Beautiful Dust Specks - Alex Hofeldt - Teacher, Coach, and Thinker

Latest Episodes:

E15: Liquid Awesome Part 2 - Water: The Liquid That Hydrates Our Lives Apr 11, 2016

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Take the time to appreciate the wonderful clear liquid that pours from the tap and rains down on you in the shower each morning. Take a second to appreciate the only substance on the planet that exists as a liquid, solid, and gas. In this episode I will teach you why you should scream with joy every time an ice cube floats to the surface of your glass at dinner. Water is epic, you are epic, lets love this hydrated existence we call life.

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E14: Water-The Solid, Liquid, Gas Essence of Life... Part 1 Apr 05, 2016

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This episode dives into why we should appreciate water as the primary medium of life. Each week we discuss the connections of nature and the substance that play a role in all is water. Where there is water, there is life. Why you ask? This holds true because water has seven wonderful properties. Properties that allow this amazing wet rock to harbor all the weird, wild, & wonderful life forms present in today's biosphere. Part 1 of 2.

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E13 - Mind Your N's and P's... The Building Blocks of the Building Blocks Mar 28, 2016

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This episode dives into two more of the elemental components of our lives, N and P. I try to bring you a passionate description about two sweet sweet elements: Nitrogen and Phosphorus. These two elements are vital for life, but life needs to work together to keep the cycles going. You bring the curiosity, I'll bring the passionate science rants.

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E12.5 - Carbon-Based SciFulNess, Carbon-Based Mindfulness Mar 24, 2016

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A Carbon-Based SciFulNess to Make You Carbon-Based Smile... A new science and mindfulness episode. Let's break down why you should feel happy and healthy by describing the what, how, and why being a Carbon-Based life should fill you will gratitude.

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E12 - How Sticky Carbon Sticks Together the Experiences of Life Mar 21, 2016

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I bet you have heard that you are a carbon-based life form. Do you know what that means? Let me teach you. Let me verbally take you a journey through the wonders of this amazing molecule that is the foundation of all organic life. Every moment of your life is possible based on the sweet structures and functions of our body. At the core of each structure is a wonderful element that was created in the belly of simple stars.

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E11.5 - "SciFulNess" Mindfulness: Connections Connecting You, Me, and Us Mar 17, 2016

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I want you guys to use this episode in a mindful way. First, listen to the episode and enjoy the information. Second, turn it off and close your eyes (when you can) and let the information fill you up with a mindful wonder. Third, open your eyes and enjoy all the things you and today can bring to our world. Enjoy the ride you Beautiful Dust Specks.

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E11 - Connections Connected to Connections Connected to You Mar 14, 2016

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The connections of the world and the world's connection to us run deep. Ecology teaches us the connections of science run deeper than we could possibility know. In this episode I tell you a story. The first story tells the tale of the wolves in yellowstone and their profound impact. Secondly, I tell the story of the power of whale poop... Yup, the power of whale poop.

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E10.5 - The "SciFulNess" of Me Being Me Mar 10, 2016

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E10 - My Most Astounding Fact and I Mar 07, 2016

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E9.5 - The SciFulNess of Language Mar 02, 2016

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