Baseball has been having a rough go as they began their 60 game season amid the pandemic. MLB has paused the 2020 season for the Miami Marlins after an outbreak of COVID-19 among players and staff. One big issue for them is the misalignment between the playing schedule, testing schedule, and protocols for what happens in between. Louise Radnofsky, sports reporter at the WSJ, joins us for more.

Next, the workplace of the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” is under investigation by WarnerMedia after some reports of a toxic work culture and crew furious over poor communication during the coronavirus shutdown. There have not been any direct allegations made about Ellen herself. Matt Donnelly, senior film writer at Variety, joins us for bad news at the Ellen show.

Finally, one of the main symptoms for many that get COVID-19 is losing their sense of smell. Scientists now know why that happens and the good news is, it’s only temporary. SARS-CoV-2 attacks the cells that support smell-detecting neurons, and because they don’t actually attack the neurons themselves, people usually recover after a few weeks. Elizabeth Weise, national correspondent at USA Today, joins us for why the coronavirus attacks your sense of smell.

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