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  • Episode 485: Tips for New Homeschoolers

    Episode 485: Tips for New Homeschoolers
    Jul 9 2025

    In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share their top tips for new homeschool families. They focus on overall lifestyle choices and priorities instead of specific curriculum recommendations. If you are considering homeschooling or know someone who is, this is the perfect episode. Grab a glass of iced tea or lemonade and glean some wisdom from Andrew and Julie.

    Referenced Materials
    • However Imperfectly audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
    • Episode 326: Fatherhood and Family – A Dad Talk, Part 1
    • Hacking High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
    • The Etiquette Factory
    • IEW Annual Educators’ Conference
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 485

    If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
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  • Episode 484: Thinking with Famous Questions and Quotations

    Episode 484: Thinking with Famous Questions and Quotations
    Jul 2 2025

    Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue diving into this year's theme: How to Think. In this episode, they talk about famous questions and quotations that have to do with thinking and learning, as well as some that spark thinking. Listen to glean some questions and quotations that will spark thoughtful conversations in your home or classroom.

    Referenced Materials
    • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
    • Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
    • How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
    • What Are We Really Doing Here? by Andrew Pudewa
      • Article
      • Audio talk
    • However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 484

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  • Episode 483: How AI Affects Thinking

    Episode 483: How AI Affects Thinking
    Jun 25 2025

    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 critical thinkers. While it may be tempting for students and parents alike to use AI for writing because it is faster and easier, Andrew encourages parents to realize the dangers, including inaccurate facts, imprecise thinking, and unfounded opinions.

    Referenced Materials
    • “Writing Maketh an Exact Man” article by Andrew Pudewa
    • Arts of Language homeschool magalog
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 483

    If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
    Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

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  • Episode 482: Excellence in Customer Service with Catherine Hafer

    Episode 482: Excellence in Customer Service with Catherine Hafer
    Jun 18 2025

    In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker are joined by IEW’s Customer Support Manager, Catherine Hafer, to discuss the many roles that the customer service team members fill as they serve you and IEW.

    Referenced Materials
    • Catherine Hafer
    • Our Team
    • Principles of Motivation audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
    • Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 482

    If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
    Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

    If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
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  • Episode 481: Writing across the Curriculum with Dr. O’Toole

    Episode 481: Writing across the Curriculum with Dr. O’Toole
    Jun 11 2025

    In this engaging episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the idea of writing across the curriculum with Dr. Kathleen O’Toole, Associate Vice President for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College. They discuss the exciting partnership IEW has formed with the Hillsdale K-12 program that provides guidance and partnership for classical schools as well as teacher training events. They also share the benefits for students and teachers when writing can be integrated with the overall curriculum.

    Referenced Materials
    • Dr. James B. Webster
    • Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
    • Theme-Based Writing Lessons
    • Hillsdale College
    • Hillsdale K-12 Education
    • Adventures in Writing
    • Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence
    • K-12 at Home
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 481

    If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
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  • Episode 480: Live Ask Andrew Anything

    Episode 480: Live Ask Andrew Anything
    Jun 4 2025
    In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker answer questions submitted by listeners. Listen as they discuss how to find the literature suggestions in IEW’s courses, how to decide what courses to use first with younger students, why the levels of some of the theme-based books have changed, what books Andrew is reading now, and more! Referenced Materials Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level CStructure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level BThe Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh LoftingInvestigations in WritingStructure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level AFix It!® GrammarWonders of Science Writing LessonsAncient History-Based Writing LessonsThe Betrothed by Alessandro ManzoniThe Plague by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSilence by Shūsaku EndōFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter ZeihanWe Who Wrestle with God by Jordan B. PetersonIEW Online ClassesStructure and Style for Students: Year 3 Level BWriting ContestsMagnum Opus MagazineStructure and Style for Students: Year 2 Level CPaper and Pen – What the Research Says audio talk by Andrew PudewaLink to Episode 480 videoTranscript of Podcast Episode 480 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
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  • Episode 479: IEW Accreditation with Denise Kelley

    Episode 479: IEW Accreditation with Denise Kelley
    May 28 2025

    IEW’s instructor accreditation program is back and better than ever! In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down with Denise Kelley, Director of Product Development at IEW. They talk about the history and purpose of the accreditation program before explaining the new tiers of accreditation and the improved process for becoming accredited. If you want to know more about the new accreditation program, listen to this podcast and visit the IEW Accreditation Program web page.

    Referenced Materials
    • IEW Accreditation Program
    • Apply for IEW Accreditation
    • Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® Seminar
    • Structure and Style for Students
    • IEW® Gradebook
    • Transcript of Podcast Episode 479

    If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
    Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

    If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
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  • Episode 478: What’s in Your Audible Account?

    Episode 478: What’s in Your Audible Account?
    May 21 2025
    May is often the month when IEW instructors are reaching Unit 9 in which students write formal critiques and Response to Literature compositions. Many of IEW’s courses include literature suggestions because we recognize the importance of connecting literature and writing. In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the impact literature has on thinking and the connections between memory, imagination, and words. Finally, they share some of their favorite books that are in their Audible accounts. Referenced Materials Episode 283: A Bookish Discussion, Part 1 Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1 Lord of the Flies by William GoldingMr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence AtwaterThe Chronicles of Narnia collection by C.S. LewisZorro: The Legend Begins by Johnston McCulleyHomer Price by Robert McCloskeyThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick LencioniThe Ideal Team Player by Patrick LencioniCatherine of Siena by Sigrid UndsetKristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetWanting by Luke BurgisThe Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. LongWhy We Sleep by Matthew WalkerOut of the Silent Planet by C.S. LewisPerelandra by C.S. LewisThat Hideous Strength by C.S. LewisThe Complete Novels of Jane Austen by Jane AustenJayber Crow by Wendell BerryHannah Coulter by Wendell BerryTranscript of Podcast Episode 478 If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
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