1536 Amanda Nelson "Amanda's Mild Takes"
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Amanda Nelson is an amateur historian and political content creator behind Amanda's Mild Takes, a media brand that uses history, political science, and civics to explain how power actually operates in the United States. She publishes daily political analysis and action ideas for a engaged audience of over a million people who want historical context, not just headlines.
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| 0:00.0 | Stand up. |
| 0:02.5 | Hey, friends, I am off this week, but I do have a great conversation today for you with my favorite new political commentator, influencer, content creator. |
| 0:12.7 | I think she's a journalist and a historian. |
| 0:14.9 | It's Amanda Nelson on today's show. |
| 0:17.5 | I absolutely love reading her threads posts and watching her on YouTube and |
| 0:23.7 | Instagram and all of the rest. She's real, real smart, real funny, and I had a great conversation |
| 0:29.3 | with her. Hope she'll join me again, so let her know that you heard her here. Go follow Amanda |
| 0:34.7 | on threads and TikTok and Instagram and support her on substack at Amanda's mild takes. |
| 0:41.0 | That's her handle on all these platforms. |
| 0:44.0 | I thought this was a great conversation. |
| 0:45.6 | She's a real smart human being and I was thoroughly enjoyed this. |
| 0:50.6 | So I am on vacation this week with my daughter, Julia, and we're having a great time |
| 0:55.2 | already. Thank you to our friends, Mindy, and Mike here in Arizona, who have put us up and got to see |
| 1:00.8 | Ronnie Gonzalez sit today, a long-time listener, but really I'm trying to connect and hang out with |
| 1:06.4 | Julia, and we're having a good time so far. Almost an entire news blackout for me, which is a very, |
| 1:11.6 | very important break. |
| 1:12.9 | But I did want to share this conversation |
| 1:14.7 | that I had with Amanda. |
| 1:16.4 | You can watch us on YouTube at YouTube.com |
| 1:19.1 | slash stand up with Pete. |
| 1:20.4 | I'll be posting some clips. |
| 1:21.4 | I can't do any of it without you. |
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