{"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":"Deep Dive: Bending Spoons - Genius or Disaster?","slug":"deep-dive-bending-spoons-genius-or-disaster","published_at":"2026-07-17T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarians-with-adam-and-adir-6585229/deep-dive-bending-spoons-genius-or-disaster","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/deep-dive-bending-spoons-genius-or-disaster","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/88b564ea-a9a6-4751-910a-a5d800019396/18a0368f-0322-48e4-8e5c-b2fa006bbc08/d1b8de8a-9d78-4c4a-b8f9-b4890178be89/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=1afe037e-3381-4acc-afc1-b2fa006bbc35","summary":"Adam & Adir examine Bending Spoon's extraordinary rise, its blockbuster IPO, comparisons with Berkshire Hathaway and Constellation Software, the risks created by its aggressive use of leverage, and whether Bending Spoons is an ingenious software conglomerate or an enormously overvalued house of cards. Join us on Substack for articles, news and more: https://www.thecontrarianspod.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Adam & Adir examine Bending Spoon's extraordinary rise, its blockbuster IPO, comparisons with Berkshire Hathaway and Constellation Software, the risks…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3171,"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/deep-dive-bending-spoons-genius-or-disaster/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/deep-dive-bending-spoons-genius-or-disaster.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}