The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
260 episodes — Page 1 of 6
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
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
Ask Us Anything: How do you explain average grades? + Should workers own more of the businesses they help build?
Jul 10, 202623 min
AI’s $7 Trillion Bubble, Corporate Travel’s Next Disaster, Work From Home Revolts, and The Man Shake Buy Back
Jul 6, 20261h 44m
Ask Us Anything: Is Australia’s ageing population breaking democracy? + What does the Victorian Liberal Party turmoil say about its future?
Jul 3, 202625 min
Canva’s AI Crisis, Karl Stefanovic’s Podcast Genius, Labor’s CGT Shambles, and Claude Design Changes Everything
Jun 29, 20261h 51m
Deep Dive: The Rise and Fall and Takeover Fight for Accent Group, Australia's Shoe Giant
Jun 26, 202655 min
KPMG Scandal Explodes, Labor’s CGT Shambles, ATO Scares Small Business, Ferrari Goes Electric, and Adore Beauty Goes Sideways
Jun 22, 20261h 21m
Ask Us Anything: How will GLP-1s change the economy? + Why are young people turning against AI?
Jun 19, 202632 min
Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson Joins the Pod. And, Robyn Denholm cosplays Founders, Elon a Trillionaire and the great Xero Pay Rip-Off
Jun 15, 20262h 12m
Ask Us Anything: Why do some aggregators beat direct prices? + Is the budget punishing risky investors?
Jun 12, 202631 min
SkinKandy Deep Dive, Labor Revolting, More Budget Woes, and Is the UK Racist Against White People?
Jun 8, 20261h 42m