Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Federal PPP loan recipients include Yeezy, Jelly Belly, and other businesses
Many small businesses have sought loans from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). More than $500 billion in loans have been granted to qualifying businesses.
By Madeleine Brand • • 9m ListenMany small businesses have sought loans from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). More than $500 billion in loans have been granted to qualifying businesses.
Those include:
- Yeezy, Kanye West’s fashion brand
In full disclosure, KCRW also received a PPP loan.
Who else received the loans, and what does it all say about how the program is working?
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1 of 5US government pours $10 billion into vaccine project- 0:00Federal PPP loan recipients include Yeezy, Jelly Belly, and other businessesYou’re reading this
- 9:44‘Operation Warp Speed’: US government’s $10 billion COVID vaccine project
- 18:16How Biden and Trump campaigns are approaching COVID-19
- 26:34International students must leave US if they can’t take in-person classes this fall
- 35:06‘I’ll Be Gone In The Dark’ chronicles Michelle McNamara’s obsession with finding the Golden State Killer