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The Contrarians with Adam and Adir

The Contrarians with Adam and Adir

Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman

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Show overview

The Contrarians with Adam and Adir has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 239 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 310 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 36 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 75 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 91 episodes published. Published by Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman.

Episodes
239
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
1h 30m
Cadence
Weekly

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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Live Show, Macro Investing King Chris Judd joins, Apple’s $3,500 Foldable Bet, Australia’s Housing Mess, Cogstate and the Firmus Moneyshot

Sep 14, 20261h 18m

Is Yo-Chi our next Decacorn, AI Comes for the Lawyers and should CEOs also take Board Seats

Sep 11, 202644 min

Expert360 Heartbreak, CTM is Back, Iran Stalemate gets less Stale and The Athlete Rich List

Sep 7, 20261h 30m

Retail Deep Dive: Kogan shows the money and Cettire close to the edge

Sep 4, 202635 min

Canva’s Investor Dumpster Fire, Xero’s Shareholder Smackdown, CTM’s Lifesasver Deal and GTA's $3.5bn Bet

Aug 31, 20261h 33m

OpenAI Burns Billions, Temple & Webster Gets Crushed

Aug 28, 202639 min

The World's Best Negotiator Returns To The Contrarians

Aug 26, 202657 min

GYG’s Blowout Result, Adir’s Luggage Startup, Sydney's Pullman Five and Culture Amp’s AI Fight

Aug 24, 20261h 37m

Housing Crash Gets Real, NVIDIA’s AI Factory Gamble, Canva’s Markdown

Aug 21, 202637 min

Tech Bros Goes Off, DEF CON Hackers, Waymo vs Zoox, and The LinkedIn Algorithm

Aug 17, 20261h 26m

Australia's Most Powerful VCs Join the Pod

Aug 14, 202649 min

Canva’s AI Crisis, Zoox Changes Everything, Xero’s Ad Disaster, Jetstar’s Bag War, and Atlassian’s Profit Pivot

Aug 10, 20261h 56m

Canva’s $60bn Problem and eBay’s Corporate Terrorism Scandal

Aug 7, 202625 min

AI Fund Explodes, Alan Joyce is Back, Victoria’s Labor Reset, Fauci’s COVID Reckoning and Credit Card Chaos

Aug 3, 20261h 24m

Tesla Going Down...Down, Immutable’s Massive Fall and Australia’s Unicorn Bubble

Jul 31, 202636 min

AI Bubble, Waymo Ditches Uber, Jacinta Allan’s Disaster, KPMG Scandal and Jim Chalmers’ Crashes Housing in All the Wrong Places

Jul 27, 20261h 29m

SpaceX Returns to Earth, Tesla's Shrinking Powers and Atlassian Ruins Loom

Jul 24, 202645 min

Xero Gets Whacked, 4DMedical’s Meme Stock Moment, SEN Circles ARN, Uber's Loyalty Lock Up, and Adam’s Safari Business Lessons

Jul 20, 20261h 43m

Deep Dive: Bending Spoons - Genius or Disaster?

Jul 17, 202652 min

Nvidia's AI Trade, Telstra’s Disaster, EasyJet’s Takeover Fight, Protein Mania, and TEG Loses the Plot

Jul 13, 20261h 49m
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