{"podcast":{"title":"The Opportunist","slug":"the-opportunist-1382518","podcast_index_feed_id":1382518,"rss_url":"https://rss.pdrl.fm/79e854/podcastone.com/podcast?categoryID2=2345","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-opportunist","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/32/5c/b4/9e/325cb49e-e040-4960-a623-50f819cbe938/9b81947a94ef170b4ae43bd7856a5f18792429d303eb6bbf53da1a081ed1b539c8016b742b003c0e21bc5617bf5b5302c4a2073f4e7a498b9acab0768a4c3b48.jpeg","author":"PodcastOne","episode_count":87,"summary":"The Opportunist tells true stories of regular people who turn sinister by embracing opportunity. How does an everyday person turn into a thief, a scammer or a cult leader? Perhaps the most dangerous person is the one who appears the most normal. Perhaps there is a dark potential lurking inside all of us that is just waiting for the right opportunity to emerge. The Opportunist is an original podcast hosted by Sarah James McLaughlin.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opportunist-1382518"},"episode":{"title":"Charlie Javice: The Startup Swindler","slug":"charlie-javice-the-startup-swindler","published_at":"2025-09-22T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opportunist-1382518/charlie-javice-the-startup-swindler","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opportunist-1382518","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/888bedae-25a7-4623-9ccd-647c5f52cc97.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/rss.art19.com/episodes/888bedae-25a7-4623-9ccd-647c5f52cc97.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"In this episode of&nbsp; The Opportunist , we follow Charlie Javice, a young fintech founder who sold her startup to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million. But behind the glowing headlines was a stunning fraud that would ultimately bring her empire crashing down. Thank you to our sponsors: Betterhelp: The podcast is supported by Better Help. Get 10% off your first month at&nbsp; BetterHelp.com/OPPORTUNIST Simplisafe: Get 50% off your new SimpliSafe system with professional monitoring and your first month free at&nbsp; SimpliSafe.com/OPPORTUNIST PlutoTV: Summer of Cinema. Stream now for free. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"In this episode of The Opportunist , we follow Charlie Javice, a young fintech founder who sold her startup to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million. But…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1995,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-opportunist-1382518/episodes/charlie-javice-the-startup-swindler/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-opportunist-1382518/charlie-javice-the-startup-swindler.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}