Burns was big in Boston with the other (smarter) on-air libertarian David Brudnoy. I remember a caller once arguing with Burns for half an hour that he knew Burns was having gay sex, Burns went nuts on-air. They fought & fought. At the time I thought the caller was full of it, but as the call went on I started to suspect the caller just might know something.
The sodomy wouldn’t surprise me with Gene, as it really didn’t surprise me with Brudnoy, although I think Brudnoy was more intellectually honest. I think the brightest of the crew is (and remains) Avi Nelson. It’s a pleasure to occasionally hear him on air.