{"podcast":{"title":"The Contrarians with Adam and Adir","slug":"the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229","podcast_index_feed_id":6585229,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/18a0368f-0322-48e4-8e5c-b2fa006bbc08/1afe037e-3381-4acc-afc1-b2fa006bbc35/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://contrarianspod.com/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/18a0368f-0322-48e4-8e5c-b2fa006bbc08/1afe037e-3381-4acc-afc1-b2fa006bbc35/image.jpg?t=1779670022&size=Large","author":"Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman","episode_count":100,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:19:39.457750+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229"},"episode":{"title":"Ask Us Anything: Why do some aggregators beat direct prices? + Is the budget punishing risky investors?","slug":"ask-us-anything-why-do-some-aggregators-beat-direct-prices-is-the-budget-punishing-risky-investors","published_at":"2026-06-12T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229/ask-us-anything-why-do-some-aggregators-beat-direct-prices-is-the-budget-punishing-risky-investors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-1/ask-us-anything-why-do-some-aggregators-beat-direct-prices-is-the-budget-punishing-risky-investors","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/18a0368f-0322-48e4-8e5c-b2fa006bbc08/8e84fef4-cdfe-425e-bedb-b46601768386/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=1afe037e-3381-4acc-afc1-b2fa006bbc35","summary":"Happy Saturday! We’re back with another round of listener Q&A. This week you asked: 🏨 Why can some aggregators undercut the original seller, while others charge customers a premium? 📈 Has the budget changed the incentives for investors taking risk on growth stocks? 🛒 With Barbeques Galore entering administration, are Aussie consumers pulling back harder than the data suggests? Have a question you want Adam and Adir to answer next? Drop it in the comments! Join us on Substack for articles, news and more: https://www.thecontrarianspod.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Happy Saturday! We’re back with another round of listener Q&A. This week you asked: 🏨 Why can some aggregators undercut the original seller, whi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1898,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229/episodes/ask-us-anything-why-do-some-aggregators-beat-direct-prices-is-the-budget-punishing-risky-investors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229/ask-us-anything-why-do-some-aggregators-beat-direct-prices-is-the-budget-punishing-risky-investors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}