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Oct. 27, 2025

Journos WFH Fail, Catapult Goes Large, Atlassian’s Horrendous Buy, Bi…

The Westpac WFH decision and why the entire business media buried the lede, the inside scoop on Catapult’s latest successful capital raise, Atlassian horror run of M&A continues, the world’s biggest rocket businesses, Delta t...

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Oct. 24, 2025

Ask Us Anything: How Does Adir READ SO MUCH? + Performance Marketing …

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Oct. 20, 2025

ChatGPT Jumps the Shark, VC Troubles, Xero Pay Fight, Nike Stores Gon…

The guys chat about peak ChatGPT and their bizarre p*rn fetish, Australian venture capital hits turbulence, Xero’s highly paid CEO, Nike store franchise owner collapses, Adir investigates the wonderful world of NRMA and Waymo...

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Oct. 17, 2025

Ask Us Anything: US H1B VISA Fee in the Tech Industry + Should I Get …

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Oct. 13, 2025

AI Boom Keeps Booming, Deep Dive into Australia’s Secret $6b Business…

The guys discuss the incredible AI Boom and growing risks, deep dive into Coden Technology – Australia’s lowest profile tech giant, the hidden world of Pokémon card, the big business of indy board games and founders behaving ...

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Oct. 10, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Should Women Pay LESS Tax!? + Albanese's 5% Home Dep…

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Oct. 6, 2025

Atlassian Buys Again, EA Games Breaks LBO Record, SCA Seven Governanc…

Atlassian does another acquisition, EA Sports goes private in the largest leveraged buy out ever, SCA Buys Seven and skips shareholder approval, who is Australia's most famous business family, the economics of Cameo and Adir ...

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Oct. 3, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Elon Musk the World's Richest Person? + Can we build…

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Sept. 29, 2025

OpenAI a $500b Ponzi? Canva Breaks Hearts, Latrobe Crunched by ASIC, …

The guys discuss Nvidia’s $100b OpenAI ‘Investment’, Canva’s Profitability Conundrum, ASIC hammers Latrobe and signals trouble for private credit, the guys argue about the Stubhub IPO, Adir’s Airline troubles and has Australi...

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Sept. 26, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Did Disney Get Jimmy Kimmel Right? + Optus' Outage I…

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Sept. 22, 2025

ROKT Soars, Healthengine, Reebok, Vending Machines go Hi Tech, Haigh’…

The guys discuss ROKT’s soaring valuation and dual listing, med tech, Flying Turtle enters Australia, Reebok founder’s sad tale, the incredible story of Haigh’s Cholates and Mike’s travel diary. Thanks for listening! Join us ...

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Sept. 19, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Should people go to uni? + Adir's FAVOURITE PC Games…

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Sept. 15, 2025

Oracle Flies and Ellison the World’s Richest Person (Briefly), Amex D…

The guys discuss Oracle’s Ascent and Larry Ellison briefly overtaking Elon, Amex crushes frequent flier junkies (again), Adir’s torrid Booking.com experience, ANZ shuts up shop at Cashrewards and Adam a victim of crime. Thank...

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Sept. 12, 2025

Ask Us Anything: The Next Aussie Unicorn, Mac vs. PC + The GREATEST M…

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Sept. 8, 2025

Woolworths v Coles, Cettire Nears the Precipice, Australia’s Secret U…

The guys discuss Woolworth’s Big W struggles, Cettire’s horror earnings announcement, the benefits of neurodiversity, Dan Andrews’ China vacation and chat to Dave Hyman founder of Lendi, Australia’s low profile unicorn. Thank...

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Sept. 5, 2025

Ask Us Anything: ACCC's New Merger Mandatory Notification Thresholds,…

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Sept. 1, 2025

CSL and Reece Blame WFH for Woes, Site Minder Deep Dive, Qantas Roars…

The guys destroy CSL and Reece’s WFH Excuse, Adir breaks down Site Minder’s huge surge, Qantas delivers a record result, Nvidia hits new highs but are grey skies looming, Blackbird’s Class of 2015, Sydney Outshines Dan Andrew...

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Aug. 29, 2025

Ask Us Anything: When did the guys take a risk that DIDN'T pay off? +…

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Aug. 25, 2025

CSL Breaks Up, Canva Deep Dive, Xero Gets Whacked, Step One’s Struggl…

The guys chat about CSL’s vaccine spin off and its share price disaster, just how good is Canva, Xero CEO’s lavish pay packet gets slammed by shareholders, Step One struggles to make a buck, RBA again fails basic understandin...

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Aug. 22, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Four Day Work Week? + Do Founder Political Profiles …

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Aug. 18, 2025

Temple & Webster Breakdown, Overpaid Lawyers, the business of Sushi, …

The guys go real deep in Temple & Webster’s full year numbers, when did lawyers become so overpaid, the Sushi wars, why the NHS became the world’s worst health system and Victoria becomes a failed state. Thanks for listening!...

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Aug. 15, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Is AI Another Bubble + Managing Sleep + Starting a S…

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Aug. 11, 2025

Atlassian Gets Smashed, Behind the Scenes at the Catapult AGM, Public…

The guys discuss Atlassian’s latest loss and share price decline, Adir explains what it’s like to hold an AGM, why public servants should (or shouldn’t) be flying at the pointy end of planes, the case against fixing prices an...

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Aug. 8, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Anti-Semitism in Business + How to Get Financially L…

00:00 - Anti-Semitism in the workplace 12:30 - Financial Literacy 18:30 - When to set up a board. Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-podcast Subscrib...

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