{"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":"CostCo, Kathmandu Deep Dive, Albo makes Petrol Crisis Worse, RBA’s Credit Card Surcharge Disgrace, Waymo Love and Victorian Government Gets Something Right","slug":"costco-kathmandu-deep-dive-albo-makes-petrol-crisis-worse-rba-s-credit-card-surcharge-disgrace-waymo-love-and-victorian-government-gets-something-right","published_at":"2026-04-06T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229/costco-kathmandu-deep-dive-albo-makes-petrol-crisis-worse-rba-s-credit-card-surcharge-disgrace-waymo-love-and-victorian-government-gets-something-right","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/costco-kathmandu-deep-dive-albo-makes-petrol-crisis-worse-rba-s-credit-card-surcharge-disgrace-waymo-love-and-victorian-government-gets-something-right","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/18a0368f-0322-48e4-8e5c-b2fa006bbc08/7106d012-c37d-4120-aa24-b4240022fda9/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=1afe037e-3381-4acc-afc1-b2fa006bbc35","summary":"The guys discuss CostCo, deep dive into KMD Brands emergency capital raise, the Australian Governments disastrous fuel excise cut, the RBA loses the plot (again), customer just love Waymo and concerns for Adam as he agrees with a Victorian Government decision Thanks to our sponsor Acquire Intelligence - visit https://acquire.ai/contrarians Thanks for listening! Join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"The guys discuss CostCo, deep dive into KMD Brands emergency capital raise, the Australian Governments disastrous fuel excise cut, the RBA loses the plot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4918,"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/costco-kathmandu-deep-dive-albo-makes-petrol-crisis-worse-rba-s-credit-card-surcharge-disgrace-waymo-love-and-victorian-government-gets-something-right/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/costco-kathmandu-deep-dive-albo-makes-petrol-crisis-worse-rba-s-credit-card-surcharge-disgrace-waymo-love-and-victorian-government-gets-something-right.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}