Rick "White Boy" Wershe: CHILD turned INFORMANT

What do cocaine, Beverly Hills Cop, Tim the Tool Man Taylor, and the FBI have in common?

It was the early '80's, and the war on drugs was in full swing. Nancy Reagan toured schools throughout the US to remind children to "JUST SAY NO." The push to get drugs off the streets superseded almost all else. In fact, to be on the hook for a drug charge was to be punished more severely than with violent crime. Enter....the FBI.

In Detroit, Michigan, in 1984, Robert Wershe Jr was passing his time with the wrong crowd. He learned that selling drugs provided fast cash. He came from a broken home and was missing his mother terribly. But the FBI saw something different. They saw a way to get all the intel they wanted, be it at the hands, and potentially LIFE, of a child.

Tune in as she talks to this week's cohost, @bcsanders, and learn what turned Richard Wershe Jr, into WHITE BOY RICK.