Era 2: Witches, Money & Midterms
Please go vote! 🗳️

Lawson and Don are back and they have a lot to catch up on. Halloween decorations. Plastic surgery hypotheticals. Dentist conspiracies. Donald Trump showing up to the Freeman Coliseum. And a midterm election that actually matters more than most people realize.

This one starts exactly where it should — with Don confessing he once dated a woman exclusively around Hallowe...

Era 2: Stitch by Stitch — Liby Tolm of Elite Knitting and Looking Friday

From Kazakhstan to New York to Austin, Liby Tolm has spent 14 years turning yarn into art and building a fashion house that does things entirely on her own terms.

Lawson and Don sit down with the founder of Elite Knitting Studio and Looking Friday to talk about crochet, couture, community, and why fast fashion is ruining everything. Liby moved to Austin fr...

No Dems. No Republicans. A Third Party: America's Main Street Party ft. Tom Jospeh

What if the problem with American democracy isn't who we're voting for — it's who we never even get to vote for?

Lawson and Don welcome back Tom Joseph, founder of America's Main Street Party — a nonpartisan framework designed to take money completely out of the nominating process. Tom is a systems engineer and serial entrepreneur who appli...

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 ...

Special Episode: Music, Purpose & the Voice for the Voiceless featuring. Noc Beteck

Lawson and Don are on their summer break but we didn't leave you empty-handed. ☕

While the co-hosts recharge, we're dropping a pre-recorded conversation that is absolutely worth your time. Don sits down with Noc Beteck, independent hip hop artist, Boys and Girls Club manager, single father, and a man on a mission that has nothing to do wi...

Episode 15: When Health Care Fails — A Conversation with Dr. Shelley Kaplar

What if your body already knows what's wrong, and your doctor just isn't listening? 👀

Lawson and Don sit down with Dr. Shelley Kaplar, PhD (Metaphysics), medical intuitive, natural-born healer, Reiki master, and founder of the Kaplar Method. She has spent over 20 years working with clients to find the root cause of illness that Western medicine keeps m...

Episode 14: Police, MAGA & Storage Units | Together At Last

Season 1 Finale

It finally happened. Lawson and Don are in the same room. 🎉

For the first time since launching Two Texas Teas in January 2026, your two favorite co-hosts are sitting across from each other in person, at the San Antonio Public Library, with lapel mics, no parking, and absolutely no script. Just vibes. Real talk. And a whole lot of tea.

This one's got every...

Episode 13 | From Corporate Law to the Yoga Mat: Alia Khan on Burnout, Belonging & the True Meaning of Wellness

What does it take to walk away from everything you were told you were supposed to be and build something that actually feels like you?

This week, Don and Lawson sit down with Alia Khan, a recovering attorney turned yoga instructor and founder of Oak + Lotus Yoga in South Austin. Alia left a career in corporate law i...

Episode 12: Vote Early — Meet the Earlys

A father. A son. Two races. One mission.

Justin Early, Democratic nominee for Texas' 31st Congressional District, and his son Matthias Early, Democratic nominee for Texas House District 20, join Lawson and Don for a conversation about healthcare, housing, AI, gerrymandering, women's rights, and what it actually takes to flip Central Texas.

Justin is a veteran, cybersecurity expert, and fa...

Episode 11: Honking & the Heartbreak of the Finals

⚠️ Yes, we know. The Spurs lost. We recorded this before it happened and we are not okay. Pour one out with us.

Before the heartbreak hit, Lawson and Don were riding high — and this episode is proof. Grab your tea because this one's got everything.

We kick things off with San Antonio's beloved honking tradition and why it hits different this playoff run. Then Don goes de...

Episode 10: Democrats in Rural Texas

What does it look like to be a blue dot in a red county? Lawson and Don sit down with two Burnet County Democrats building change from the ground up — Lane Law and Florisbel Jaramillo Macedo, both Precinct Chairs and SDEC candidates for Congressional District 31. Their slogan: Blue dots to connect.

They get into rural organizing, voter education, purity politics, the Talarico Senate race, an...

Episode 9: Inside San Antonio City Hall ft. Rocío Guenther

This week Lawson and Don sit down with a friend of six-plus years — Rocío Guenther — a journalist, public servant, and consultant whose career has bridged Guadalajara, San Antonio, Spain, and Germany.

Originally from Guadalajara, Rocío started as a bilingual reporter at the San Antonio Report covering U.S.–Mexico relations and immigration. She late...

Special Episode: Happy Mother's Day with Luke Picasso ⚾

This week's a special one. Don and Lawson are joined by the youngest and most heavily bribed guest in Two Texas Teas history: Lawson's son, Luke Picasso.

After "many contract negotiations," Luke takes the mic to walk us through his Select baseball season — the sprained elbow that has him on the IL, his Atlanta Braves loyalty, and his very strong feelings about Bry...

Episode 8: Megan Thee Stallion Won the Kentucky Derby, Musgraves, and Chief of Staffs

Don and Lawson are back, and this week they're trying something new. Introducing the show's new segment structure: Hot Tea (the spicy stuff), Sweet Tea (the feel-good wins), and Brewed Tea (what's coming down the pipeline). One brand, three flavors, all Texas.

They open with the Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion fumble, then dive into S...

Special Episode: Fiesta, Spurs, and San Antonio Sucia

Don and Lawson are back together and they brought the full San Antonio energy with them. Recorded mid-Fiesta, this one is exactly what you would expect from two people obsessed with this city.

They go full send into Fiesta — medals, cascarones, Market Square's new $5 cover, Fiesta Sucia, the Spurs Guy as a Fiesta saint, Fiesta Flambeau, and the very real possibility...

Episode 7: No Tumbleweeds: Two Outsiders on What Texas Really Is ft. Jordan Webb

⚠️ A Note Before You Press Play Lawson is taking an unplanned week off due to some technical difficulties on our recording app. We will have her back next episode. Bear with us on the audio and video quality as this interview was recorded a few months back. We are fixing it as we go. ☕

About This Episode

Don flies solo this week and brings in a ve...

Episode 6: TSA & Texas Infrastructure ft. Ariel Slick

Don and Lawson kick things off with a conversation about the TSA funding disputes rattling travelers across the nation, then welcome Fort Worth author and journalist Ariel Slick for a deep dive into Texas infrastructure, historical floods, and the water crisis quietly building across the Lone Star State.

From the devastating floods of Fort Worth and San Antonio to the funding ...

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Summary

Lawson and Don start with hilarious SXSW stories—from out-of-towners accidentally flying into Dallas to Don's free tequila adventure at an Austin bar. Lawson reveals how MTV's Real World Austin introduced her to the festival in the early 2000s and...

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Recorded a few days after Texas's primary elections, Lawson calls in from a San Diego beach. The hosts tackle one of the most difficult stories in Texas politics: Congressman Tony Gonzalez (TX-...