Beletsky grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the Julia R. Masterman School.
She was a theatre director from 2000–2006 in NYC and the U.K.[1] Her mother is Jewish and her father is African American.
Past writing and producing credits include the drama series The Leftovers (winner of the Peabody Award in 2016), Friday Night Lights, and the first four seasons of Parenthood.
The best seller, The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White is dedicated to Beletsky and a few other influential people in the podcaster/author's life.
In 2019, Beletsky received an overall TV development deal from Apple TV+, where she developed the miniseries Manhunt, about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth.