The public relations episode made me wanna pull a Van Gogh on my ears. The host’s worldview makes me feel sad. This show is in love with capitalism. Absolute stinker.

I’m disgusted that the anti-Israel bias is across all programs of NPR, including cultural programs that I want to avoid speaking about non-cultural topics. Why is it that they never host Israeli lecturers or political analysts? As a patron and fan of NPR, I’m disgusted to see this naive one sided non-factual based (lack there of) reporting.

I get the sense that NPR is pushing all of its affiliates to keep emphasizing Hamas instead of accurately calling it was it is. It’s not a war, not a conflict. It’s genocide, being committed against Palestinians by Israel and the US. I continue to be so disappointed with NPR content that I used to trust because of their coverage of this genocide. Please push back, Brittany. I’ve previously valued your content. I hope you will do the right thing, despite pressure from NPR. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

This show is such a great time, every time. Brittany keeps it real and also invites the beautiful, ridiculous, and thought-provoking into the conversation

Love this show! BL is an excellent interview and a wonderful analyst of pop culture, politics and more.

Britney, you are a wonderful host and interviewer, and I adore how the show approaches different and often third rail issues with courage and nuance. Bravo!

Outstanding host and program. Thx for the fresh take on journalism 🩵🩵🩵🩵

Used to love this show. However in past few months they have discussed only how Israel has attacked Gaza, and barely mention the crimes Hamas has done. They bring up that Israel was tried in international court but don’t question why Hamas wasn’t there. Where is the standard for being anti terorrist

This podcast cares more about emotional reactions than it does with actual facts. Irresponsible to its core

This has become my favorite podcast. It doesn’t matter if I know the topic or not, I always walk away with a better understanding of what it means to be a person. In a world of a million ‘culture’ podcasts, this one is doing it best!

This podcast is rapidly becoming one of my favorites! Britney is a great interviewer. She has such a lovely, happy voice. She picks topics that I like, even if I don’t know I will like them. And she keeps things moving at a nice pace: not too slow, but gives topics time to breathe. Give this a listen! I listen to pretty much every episode at this point.

I love this show. Brittany asks the best questions and is so great at creating accessible entry points into interviews. I have enjoyed listening to her get more comfortable in her role since she’s taken over the show and am excited to see what else they come up with.

This discussion was SO EXCELLENT! I get so tired of Beyoncé discussions that refuse to examine areas of her place in popular culture as only positive with no real examination of areas that are questionable, as if the mere mention is attacking her or not giving her her due respect for what she’s accomplished.

Brittney crushed the Barbra Streisand interview!!

Brittany Luse is a gifted interviewer/moderator who brings out the very best in her conversation partners. She is as intelligent as she is sensitive - and somehow holds onto her sense of humour along the way. A joy to listen to. I learn something new every time.

Huge fan of the topics this podcast explores, as well as the way Brittany facilitates conversation with the guests.

This show is so clever and so earnest. I appreciate the witty banter and intriguing dialogue with the guests. Brittany is a charming and engaging host, who welcomes you into the conversation with open arms, giving relatable but nuanced perspective. It’s like hanging out with the coolest chick in your study group, discussing the things about pop culture you didn’t know you needed to learn about. I’m obsessed. I love it. Thank you Brittney and the IBAM team. Keep up the good work! ❤️‍🔥

I love this show. Smart and interesting topics with a sympathetic, intelligent, charismatic host. 5 stars!

rather than journalism, this podcast has devolved from its original adequate level where a good host, wide array of guests and topics, and audience involvement was the norm. It was beneficial to the listening public. Create content is the mandate, a challenge week to week. Inane blab fest is what remains. Taylor Swift, indeed.

Thank you, Louder than a Riot for pouring your hearts and souls into this unflinching critical analysis of hip hop culture. The analysis offered by the creators was incredibly insightful and developed over the two seasons. Thank you for offering key theories of the culture. I am saddened that it has been cut from NPR.

The show’s host, producers, and guest (former npr host noel king) took a 8/23 Vivek Ramaswamy debate soundbite out of context to imply that the Republican candidate is somehow in favor of Marxism. They played a heavily edited clip where Vivek tells Pence that “I have a news flash: the USSR doesn’t exist anymore…It fell back in 1990.” Pence and Vivek were debating national security policy. Vivek was not implying that Mike Pence should “rediscover marxism.”

Absolutely amazing!!! Terrific work by absolutely everybody involved listen if you have ears

YESSS!! I love this episode and the summer flashback of my own. I was in my dirty 30’s in 2003, Crazy in Love blasted on my way to the cookout with my denim shorts and red heels BEBE!! Let me stop, seriously you never out grow the summer song that defines so many of our shared memories. Mono/airpod culture has moved on…. I’m sadden but curious about what the future of music culture will be in the next generation. PLEASE keep us posted on this culture shift Britney!

I’ve been really loving what Brittany Luse brings to what Sam had begun on IBaM. I listen on Saturday mornings with my coffee and appreciate the varied assemblage of experts, Brittany’s poignant and smart questions, the program’s ability to navigate current issues reporting with some fun sprinkled in when it’s time to unwind and remember we are humans in a big (drama-filled, lol) world.

