 of Death Before Decay with Dr. Etha...

First episode is live. In this episode, Jon and I talk about where this whole thing came from — growing up in Sheboygan, music, gaming, failing classes, starting dental school at 27, building confidence, and why I wanted to finally start this podcast. This isn’t a polished interview show. It’s just real conversation about identity, ambition, dentistry, creativity, and trying to build something mea...