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 San Antonio City Hall — Chief of Staff Denise Carroll out, longtime Deputy Chief Pat Wallace out, and what those exits actually say about the mayor's office. From there: a board race for Alamo Colleges District 9 that got nasty and backfired, why Lawson is reporting from Corpus Christi.

On the Sweet Tea side, Kacey Musgraves opening her Gruene Hall run with the Mariachi kids from the Dilley detention facility.

Then Brewed Tea: the May runoffs, the Tony Gonzalez seat, gerrymandering going legal, internal mean-girling inside both parties, and why the age range on the ballot keeps creeping older while the country keeps getting older with it.

Real talk. Texas brewed. ☕🤠

— Why Klay and Meg didn't work and the internet's worst takes
— Denise Carroll resigns. Pat Wallace resigns. What the LinkedIn posts actually said
— What it's really like being a Chief of Staff (2 a.m. pothole calls included)
— The Alamo Colleges District 9 race that backfired on the opponents
— Lawson's love letter to Corpus, the Valley, Del Rio, and Eagle Pass
— Kacey Musgraves, Gruene Hall, the Mariachi kids, and the bot ticket scandal
— Gerrymandering, runoffs, and the November setup in Texas
— Why Texas weather is in its perimenopausal era

00:00 — Megan Thee Stallion and Relationship Dynamics
00:27 — Intro
01:17 — New Segments: Hot Tea, Sweet Tea and Brewed Tea
02:46 — Klay Thompson
07:46 — Ad Break
08:27 — Hot Tea: Political Landscape in San Antonio
14:00 — Staff Turnover and Leadership Challenges
19:07 — The Role of Chief of Staff
22:11 — Alamo Colleges Board
24:54 — Sweet Tea: Corpus Christi and the RGV
31:13 — Kacey Musgraves and the Mariachi Band
37:15 — Brewed Tea: Upcoming Elections and Gerrymandering
40:24 — Congress and the President of the United States
45:26 — Climate Change: Weather Patterns and Local Impact
46:56 — Outro

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