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We're Caitlin and Lucia, two gals who love music, feminism, and One Direction. Here on Talk Direction we discuss everything and anything 1D! This means that as Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik continue their paths as solo artists, we will be right there with them. We’ll be analyzing song lyrics for their deeper meanings, gushing about Harry's fashion evolution, and making predictions about future solo albums from the boys!
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Bite by Bite is a raw, unfiltered podcast exploring the lived experience of eating disorder recovery and the road toward healing. Hosted by Kait, this podcast offers an inside look at what it’s really like to live with — and recover from — an eating disorder. Beginning with her own recovery journey in 2015, Kait shares honest, heartfelt reflections on the realities of her illness, the often-overlooked challenges, and the deeply personal process of finding freedom from the eating disorder. Th ...
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The Paris Review Podcast returns with a new season, featuring the best interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. Join us for intimate conversations with Sharon Olds and Olga Tokarczuk; fiction by Rivers Solomon, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Zach Williams; poems by Terrance Hayes and Maggie Millner; nonfiction by Robert Glück, Jean Garnett, and Sean Thor Conroe; and performances by George Takei, Lena Waithe, and many others ...
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. 👋🏼 All eating disorder recovery journeys are unique. Today’s episode will take us all the way from Peru to NYC, all while learning a new language. In today’s episode, Lucia Gaviri shares her personal journey of battling bulimia and her path to recovery. She discusses the key factors that contributed to her …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. 👋🏼 Not only Thanksgiving, but all holidays and family gatherings that revolve around food can be difficult for someone struggling or working to recover from an eating disorder. In this episode, Kait is joined by Caitlin Crawford to discuss challenges that come up during Thanksgiving Day. Kait and Cait discu…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. 👋🏼 Applied Behavior Analysis and eating disorder recovery don’t usually show up in the same conversation—but in Kait’s recovery journey, that rule didn’t apply. By bridging her professional background with her personal healing, Kait used behavior principles in a completely new context—her own recovery—and u…
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Jordy Rosenberg reads his story “My Life, by Barbara Rosenberg,” from issue no. 253 (Fall 2025), told from the perspective of Barbara, a mother from Brooklyn who is ready to battle a corduroy blazer and the child who wants to wear it freely. This episode was produced by John DeLore, Lori Dorr, and Emily Stokes. The music used in this episode is “Ga…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. In this episode, Kait shares TWENTY reasons why you should recover from your eating disorder. Throughout the episode, Kait emphasizes the importance of recognizing your reasons for why you are choosing to recover. All of the reasons that she shared are reasons she used to get through her own journey of reco…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. In this impromptu and deeply honest episode, Kait opens up about a behind-the-scenes moment that sparked a much bigger conversation about recovery, perfectionism, and the messy beauty of healing. What started as a small podcast editing slip spiraled into a powerful reflection on the importance of embracing …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Battling and recovering from an eating disorder does not mean you cannot be successful in life. It does not mean that you can’t reach your goals or not be able to bring your dreams to life. Rachel Evans is proof of that. In this episode, Kait is joined by Rachel Evans to share her personal journey with her …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. It is not uncommon for someone who struggles with an eating disorder to also struggle with addictions and/or other mental health struggles too. In this episode, I’m joined by Rachel Frost, who bravely shares her lived experience of navigating both eating disorder recovery and sobriety. She opens up about th…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), is an eating disorder in which a person significantly limits the amount or variety of food they consume due to sensory sensitivities, fear of aversive consequences, or overall lack of interest. In this episode, Kait sits down with Emily McGovern who shares …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. All recovery journeys are unique but they all end up with the same outcome: the feeling of reward, freedom, and a beautiful life. In this episode, Alex shares her personal struggle with eating an disorder, the impact COVID-19 had on her mental health, and her path to recovery. She emphasizes the importance …
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Joseph Earl Thomas reads his essay “I Got Snipped: Notes after a Vasectomy,” about the best sexual decision he ever made. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed by John DeLore. Our theme song for this series is “Bryant Park and Ride,” composed and performed by David Cieri. Joseph Earl Thomas’s essay can be found…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. College years are often described as “some of the best years of your life.” While that is true in many ways there are often hidden battles students may face that are independent of academics. In this episode of Bite by Bite, Kait and episode guest Cassie Lincoln, dive into the hidden realities of drunkorexi…
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Lisa Carver reads an essay about visiting two strip clubs with her French husband: first the Moulin Rouge, then a dive bar in Bedford, New Hampshire. At the Moulin Rouge, she has a revelation: “Even though the women had naked boobies, they still looked like angels. I think angels do have naked boobies, now that I’ve seen this show.” This episode wa…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Recent research shows that eating disorder rates in males are increasing at a faster rate as compared to females, according to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA). In this episode, join Kait and episode guest Eric Pothen as he shares his personal journey of living with and recovering from an eat…
