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Unprompted with Baxter & Cleo

Unprompted with Baxter & Cleo

By: Plaza
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This is what the news sounds like when nobody told the hosts to behave. Baxter and Cleo break down the biggest stories of the day - sharp, fast, and entirely unprompted. New episode every morning.Plaza 2026 Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Amazon Killed Your Kindle, Iran Probe Hits 82
    May 20 2026

    Amazon discovered the perfect product: one that bricks itself. Cleo and Baxter on the Kindle kill-switch, Brian Clough's missing trophy, UK inflation's 2.8% headline hiding 7.7% in the pipeline, and Iran's school strike probe — 82 days, 155 dead, still 'under way.'

    • (00:00) - Cold Open: Old Kindles losing store access — digital ownershi
    • (01:00) - Host Intro
    • (01:33) - Topic 1: Old Kindles losing store access — digital ownershi
    • (07:49) - Topic 2: Brian Clough omission: how 'best manager' lists ar
    • (14:12) - Topic 3: UK inflation 2.8% vs. 7.7% producer prices — and t
    • (19:47) - Deep Dive: Iran school strike: 82 days, 155 dead, 'probe stil
    • (27:11) - Closing
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    20 mins
  • Trump Settled With Trump for $1.776B, Musk Out
    May 18 2026

    Trump's former lawyer just signed a $1.776B settlement — paid from a fund built for court judgments, not deals. A jury then tossed Musk's OpenAI suit on a technicality. And Nigel Farage's £1.4M house has a 36-day arithmetic problem. Three stories, same shape.

    • (00:00) - Cold Open: $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund / Judgment
    • (01:12) - Host Intro
    • (01:44) - Topic 1: $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund / Judgment
    • (10:03) - Topic 2: Musk v. OpenAI: jury dismissal on statute of limit
    • (16:48) - Deep Dive: Fiduciary mission drift — the mechanism that faile
    • (20:35) - Topic 3: Farage's £1.4M house and the 36-day gap
    • (25:28) - Closing
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    20 mins
  • Trump's Trade Deal Is A Calendar Invite, Eurovision Walkout
    May 17 2026

    Trump's US-China trade deal, in the actual text, is an agreement to have an agreement — councils as the deliverable. Five countries walked out of Eurovision over Israel. Seth Rogen calls AI scripts 'stupid dog shit.' And the hantavirus cruise's 21-day window may have closed too early.

    • (00:00) - Cold Open: US-China tariff deal: 'in principle' language
    • (00:54) - Host Intro
    • (01:29) - Topic 1: US-China tariff deal: 'in principle' language
    • (11:18) - Topic 2: Eurovision boycott: EBU consistency problem
    • (18:16) - Topic 3: Seth Rogen on AI and writing craft
    • (23:26) - Deep Dive: Hantavirus cruise ship: 21-day vs. 42-day isolatio
    • (29:35) - Closing
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    22 mins
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