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Two Texas Teas

Two Texas Teas

Vote With Your Phone ft. Ramon Perez

Sep 7, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments

**Special Episode: Vote With Your Phone ft. Ramon Perez** Lawson and Don are on summer break but the tea is still hot. ☕ What if you could vote on legislation from your couch, with a cup of coffee…

**Special Episode: Vote With Your Phone ft. Ramon Perez** Lawson and Don are on summer break but the tea is still hot. ☕ What if you could vote on legislation from your couch, with a cup of coffee, on the same phone you use for everything else? Ramon Perez, Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Project, joins Lawson and Don to talk about why that future is closer than you think and why the people in power are doing everything they can to stop it. Ramon is a veteran who commissioned after 9/11, a...

**Special Episode: Vote With Your Phone ft. Ramon Perez** Lawson and Don are on summer break but the tea is still hot. ☕ What if you could vote on legislation from your couch, with a cup of coffee…

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Show signals: SuitabilitySensitiveBiasLeans leftAudience≈61 followers

Speakers: Ramon PerezGuestLawsonHostDonHost

Top entities: LeBron James×13 Florida×20 Texas×12 San Antonio Spurs×5 Artificial intelligence

Heat, Spurs, and Sports Nepotism1:05 – 4:20

D

DonHost

1:05

All right, Ramon, how are you doing today? How's everything? Are you watching the Spurs next game? Doing great.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:13

Yeah, I appreciate you having me on.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:15

Thank you, Don.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:16

I'm doing well.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:18

You know, my Miami Heat are not in the finals, so I'll pox on both your houses.

D

DonHost

1:23

A Miami Heat fan.

D

DonHost

1:25

Interesting.

D

DonHost

1:25

Yeah.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:27

I have a

L

LawsonHost

1:27

story there, but I'll be nice.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:29

Oh, yeah? I grew up in the days of Alonzo.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:32

I'm going to age myself here, okay? I grew up in the days of Alonzo.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:35

Morning.

L

LawsonHost

1:35

Okay.

L

LawsonHost

1:36

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

1:37

I mean, anytime I think of Miami Heat, I always go back to the Spurs, LeBron, the AC goes out, and it was just like, you couldn't stand the heat, could you, man? Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

1:47

We did not turn off the AC.

L

LawsonHost

1:48

The AC legit

D

DonHost

1:49

broke.

D

DonHost

1:51

I would have done the same thing, but, you know, that's just.

L

LawsonHost

1:53

It was so poetic.

L

LawsonHost

1:55

It was such a poetic game because it was just like you're literally wearing like the heat is on.

L

LawsonHost

2:01

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

2:02

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

2:02

Well,

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99%13 mentions
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98%20 mentions
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96%12 mentions
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94%5 mentions
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93%1 mention
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Society
DemocracyPolitics
Civic technologyTechnology
Election technologyTechnology > Civic technology
Participatory democracyPolitics > Democracy
Digital democracyPolitics > Democracy > Participatory democracy
Mobile voting on legislationPolitics > Democracy > Participatory democracy > Digital democracy
Secure mobile votingTechnology > Civic technology > Election technology
Biometric voter verificationTechnology > Civic technology > Election technology > Secure mobile voting
Public participation in legislationGovernment > Legislative process
Constituent legislative pollingGovernment > Legislative process > Public participation in legislation
Public policy literacyEducation > Civic education
AI-assisted legislative analysisEducation > Civic education > Public policy literacy
Nonpartisan bill summaries and pros-and-consEducation > Civic education > Public policy literacy > AI-assisted legislative analysis
Electoral reformSociety > Political polarization
Voting access and representationSociety > Political polarization > Electoral reform
Gerrymandering and uncompetitive electionsSociety > Political polarization > Electoral reform > Voting access and representation
Civic educationEducation
Legislative processGovernment
Political polarizationSociety
Politics
Education
Technology
Government

Heat, Spurs, and Sports Nepotism1:05 – 4:20

D

DonHost

1:05

All right, Ramon, how are you doing today? How's everything? Are you watching the Spurs next game? Doing great.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:13

Yeah, I appreciate you having me on.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:15

Thank you, Don.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:16

I'm doing well.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:18

You know, my Miami Heat are not in the finals, so I'll pox on both your houses.

D

DonHost

1:23

A Miami Heat fan.

D

DonHost

1:25

Interesting.

D

DonHost

1:25

Yeah.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:27

I have a

L

LawsonHost

1:27

story there, but I'll be nice.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:29

Oh, yeah? I grew up in the days of Alonzo.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:32

I'm going to age myself here, okay? I grew up in the days of Alonzo.

Ramon PerezGuest

1:35

Morning.

L

LawsonHost

1:35

Okay.

L

LawsonHost

1:36

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

1:37

I mean, anytime I think of Miami Heat, I always go back to the Spurs, LeBron, the AC goes out, and it was just like, you couldn't stand the heat, could you, man? Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

1:47

We did not turn off the AC.

L

LawsonHost

1:48

The AC legit

D

DonHost

1:49

broke.

D

DonHost

1:51

I would have done the same thing, but, you know, that's just.

L

LawsonHost

1:53

It was so poetic.

L

LawsonHost

1:55

It was such a poetic game because it was just like you're literally wearing like the heat is on.

L

LawsonHost

2:01

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

2:02

Yeah.

L

LawsonHost

2:02

Well,

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