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Ask Us Anything: Elon Musk the World's Richest Person? + Can we build stuff quicker in Australi?
Oct. 3, 2025

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

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OpenAI a $500b Ponzi? Canva Breaks Hearts, Latrobe Crunched by ASIC, Stubhub IPO, Adir’s Worst Airline and is Australia the Red Tape Capital of the World?
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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Ask Us Anything: Did Disney Get Jimmy Kimmel Right? + Optus' Outage Issues + Executive Disfunction
Sept. 26, 2025

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

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ROKT Soars, Healthengine, Reebok, Vending Machines go Hi Tech, Haigh’s Branding Genius and Mike’s Travel Report
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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Ask Us Anything: Should people go to uni? + Adir's FAVOURITE PC Games Ever
Sept. 19, 2025

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

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Oracle Flies and Ellison the World’s Richest Person (Briefly), Amex Devalues, Adir’s BOOKING.fail, ANZ’s Cashback Retreat and Adam’s Bike Stolen
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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Ask Us Anything: The Next Aussie Unicorn, Mac vs. PC + The GREATEST Movie Soundtracks EVER
Sept. 12, 2025

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

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Woolworths v Coles, Cettire Nears the Precipice, Australia’s Secret Unicorn Founder, Neurodivergent Founders and Dan’s Brush with Dictators
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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Ask Us Anything: ACCC's New Merger Mandatory Notification Thresholds, The Most Insightful Things We've Read + Our Social Media Thoughts
Sept. 5, 2025

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

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CSL and Reece Blame WFH for Woes, Site Minder Deep Dive, Qantas Roars, Nvidia Delivers (for now), Blackbird, Sydney v Melbourne and KPop Demon Hunters
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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Ask Us Anything: When did the guys take a risk that DIDN'T pay off? + A 20th Team for the AFL!?
Aug. 29, 2025

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

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CSL Breaks Up, Canva Deep Dive, Xero Gets Whacked, Step One’s Struggles, RBA Fails Again and the World’s Largest Companies
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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Ask Us Anything: Four Day Work Week? + Do Founder Political Profiles Effect Business Value?
Aug. 22, 2025

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

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Temple & Webster Breakdown, Overpaid Lawyers, the business of Sushi, Surcharge Debacle Worsens, World’s Worst Health System and Melbourne Hellhole
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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Ask Us Anything: Is AI Another Bubble + Managing Sleep + Starting a Software Company Without Technical Knowledge
Aug. 15, 2025

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

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Atlassian Gets Smashed, Behind the Scenes at the Catapult AGM, Public Servants Flying Business Class, Why Price Fixing Never Works, Lorikeet Raises and Droneshield
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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Ask Us Anything: Anti-Semitism in Business + How to Get Financially Literate + When To Set Up a Board
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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Victoria Goes Full Stalin, Tesla Pivots, Figma’s Epic IPO, Google Deep Dive, Step One Hammered and Carsales’ Well Earned Victory Lap
Aug. 4, 2025

Victoria Goes Full Stalin, Tesla Pivots, Figma’s Epic IPO, Google Dee…

The guys discuss Victoria’s bizarre work from home edict, Tesla expands to food service, Figma’s IPO goes off, Google’s death greatly exaggerated as search comes back, Step One’s profit crunch and Carsales CEO retires a legen...

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Ask Us Anything: Growing Without External Capital + Advice for People Changing Industry
Aug. 1, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Growing Without External Capital + Advice for People…

00:00 - Growing a business without external capital 10:33 - Advice for changing industries. 18:26 - Dropshipping businesses Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-contrarians-with-adam...

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Employment Hero v Seek Cage Fight, Atlassian Burn Book, Southwest, Reg Grundy's Legacy, Why Free Samples are a Genius Move and How are Coin Laundries Still a Thing?
July 28, 2025

Employment Hero v Seek Cage Fight, Atlassian Burn Book, Southwest, Re…

The guys discuss the almighty fight between Employment Hero and former friend, Seek, Atlassian Co-Founders go to War, Southwest Cleans Up, Adir reviews Reg Grundy's autobiography, Adam's advice to businesses on samples and th...

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Ask Us Anything: Managing a Personal Equities Portfolio + Price Inflation in Insurance
July 25, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Managing a Personal Equities Portfolio + Price Infla…

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Guzman Deep Dive, Reserve Bank Smashes Small Business (again), Australian Shareholders Get Shafted, Best Selling Authors and UberEats Fails Again
July 21, 2025

Guzman Deep Dive, Reserve Bank Smashes Small Business (again), Austra…

The guys go deep into Mexican fave Guzman y Gomez, the RBA credit card fee ban hit small business hard, why imputation credits aren't as shareholder friendly as they appear, Adir's Book review and the best selling authors and...

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Ask Us Anything: Customer Acquisition Costs + Lab Grown vs. Mined Diamonds??
July 18, 2025

Ask Us Anything: Customer Acquisition Costs + Lab Grown vs. Mined Dia…

00:00 - Customer Acquisition costs 21:00 - Lab grown diamonds 26:40 - Staff Profit Share options Today's Sponsor: Netwealth: ⁠www.netwealth.com.au⁠ /contrarians Vanta: ⁠www.vanta.com/contrarians⁠ Thanks for listening! Join us...

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RBA Gets it Right (finally), Bumble Trouble, ASX Dual Class Voting Cage Match, Hermes Record, Are Limebikes Too Popular, World’s Biggest Companies,  BA Shocker and Adir’s Rules of Capitalism
July 14, 2025

RBA Gets it Right (finally), Bumble Trouble, ASX Dual Class Voting Ca…

The guys discuss how the RBA finally got it right with interest rates, Bumble confirms online dating shark jump, the guys pick a side on the ASX dual voting fight, Birken breaks record, Adam’s Limebike issues in London, Adir ...

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