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The Contrarians with Adam and Adir

The Contrarians with Adam and Adir

Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman · The Contrarians

260 episodesEN

Show overview

The Contrarians with Adam and Adir has been publishing since 1970, and across the 56 years since has built a catalogue of 260 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 330 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 37 min and 1h 43m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 95 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 95 episodes published. Published by The Contrarians.

Episodes
260
Running
1970–2026 · 56y
Median length
1h 28m
Cadence
Quarterly-ish

From the publisher

Get the fearless truth about start-ups and corporate Australia from guys that give you the hard facts, not the company line. Hear Luxury Escapes co-founder Adam Schwab and Catapult Sports Exec Chairman Adir Shiffman provide the inside word on the biggest stories in business with a contrarian take from the guys who sit on both sides of the table. New episodes dropping weekly.

Latest Episodes

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Canva Catastrophe: Revenue Flat and Thousands Axed

Nov 4, 202631 min

OpenAI Funding Catastrophe, Australia’s Retail Apocalypse, Young Rich List Fail and Can Google Survive AI?

Nov 2, 20261h 45m

Myer Kills WFH, has Netflix Jumped the Shark and the economics of Billionaire Matchmaking with Lauren Hunter

Oct 30, 202647 min

Private Credit Explained: How Aura is helping close the $250bn Funding Gap

Oct 28, 202626 min

Anthropic’s Massive IPO. Will it Sink?

Oct 27, 202642 min

NextDC Disaster, is Canva's Comeback for Real, Airbnb Rule Change and Rich Investor Tax Shock

Oct 26, 20261h 43m

How Adam Runs Luxury Escapes and Builds Great Teams

Oct 23, 202655 min

Anthropic’s $2tn Fever Dream, Firmus Tanks AI Globally, Maas' Week from Hell and is Software Dead?

Oct 19, 20261h 24m

Soul Patts: The $18bn ASX Giant Most Australians Have Never Heard Of

Oct 16, 202649 min

Firmus’ IPO Fallout with Guest John Stensholt, Maas Smashed, Swipejobs’ $2bn IPO and Melbourne Marathon Chaos

Oct 12, 20261h 20m

Blackmagic Founder Cage Match, More Cettire Drama and is Bending Spoons the Real Deal?

Oct 9, 202643 min

Firmus IPO Pulled: We go inside and explain what went wrong

Oct 9, 202629 min

Jim’s Inflation Catastrophe, Credit Card Surcharge Backlash, Codan Goes Parabolic, Iran’s Negotiation Fail, Joby Takes Off and Mike’s Apology

Oct 5, 20261h 32m

Retail Disaster, Firmus Goes to the Moon (Allegedly) and is Private Equity’s Golden Run Ending?

Oct 2, 202644 min

AI Money Furnace, Lottery Deep Dive, Fair Work Loses the Plot and AirTree Fight Goes Public

Sep 28, 20261h 30m

Meta Comes Back, JB Hi-Fi Gets Cheap, and Hello World’s $135m Acquisition Gets Weird

Sep 25, 202649 min

Commercial Property Cycle, Retail’s Comeback, Aged Care and Finding Value Where Nobody’s Looking: with Commercial Property Gun, Tim Slattery

Sep 23, 202637 min

Firmus Goes to the Moon, Anthropic’s Profit Problem, Founder Tax Chaos, Breakthrough Victoria Death March and Xero's Year from Hell

Sep 21, 20261h 27m

Ask Us Anything: How Do We Get Real People Into Politics? + When Is It Time To Pivot? (with Chris Judd)

Sep 18, 202619 min

HMC Capital Comeback Tour and AFG Fights Housing Slump: With Star Fund Manager Luke Laretive

Sep 16, 202648 min
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