I love this podcast. I often listen live on the weekends. So positive while also being real! Thanks Sam and team.

I love Britney and I’m finna follow her wherever she goes. Ima miss EE but I’m so grateful to just hear one of you. We need more journalists like you on the air! I’m going to stop being hood in front of white folks for now but just know I feel seen and I can’t thank you enough! Hold it down!!!!

I’m an It’s Been a Minute fan! I loved Sam Sanders, but I also love Brittany Luse and can literally hear her find her footing in the best of ways. I appreciate the mix of topics. There is something for everyone, but every episode deserves a listen. That’s it. That’s all.

Loved the latest ep on AI relationships! So interesting.

Hi there… Ms. Luse, I really enjoy your podcast! I did listen to the podcast about scans,and was hopeful it was going to be more more informative! But scam goddess openly said she was “here for punching up- and it was ok for scammers to scam large companies”. This shocked me, scammers who scam large companies potentially hurt us all, and this woman laughing about this was bit funny. Would it be possible to do some more thorough screening before your guests start talking, especially when it’s just clear they are there to promote their products. Thank you

I love the way Brittany Luse dives deep into pop culture to pull out all the complexity and nuance. She is such a great interviewer.

Definitely learned something new!

Brittany Luse and guests always get me to think about something in a new way, thank you, I love this show!

I tried but half the time this could be an Onion satire.

This shows me glimpses into cultural issues, societal issues, and entrainment, in a fun and accessible way. I’m a 34 yr old single, straight, white dude that lives in Utah. I learn something every time I listen and find my self in a happier mood at the end of it. From the newest movies, to how women's satisfaction in bed is overlooked, to black culture in America. I’m here for it. It’s fun. It’s entertaining. And I learn. Thanks for being here!

I would love to hear NPR bring on Paul and Sasha and whatever their real names are to host an NPR show. Love their voices, chemistry, humor, intelligence. They know so much about so much. i like this show but would like it more if you had Paul and Sasha on it or on any NPR shows.

Overall it's a good podcast

I think Brittany Luse is terrific. She’s bright, quick, knowledgeable about a lot of different things, great interviewer and very personable. Maybe the next Terry Gross? Wish her guests and subject matter were always as good. Loved the Nod with Eric and her - perfect duo. Wish she could do the type of fascinating stories she’d done on that program. I wish her long success and ever increasing exposure.

you ladies are hilarious I really enjoyed the show today! I think 🌹 like

I’m so glad I have a new place to listen to Brittany’ s unique perspectives and interviews. I loved the Nod and For Colored Nerds.

I’ve followed Brittany Luse from FCN to The Nob back to FCN, and now I’m so enjoying hearing her on It’s Been A Minute. She’s a skilled interviewer, storyteller, and commentator. NPR is lucky to have her. Excited to see what her and the team will do with the show!

from the satirical podcast "Community News with Paul and Sasha" are definitely people in the news and pop culture who deserve our attention. Please, please have them on. They brought me so many laughs and so much comfort during Covid and cancer. Please bring them on for one of your great interviews. Thank you so much.

I used to begrudgingly listen to this show. They always got great guests and discussed interesting topics, but I find Sam Sanders interviewing persona/style off putting. He inserted himself into the interviews too much and used to cut people off. He came off as very judgmental and like Terry Gross, he was more interested in asking leading questions that affirmed his thoughts and got the answers he was fishing for. Ms. Luse is the opposite! She is inquisitive and seems genuinely interested in hearing what her guests have to say. Brittney’s questions are thoughtful, open-ended and seem to come from a very empathic place. Love the guests and love the new direction of the show. 10/10!

Tbh I wasn’t into it after Sanders left at first, but I’m really loving the new energy Luse is bringing. I’m glad I kept listening cause I love it more than ever! Funny, engaging, smart. Definitely a top NPR show!!

As a LOVER of the For Colored Nerds podcast (all iterations!!!), I am so happy to continue to listen to Brittany here. The perfect host after the great Sam Sanders!!

Miss Sam but Brittany is GREAT Absolutely love her voice & the new episodes are awesome! Definitely want more of these segments!

Listening Who said that and the best thing that happened to you was part of my Friday routine. Truly miss the Friday week in review format I’ve enjoyed listening to Brittany since The Nod and the interviews are still in-depth.

Love it! Brittany Luse is wonderful as the new host, and the show continues to address interesting topics and hard questions. Show feels different w/o Sam but change is not always bad.

The show has always been amazing despite who is hosting it. The topics are always current, relevant, and well discussed. However, all these weird games in the last couple episodes are a No No for me. Why are you trying to change a game that worked so well for so long?

Love you Brittany, so glad to see you here, continuing the excellent conversations Sam established and expanding into your own!

Sam Sanders is easily well loved and appreciated, and obviously all listeners were curious about the show’s future - So for those of us who trusted in the energy and intelligence of the entire production team there is great reward in hearing the show not only continue on, but settle in finally with a new host, Brittany Luse, no baby in speaking to the world on relevant topics, to thrive in a familiar but newly created path. Thanks to all of you, especially to Sam, for creating this expansive, changeable space!