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The Arts of Language Podcast, with Institute for Excellence in Writing’s founder Andrew Pudewa, is a weekly podcast to support teachers of writing composition. Our goal is to equip teachers...

In this Laying the Foundation episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss one of the foundational skills that IEW teaches along with wri...

Go to Part 1 . In the second part of this recording from the 2026 IEW Winter Retreat, a panel of Schools Department team members join Andrew...

Go to Part 2 . In this recording from the 2026 IEW Winter Retreat, a panel of Schools Department team members join Andrew Pudewa and Julie W...

In this fast-paced episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker chat with Ben Greenfield, who was in one of Andrew's first writing classes. The d...

Is the workplace trend of quiet quitting spilling over into education? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker for a discussion about motivation...

"If the children can't go to the walls, the walls must come to the children." Listen to this episode to learn the history of the popular Por...

"Don't start a sentence with because!" is a common refrain among teachers. In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss why this...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the prompts for the annual IEW Writing Contest. Listen to this episode to learn why...

How do you motivate your students to do more than the bare minimum? Are there ways to help your students write better topic-clincher sentenc...

Why is it important to teach grammar? How does grammar help with comprehension and skills beyond just knowing the parts of speech? Listen as...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker highlight the IEW Checklist Generator ™ that allows teachers and teaching parents to c...

This episode is a recording of Julie Walker presenting the EZ+1: IEW's Step-by-Step Teaching Method webinar. Learning to write is foundation...

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the history of the IEW's methodology and how the checklist makes it possible for students to enjoy wr...

Picture a hall filled with row upon row of booths showcasing curriculum, activity kits, and books! Add many homeschool parents (and maybe so...

Andrew Pudewa insists, "If you're ever feeling a little low on hope for the future, get yourself to a speech and debate tournament and just...

As we begin a new year, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down to talk about a question that is on every educator's mind: how and when to u...

In this episode, Julie Walker interviews Heidi Thomas, the "wizard behind the curtain" who has helped develop IEW® Gradebook as well as...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce IEW's theme for 2026: Laying the Foundation. They answer the questions: What are t...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker address questions from our listeners as well as questions that have been sent to our custome...

In this episode, Julie Walker is joined by Terra Tyler, customer accounts manager, to talk about Christmas traditions old and new. They talk...

In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce the listeners to Kimberly Klokus, the founder of River's Run, which exists to "equ...

We are wrapping up our year of focusing on how to think. In this episode, Julie Walker asks Andrew Pudewa to share his experience with teach...

As our listeners know, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are tireless advocates for reading aloud, but it can be hard for busy parents to fit i...

In this podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker spend some time speaking with Amber O'Neal Johnston, known to many as the Heritage M...

In this "While Andrew is Away" episode, Julie Walker is joined by IEW's Schools Department Manager Jeff Nease. He explains the importance of...

In this thought-provoking episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how to think and how that applies to challenging assumptions. They...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker have a conversation with Dr. Colin Chesley, associate vice president of the College of Healt...

Hard Work U® is the motto at College of the Ozarks. Valerie Coleman, director of communications and public relations, and Micah, a publi...

In Part 3 of the 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the deeper purpose of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW...

In part two of their 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their lighthearted yet thoughtful conversation. They explain how...

In part one of the 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker reflect on the history and growth of the Arts of Language podcast. They sha...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Jennifer Mauser, an educational consultant with IEW Schools Department, about the...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker address how to assist students who join midyear. They discuss whether it is necessary to tea...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Donahue Academy's Dr. Marc Snyder, principal, and Deacon Edward Watson, assistant...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss a recent study that shows young parents are not reading aloud to their children. And...

In this Homeschool 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Darren Jones, senior counsel and director of group services at Home...

"You can't think a thought if you don't have the words to think it." In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how building...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker add more books to your TBR (to be read) pile. Listen as they describe more favorite fiction...

In this fascinating episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Dr. Steven Hales about the challenges of teaching and learning in the...

If you have ever considered becoming an accredited IEW instructor, this podcast is for you. Listen as Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk wi...

In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker answer questions submitted by listeners. They discuss how to encour...

In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Lizabeth Brasells, the managing editor of Magnum Opus Magazine —IEW's premier...

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their live session at the NCFCA National Championships. This part of the conversation focused on how...

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker recorded this two-part podcast at the NCFCA National Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2025. They...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how children thrive when parents read aloud to them. Reading aloud builds family bon...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share their top tips for new homeschool families. They focus on overall lifestyle choices an...

Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue diving into this year's theme: How to Think. In this episode, they talk about famous questions and q...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk about how the use of AI for writing impacts the process of training students to be crit...

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by IEW's Customer Support Manager, Catherine Hafer, to discuss the many roles tha...

In this engaging episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the idea of writing across the curriculum with Dr. Kathleen O'Toole, Associ...