Aired Aug 12, 2026

Congress currently sits at a near-record low approval rating, yet individual lawmakers are reelected over 90% of the time. Why is our political system so resistant to public accountability?

In this episode, we sit down with Ramon Perez, Executive Director of the Digital Democracy Project, to unpack the structural incentives that keep our political system locked in hyper-partisanship and outrage. Rather than offering soft “be nicer” solutions, Ramon outlines a direct counter-maneuver: leveraging secure mobile technology and artificial intelligence to bypass political middlemen, translate complex legalese into plain text, and hold representatives directly accountable to their constituents.

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Ramon Perez is an AI technology executive and military veteran who founded the Digital Democracy Project to address the systemic incentives driving hyperpartisanship and voter alienation. He builds technology-driven counter-maneuvers that give real control and transparency back to voters.

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Digital Democracy Project (digitaldemocracyproject.org)