Impeachment, Chernobyl Wildlife, Boston Uncornered

No Political Bias, But Mistakes Were Made, in FBI’s Initiation of Russia Probe (0:33) Guest: Ryan Vogel, JD, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, Utah Valley University The Trump Administration has maintained for some time that all of the investigations into the President and his campaign have been politically motivated –starting with the FBI investigation into possible collusion with Russia, which morphed into the Mueller Investigation. So, the Department of Justice had its independent inspector general look into how that all went down and whether it was driven by anti-Trump bias within the bureau. Today, that report is out, and it finds that no, the FBI’s investigation was not driven by some deep state conspiracy against President Trump. But the inspector general’s report also criticizes the FBI of omissions, inaccuracies and sloppiness in the way it gathered information and obtained a warrant to monitor a former Trump campaign adviser. An Unlikely Wildlife Sanctuary in Chernobyl (18:21) Guest: James Beasley, PhD, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Georgia The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant meltdown in 1986 is the worst nuclear disaster in history. Everyone within a 19-mile radius of the plant was evacuated and today that area remains off-limits to human inhabitants. But non-human inhabitants are welcome. And in fact, they seem to be thriving. University of Georgia wildlife ecologist James Beasley tracks animal populations inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and has found even a few endangered species are doing well there. Paying Gang Members in Boston to Stay in School (36:49) Guest: Mark Culliton, Founder and CEO of College Bound Dorchester In Boston, a small group of youth –less than one percent of the total population –is responsible for the majority of shootings –more than 75 percent. So a nonprofit program called Boston Uncornered is taking a laser-like approach to getting those young people off street corners and into school. Most are gang members. Bos