EFR 897: "The Dancing Weatherman" Reveals His Secrets About Going Viral, Sobriety & Mental Health with Nick Kosir
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Chase sits down with Nick Kosir — better known as The Dancing Weatherman. Nick opens up about his unexpected viral journey, the behind-the-scenes realities of news media, and how he leveraged his creativity into the booming creator economy. He shares insights into navigating authenticity vs. imitation online, his sobriety journey and how it changed his mental and physical health, and the balance of family, full-time work, and content creation. This episode is equal parts entertaining and inspiring — covering positivity in social media, career pivots, and what it means to live ever forward.
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In this episode we discuss...
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01:00 – Hydration, studio vibes, and anchorman nostalgia
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02:00 – Nick's career path in news and the viral video that changed everything
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08:30 – Content rights, Fox 46, and why Coca-Cola couldn't use his video
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15:00 – Entering the Creator Economy
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23:30 – Why weather personalities thrive online
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29:00 – Helping the next generation of creators and professionals
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32:00 – How Nick adds his "secret sauce"
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36:00 – Building a brand
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38:00 – Support from wife and son, the rapping weatherman days
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40:00 – Nick's 8-year sober journey, therapy, and breaking free of social anxiety
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45:00 – Ever Forward
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast production. |
| 0:03.4 | Hey, what's up people? |
| 0:04.4 | I am Nick Koser, better known as the Dancing Weatherman. |
| 0:07.3 | And today, I have danced my way right into Chase Tuning's Ever Forward Radio podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | And I can't wait to have fun and get deep with y'all. |
| 0:17.3 | Let's do it. |
| 0:18.9 | It's like he does this for a living. |
| 0:20.3 | Let's go. |
| 0:21.6 | Let's go. So good so good so good man well i'm just gonna preface this by saying my audience you don't have to worry about |
| 0:34.7 | trying to watch me do any kind of a viral dance video. |
| 0:38.9 | I won't embarrass your audience by trying. I'm the least coordinated person you'll ever meet. |
| 0:44.4 | That's definitely the moment when my whiteness shines through. So I don't know how you do it, man, |
| 0:48.7 | but maybe you can teach me a couple things, but I won't record it. I won't put it out there. |
| 0:53.5 | We'll go viral for all |
| 0:54.7 | the wrong reasons, basically. I doubt it. You're probably way more coordinated than you're giving |
| 0:58.7 | yourself credit for you. Well, we'll see. I don't know. I don't know. But Nick, thanks so much for sitting down with me here today, man. This is amazing. Thank you so much for having me. The studio is beautiful. |
| 1:06.5 | Your employees are great. |
| 1:07.7 | And thanks for the water. |
| 1:08.9 | Oh, no, of course. |
| 1:09.4 | This is the key to a good podcast right here, staying hydrated. |
| 1:12.8 | On TV, on the news, what's, Your employees are great. And thanks for the water. Oh, no, of course. This is the key to a good podcast right here, staying hydrated. |
| 1:27.3 | On TV, on the news, what's in the mugs? Is it coffee? Is it water? What is it? Is there a secret? I can't tell. No, it's water. Usually water or if anybody's having a tough time with their voice, it's tea with a little bit of honey in there. Not like grandpa's cough syrup in there. |
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