Julie Walker serves as the chief marketing officer at the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), where she has played a key role in producing, directing, and co-writing many of the organization’s instructional materials, including the Structure and Style® for Students video courses. She also co-hosts the popular Arts of Language podcast alongside Andrew Pudewa. After earning her MBA from Biola University, Julie relocated with IEW from California to Oklahoma. Before the move, she spent several years teaching primary grades and homeschooling her three sons—just three miles from Disneyland!
Episode 518 · · 17:34
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker highlight the IEW Checklist Generator™ that allows teachers and teaching parents to customize their students’ checklists and to provi...
Episode 517 · · 44:05
This episode is a recording of Julie Walker presenting the EZ+1: IEW's Step-by-Step Teaching Method webinar. Learning to write is foundational to a child’s education, but for many st...
Episode 516 · · 24:26
Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the history of the IEW’s methodology and how the checklist makes it possible for students to enjoy writing. Julie also shares about the IEW Che...
Episode 515 · · 24:33
Picture a hall filled with row upon row of booths showcasing curriculum, activity kits, and books! Add many homeschool parents (and maybe some grandparents), helpful consultants, and...
Episode 512 · · 29:35
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 see young people flourishing in every way...
Episode 511 · · 20:53
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 use AI? With the swiftly changing technolo...
Episode 510 · · 24:56
In this episode, Julie Walker interviews Heidi Thomas, the “wizard behind the curtain” who has helped develop IEW® Gradebook as well as many of the Writing Across the Curriculum cour...
Episode 510 · · 19:56
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce IEW’s theme for 2026: Laying the Foundation. They answer the questions: What are the basics? How does IEW help students get ...
Episode 510 · · 33:42
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker address questions from our listeners as well as questions that have been sent to our customer service team. The questions include whe...
Episode 509 · · 15:21
In this episode, Julie Walker is joined by Terra Tyler, customer accounts manager, to talk about Christmas traditions old and new. They talk about family recipes, Christmas activitie...
Episode 507 · · 30:25
In this podcast, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker introduce the listeners to Kimberly Klokus, the founder of River’s Run, which exists to “equip [and s]upply foster families and foster...
Episode 507 · · 20:53
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 teaching Unit 5 and how this provides training...
Episode 506 · · 22:26
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 in all that reading. In this podcast, Andr...
Episode 505 · · 24:16
In this podcast episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker spend some time speaking with Amber O’Neal Johnston, known to many as the Heritage Mom. She is a homeschool mom and writer wh...
Episode 503 · · 20:20
In this “While Andrew is Away” episode, Julie Walker is joined by IEW’s Schools Department Manager Jeff Nease. He explains the importance of connecting with an Educational Consultan...
Episode 503 · · 21:18
In this thought-provoking episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss how to think and how that applies to challenging assumptions. They discuss the ways that IEW challenges some...
Episode 502 · · 31:04
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker have a conversation with Dr. Colin Chesley, associate vice president of the College of Health and Public Services at Daytona State Co...
Episode 501 · · 28:58
Hard Work U® is the motto at College of the Ozarks. Valerie Coleman, director of communications and public relations, and Micah, a public relations major and student working in that...
Episode 500 · · 26:52
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). They emphasize the accessibility of IE...
Episode 500 · · 29:34
In part two of their 500th episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker continue their lighthearted yet thoughtful conversation. They explain how IEW’s accreditation process works and he...