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Mihret Sibhat reads her essay “Wax and Gold and Gold,” about a friendship she formed with a prostitute in Addis Ababa while attempting to teach her about Jesus. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed by John DeLore. Our theme song for this series is “Bryant Park and Ride,” composed and performed by David Cieri. …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. In a world where exercise is applauded and referred to as “discipline” and “dedication,” it’s hard to realize that what you’re doing is actually an unhealthy addiction fueled by debilitating anxiety. In this episode, Kait shares how she quit exercising cold turkey in 2024 after a mental breakdown. She dives…
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“When people see your truck, they tend to see what you can do for them,” J. D. Daniels writes in his essay about a black Nissan hardbody pickup he owned many years ago. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed by John DeLore. Our theme song for this series is “Bryant Park and Ride,” composed and performed by David…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Sometimes relapse is part of the process - and that’s okay because we can learn from it. In today’s episode, Kait shares the story of her two very different experiences with eating disorder recovery. The first time, formal treatment. The second time, messy but honest. Through this conversation, Kait explore…
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Ottessa Moshfegh reads her essay “The Smoker,” about renovating a house soaked in nicotine—and a haunting encounter with its former owner. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song for this series is “Bryant Park and Ride,” composed and performed by David Cieri. Moshfegh's essay c…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. This episode is special because it’s off-the-cuff and entirely fueled by your questions and comments. If that wasn’t enough, Kait is joined by not only one, but two guests for this episode. In this episode, Kait is joined by Amy Goeckel and Merrit Stahle. The three of them asked what you wanted to know and …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. There are a few reasons why perfectionism and the need for control show so often in all types of eating disorders. In this episode, join Kait and episode guest, Morgan Hannaleck, as they explore the deep links between perfectionism, control, anxious attachment, and eating disorder recovery from their lived …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Even during recovery the eating disorder can be sneaky. Even during recovery the eating disorder can try to control you. Recovery doesn’t mean the eating disorder never tries to return - it means you build resilience and recovery tools to respond differently when it does. Join Kait in this short, unplanned …
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“Personals” is a new audio series from The Paris Review, featuring writers reading first-person essays. Featuring essays from Ottessa Moshfegh, Mihret Sibhat, Joseph Earl Thomas, Lisa Carver, and J.D. Daniels. The series is produced by Sophie Haigney, Lori Dorr, Olivia Kan-Sperling, John DeLore, and Helena de Groot. Many thanks to our sponsor: MUBI…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Warning signs of an eating disorder are unfortunately often subtle. For many, they are only to be identified as one looks back and reflects. In this episode, Kait sits down with Amy Goeckel - host of the Eating Disorder Diaries Podcast - for an unfiltered conversation about Amy’s lived experience with an ea…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Eating disorders not only impact the person living with and struggling from an eating disorder, they also impact the people closest to that person. In this episode, Kait and her best friend explore how Kait’s eating disorder impacted her friendships, relationships, and family. They also discuss what feels d…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. It took a bit of time but Kait finally was able to realize that her eating disorder was actually serving a purpose for her. As a result, this sparked many lessons learned as she worked through the recovery process. In this episode, Kait shares what her eating disorder didn’t necessarily mean to teach her - …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Perfectionism and control are often the primary drivers of eating disorder. In addition to that comes shame. In this episode, listen to the unedited and unscripted interview between Kait and Boston College researcher - Courtney Stoltzfus-Zvaro. The original purpose of this interview was for eating disorder …
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. Recovery isn’t linear and it doesn’t always look inspiring. Sometimes it’s a mix of “look how far I’ve come” and “the dumpster is still on fire”. In this honest episode of the Bite by Bite Podcast, Kait shares a raw, unfiltered look at what eating disorder recovery feels like in real time. From emotional se…
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Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. For over 10 years, your host Kait, carried a secret so heavy that it consumed her from the inside out. In this deeply personal episode of the Bite by Bite Podcast, Kait opens up for the very first time about her 10 year journey with an eating disorder. From high school to college, formal treatment, relapse,…
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Welcome to the Bite by Bite Podcast In this powerful first episode of the Bite by Bite Podcast, your host, Kait, shares her personal journey through eating disorder recovery, relapse, and finding the courage to heal again. Kait does not aim to share a polished, perfect narrative but rather open the doors to an honest conversation about the lived ex…
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This is not your polished recovery success story. This is the beginning of a raw, real, unfiltered conversation about eating disorders, healing, and everything that happens in the messy middle. In this short trailer, Kait—your host,—shares that she’s finally ready to talk. About the silence. The shame. The stuff no one wants to say out loud. Bite b…
