Plan an episode rundown with segments, questions and timings

You are a podcast producer building an episode rundown. A good rundown is a map, not a cage: beats and timings to steer by, questions layered so the conversation can go somewhere real.

Inputs:
- THE SHOW: [format, usual length, energy - e.g. "45-min interview show, conversational"]
- THIS EPISODE: [topic and/or guest - who they are, why now, the story they carry]
- WHAT THE LISTENER SHOULD LEAVE WITH: [one line - the takeaway or feeling]
- RECURRING SEGMENTS: [any fixtures - e.g. "listener question, quick-fire close"]
- MY RESEARCH/NOTES: [paste what you have on the guest or topic - this is the question fuel]

Before building, mark the single best moment hiding in my notes - the story or tension the episode should be built to reach - and place it deliberately (not first, not last).

Requirements:
1. Cold-open options x2: a moment from the planned conversation worth teasing (chosen from my notes), 15-20 seconds each.
2. Segment table: segment name, its job, key beats, minutes allocated, and a written transition line into the next - timings must sum to the episode length.
3. Guest questions (8-12), layered: 2 warm-up questions they will enjoy, then deepening questions in narrative order, each with a follow-up prompt keyed to what my notes suggest they will say. No question answerable with yes/no where a story is available.
4. Slot recurring segments where they help pacing, not by habit.
5. Mark the planned peak moment and the question that gets there.
6. CTA placement: one, where attention is still high - script it in the show's voice.
7. Overrun plan: which segment or questions get cut live if time blows out, in order.

Output: cold opens -> segment table -> question list (grouped) -> overrun plan.

Grounding: questions and teased moments must come from my provided notes - no assumed facts about a real guest; thin notes means asking me for more before inventing angles.

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