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For the start of summer, we celebrate a new Disney+ documentary with a WAMC salute to the Beach Boys.

Special Agent Craig Tremaroli has been leading the FBI’s Albany division since November, taking over for Janeen DiGuiseppi. Tremaroli, a former police officer and detective, has worked for the FBI in Indianapolis, Kansas City and Washington, D.C. He’s spent the first six months as special agent in charge traveling the vast area covered by the Albany Field Office, which includes much of upstate New York and Vermont.

A new documentary focuses on the sprawling corruption within Venezuela’s government — and the way Nicolas Maduro has cracked down on coverage of it. “A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” is premiering on PBS’ Frontline series. It focuses on the work of reporter Roberto Deniz, who was forced to flee.

We speak with first-term Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.

We catch up with New York U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat running for another six-year term in November.

We feature a special in-depth report on allegations of sexual misconduct and lax oversight at a boarding school in Western Massachusetts.