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The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy Williams reads entries from “Concerning the Future of Souls” (issue no. 247, Spring 2024), a collection of stories following Azrael, the angel of death and transporter of souls. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed by John DeLore. Our t…
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In Zach Williams’s “Trial Run” (issue no. 239, Spring 2022), an employee is subjected to two coworkers’ conspiracy theories when their office is targeted by an anonymous white supremacist hacker. The story is read by Michael Chernus, Danny Mastrogiorgio, and Gabriel Marin. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed …
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“We were thirteen and conspiratorial and what was said is now out of reach.” Jim Fletcher reads Peter Orner’s “Foley’s Pond” (issue no. 202, Fall 2012), a quietly devastating short story about the effects of a tragic accident on a boy and his community. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed b…
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The legendary actor George Takei reads one of the oldest stories in the Review’s archive. Published by the magazine in 1957, “The Victim” is Ivan Morris’s English translation of the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s 1910 literary debut. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed by John DeLore…
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Sean Thor Conroe shares entries from “The Walk Book”—his meticulous, funny travelogue about his 2014 attempt to walk across the United States—including some rain-soaked field recordings. This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was sound-designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and perfo…
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The Nobel Prize–winning Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk discusses the souls of animals, discovering feminism, and her home in the village of Krajanów where she was once neighbors with “three different translators of William Blake in an excerpt from her Art of Fiction interview with Marta Figlerowicz. This episode was produced and sound-designed by Joh…
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“We needed erotic touch to tell us what we were.” Robert Glück reads from About Ed, a memoir about his relationship with his former partner Ed Aulerich-Sugai. The performance is paired with excerpts from his Art of Fiction interview with Lucy Ives. This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was mixed and sound-designed by Hel…
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“Nothing reifies a romance like proximate disaster.” Seated at her kitchen table, Jean Garnett reads her essay “Scenes from an Open Marriage” and chats with the Review’s deputy editor, Lidija Haas, and senior producer of the podcast, Helena de Groot. This episode was produced, sound-designed, and mixed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season…
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“The only colors we’re going to use will be blacker than most blacks. Mm-kay.” Terrance Hayes reads his poem, “Bob Ross Paints Your Portrait.” An homage to the iconic host of the PBS show The Joy of Painting, and an exploration of Blackness: “deep-space black, black-hole black … lampblack and ink black, boot black and blackjack and blacker.” This e…
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Sharon Olds discusses sex, religion, and writing poems that "women were definitely not supposed to write,” in an excerpt from her Art of Poetry interview with Jessica Laser. Olds also reads three of her poems: “Sisters of Sexual Treasure” (issue no. 74, Fall–Winter 1978), “True Love,” and “The Easel.” This episode wa…
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A stealth poetry reading inside a bustling IKEA. Poet Maggie Millner reads her own poem (Issue no. 239, Spring 2022), as well as two more from the archive: Toi Dericotte’s “Bird” (Issue No. 124, Fall 1992) and Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Death” (Issue No. 82, Winter 1981). This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was sound-design…
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Actor, producer, and screenwriter Lena Waithe reads Rivers Solomon’s “This Is Everything There Will Ever Be,” which was published in issue no. 243 of the Review. The story, dark and uplifting by turns, is a portrait of “just another late-forties dyke entirely too into basketball, dogs, and memes.” This episode was produced and sound-designed by Hel…
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We are back for a catch up episode! We talk about everything that has happened in the 1D (mostly Harry) world for the past 6 months:-Love on Tour Concerts (we went to the Vegas shows together and Caitlin went to 2 MSG shows including Harryween)-Pleasing, Harry's new company-Don't Worry Darling teaser trailer…
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Our Season 3 finale opens with “The Trick Is to Pretend,” a poem by Natalie Scenters-Zapico, read by the singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers: “I climb knowing the only way down / is by falling.” The actor Jessica Hecht plays Joan Didion in a reenactment of her classic Art of Fiction interview with Linda Kuehl. Jericho Brown reads his poem “Hero”: “my…
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In an essay specially commissioned for the podcast, Aisha Sabatini Sloan describes rambling around Paris with her father, Lester Sloan, a longtime staff photographer for Newsweek, and a glamorous woman who befriends them. In an excerpt from The Art of Fiction no. 246, Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti discuss how writing her first novel helped Cusk disco…
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This episode focuses exclusively on the work of fiction writer Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World and All Aunt Hagar’s Children, and subject of the Art of Fiction no. 222. The episode opens with an excerpt from that interview, a conversation between Jones and Hilton Als. Then actor Amber Gray (Hadestown) reads Jones’s…
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George Saunders, in an excerpt from his Art of Fiction interview, explains how his teenage job delivering fast food prepared him to write fiction; Monica Youn reads her poem “Goldacre,” which tells the truth about Twinkies; Molly McCully Brown reads her essay “If You Are Permanently Lost,” in which she confesses that “space makes no sense”; and Ven…
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