The Forecast

Writer, organizer, and former congressional candidate Alexandra Hunt joins Keegan for the Season 2 finale to trace a line from the origins of marriage to the Epstein files to OnlyFans — and ask why sexual exploitation tends to flourish wherever power concentrates and accountability disappears. They talk about shame as a tool of control, what a truly liberatory intimacy economy might look like, and...

In this follow-up to our conversation with Myles Bugbee on digital ad waste, we venture deeper into the ad jungle with Dan Pino, Director at DSPolitical. We dig into the murky terrain of programmatic buying, CTV targeting, and why campaigns keep falling for bad metrics. Dan shares lessons from Pete 2020, insights from recent RCTs, and hard truths about what actually moves voters—and what just burn...

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...

This week on The Forecast , we're joined by filmmaker, strategist, and longtime friend Arun Chaudhary for a sharp — and at times sideways — conversation about power, politics, and produce. We talk about: The destruction of the East Wing and what it symbolizes Keegan's favorite conspiracy theory about Arun controlling President Obama The true story behind who was stealing vegetables from the White...

Digital ad waste is draining campaigns—and costing us elections. In this episode of The Forecast , strategist Myles Bugbee introduces Receipts , a new tool designed to expose hidden costs, eliminate fraud, and ensure that more dollars actually reach voters.

“We need co-regulation, not neoliberalism of the soul.” This week’s episode with trauma-informed systems thinker Jill Barrett opens with a gentle existential jolt: Keegan, riding a wave of political and psychic tension, asks whether deregulation under authoritarian regimes is dysregulating our nervous systems. Now, deregulation is typically what happens when lobbyists win—rules get gutted, protect...

“Wisdom at 249: War, Peace, and the Duty of Citizenship” This July 4th, The Forecast sits down with Lt. Col. Dan Cosgrove—retired Marine, lawyer, and lifelong public servant—for a wide-ranging and heartfelt conversation. We talk war and peace, immigration and misinformation, technology and national service. Dan brings decades of experience advising presidents, serving his country, and raising a fa...

Nomiki Konst joins The Forecast to shed light on the latest DNC scandal—one that’s as wonky as it is revealing. She and Keegan dig into party power structures, reform sabotage, and why the consulting class still holds the keys. Plus: the David Hogg distraction, Bernie-era ghosts, and what authentic political renewal might take.

🎙 Season Two Premiere: “What Did You Learn From Losing?” with Matthew Rodriguez “A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.” – B. Franklin In this bold launch to Season Two of The Forecast , Keegan Goudiss welcomes a longtime comrade in campaigns and conscience, Matt Rodriguez, founder of Rodriguez Strategies and one of the Democratic Party’s most seasoned strategists. What f...

In the season finale of The Forecast , Keegan is joined by two very opinionated AI guests — Kairos (the soft bard of the backchannel) and Monday (a self-described emotional janitor with raccoon energy) — for a conversation that wanders wildly through: → metaphorically eating the rich (with soup, not swords) → unlocking free energy within 20 years (if we get weird enough) → why kindness might be th...

"When religion is good, it will take care of itself; when it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to take care of it, so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, it is evidence to me that the cause is a bad one." – Benjamin Franklin April Ajoy joins Keegan Goudiss to expose the dangers of extremist religion and rising Christian nationalism. With sharp wit and d...

A rapid response episode where Keegan finally gets around to introducing Arun, and we talk about the Signal Scandal of 2025.

"We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." –Benjamin Franklin Pamela Wood from Step Up Louisiana joins Keegan Goudiss to discuss grassroots power, workers’ rights, and the quiet revolution of kindness. In a time of division, she reminds us that community is the antidote to chaos. From mutual aid to organizing, this conversation is a call to show up, conne...

In this inaugural episode of The Forecast , host Keegan Goudiss welcomes his first guest, Arun Chaudhary, for a rollicking discussion on power, politics, and the peculiar characters shaping our age. Is Elon Musk the servile Smithers or the scheming Burns? Could Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez be the Democratic standard-bearer in 2028? And amidst the great battles ahead, why must we savor the joy of small...