Clayton English Has No Business Being Here. That's the Point.
Our newest guest knows nothing about soccer, LA politics, or post-season-one Euphoria — and he's still the funniest person to ever weigh in on a market.
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May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
Flip to any sports or cable news channel and you'll run into him within ten minutes. Same guy, every network. Big, loud opinions delivered with total confidence, and not a single consequence when they turn out to be wrong. He's been missing the call for fifteen years straight, and somehow he's booked again tomorrow morning, ready to serve up the exact same garbage with a fresh tie and a new graphic behind him.
We decided to skip that guy entirely. Instead, we got Clayton English on the line.
Let's be upfront about what Clayton is not. He's not a soccer guy. He has no insight whatsoever into LA politics. He tapped out of Euphoria back when it was still worth watching. By any reasonable standard, he has no reason to be anywhere near a show about prediction markets. We booked him anyway, and we'd do it again tomorrow, because around here there's exactly one qualification that counts: being funny. Clayton clears that bar by a wider margin than anybody we know.
On this week's episode:
Has Drake finally worn out his welcome?
Yes, there's an actual market on who finishes 2026 as Spotify's top artist, and where Drake sits in it tells a story the raw stream counts can't. Nobody's debating whether people listen to Drake. They clearly do. The real question is whether there's such a thing as too much Drake, and whether dropping three albums on the same day finally tipped him from being everywhere to being exhausting.
LeBron's next chapter: new team, or the longest goodbye ever?
Clayton goes straight for the question everyone's been tiptoeing around: is LeBron ever actually going to retire? Or is there one more homecoming in the cards, a third run in Cleveland to close out the trilogy the way only LeBron would?
The World Cup is almost here. Is America ready for it?
We're not talking about the roster here. We're talking about the whole country. Can the infrastructure hold up, is the energy there, and is American sports culture really built to host the biggest event on the planet? Clayton checks in from Atlanta with his read on how it's all shaping up, and we get into who's walking away with the trophy.
Also on the docket
The race for WNBA MVP. And then the market none of us saw coming: the Los Angeles mayoral race, which now features Spencer Pratt going up against Karen Bass. Not some other Spencer Pratt. That one. The market is putting a price on it, and we are not handling it well.
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