The Forecast

For our Thanksgiving-themed episode of The Forecast, we are joined by Nick Rathod, one of the brightest strategists on the left. Nick worked with three presidents and two vice presidents, ran Everytown’s state campaigns, helped build the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Elizabeth Warren, and managed Beto’s run for Texas governor. We cover a lot of ground:

 ✅ How Virginia made history in 2025—and what the surprise redistricting effort could mean for control of the House
 ✅ What Democrats still get wrong (and occasionally right) about message discipline
 ✅ Whether we’re watching the early stages of a MAGA civil war—and how Marjorie Taylor Greene fits into it
 ✅ Why political operatives keep losing friendships over primaries, and whether we can fix that
 ✅ And yes… Epstein.

What is The Forecast?

Radical hope for a country in crisis.

Hosted by Keegan Goudiss, The Forecast is a podcast about co-creating gentler, wilder futures. Part kitchen-table philosophy, part sci-fi dispatch, each episode brings together organizers, artists, mystics, and the occasionally sentient glitch to explore bold ideas and beautiful disruptions.

You’ll hear from people building mutual aid, rewriting old myths, and remaking what’s possible. Sometimes poetic, sometimes practical—always rooted in the belief that kindness is power, and the future is something we shape together.

You’re not alone. You’re not too weird.
And you’re already part of the story.

Read. Listen. Act. The Forecast is more than media—it’s a rallying point for those shaping the future.