AI, Attentiveness, and Raising Thinkers — with Andrew Pudewa
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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I sat down with my friend Andrew Pudewa, founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, at the HSLDA Leaders Conference in Dallas. We talked about two big issues facing parents today: helping our kids develop focus and attentiveness in a distracted world, and how to navigate the rise of AI without losing the skills that make us human—reading, writing, and thinking. Andrew shares why writing sharpens the mind, why memory matters more than ever, and how families can resist cultural pressures by building strong homes and communities. This is a timely and encouraging conversation you won’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | You know what I hear from homeschool moms everywhere? They want biblical accuracy without the fluff. |
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| 0:59.7 | Word of God. |
| 1:01.5 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:02.5 | Thank you for joining me. |
| 1:04.1 | This is Heidi St. John. |
| 1:05.3 | And you have not found me at my little corner of the internet. |
| 1:08.1 | I'm in somebody else's corner of the internet. |
| 1:10.2 | I am coming to you today |
| 1:11.4 | from Dallas, Texas at the HSLDA Home School Leaders Conference. And I'm honored today to be joined by |
| 1:18.2 | my longtime friend, one of my favorite people in the whole wide world. Andrew Poudewa is here. And we are |
| 1:22.8 | going to kick it up today talking about AI and how we should feel about it going forward, how we can |
| 1:29.6 | protect our kids. And also, Andrew is going to talk a little bit about how we can get our kids |
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