The May 4th deadline to reopen schools in Massachusetts is looking less and less plausible as Kirk comes to grips with a quarantined life that may linger on into the fall. We open the phone lines to start the show before digging into the headlines: CNN's Chris Cuomo has emerged from his basement in a staged coronavirus recovery video, but did he even have the virus?; North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly ill, but that might be fake news; President Trump has halted all immigration in to the U.S., but is it too late?

A Boston Public Radio segment on poetry spawns a brawl between Kirk, who condemns all poetry, and Steve, who defends poetry without being able to cite any poetry he actually likes

The Massachusetts Predatory Poachers have ensnared some high profile citizens of the Commonwealth, but Blind Mike isn't sure he likes their tactics