Heben Nigatu

Heben Nigatu is a writer and the co-host of Buzzfeed podcast Another Round. Previously she wrote for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Onion A.V. Club described Nigatu and co-host Tracy Clayton as "funny and insightful hosts, bringing their infectious personalities to conversations that range from squirrels to self-care to microaggressions in the workplace."The Guardian called them "the smartest, funniest women in the room and everyone wants to sit at their table"; likewise writing for The Guardian, critic Sasha Frere-Jones described Clayton and Nigatu "leading American cultural critics." In its first year, Another Round was rated by iTunes,Slate,Vulture, and The Atlantic as a "Best of 2015" podcast.

In 2016, Nigatu was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and The Root 100. In April 2016, after three and a half years working for Buzzfeed, she announced she was moving to The Late Show, but would continue hosting Another Round. She continued at The Late Show until January 2017.

In the wake of the 2016 police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile, Nigatu created the hashtag #CarefreeBlackKids2k16.Blavity described the photos and videos accompanying the hashtag "the bright light we needed after this troubling week."

Nigatu lives in Brooklyn.

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