Brittany Luse

Brittany Luse (born ) and then attended Howard University, where she studied film. In 2005 at Howard, Luse met her future For Colored Nerds and The Nod cohost Eric Eddings.

Career After college, Luse lived in Michigan, then New York City, where she worked in marketing. The podcast was awarded Best Podcast in the Apps & Software category, during the 2016 Webby Awards. It was canceled in October 2016. Meanwhile, Eddings and Luse developed and pitched a new show on Black culture, and The Nod launched in July 2017. Reviewing it in The New Yorker, Sarah Larson said the show's weekly topics "hit the sweet spot between the non-obvious and the non-obscure. The show maintains a spirit of seriousness and playfulness that feels at once smart, listenable, interesting, and important."

After Quibi closed at the end of 2020, Luse and Eddings resumed For Colored Nerds in 2021, In The New York Times, Reggie Ugwu described it as "a playfully erudite conversation show about hot topics in Black culture (the history of 'passing,' Lawrence from 'Insecure')".

In October 2022, Luse replaced Sam Sanders as host of NPR's It's Been a Minute. The show focuses on culture and current events.

Luse has also performed with Pop-Up Magazine and written for Vulture and Harper's Bazaar.