Apr 29, 2020

This crisis will get worse before it gets better

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Plus: Why businesses don't see the point in applying for emergency loans, the power and limitations of OSHA, and Michael Schur on bringing back "Parks and Recreation."

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COVID-19

GDP falls 4.8% — and it's only the beginning

by Mitchell Hartman

Apr 29, 2020

The economy was humming in January and February. That changed drastically in mid-March as the pandemic took hold.

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OSHA takes a limited role protecting workers in pandemic

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Apr 29, 2020

The agency hasn't set specific safety standards to hold employers to.

President Donald Trump has declared that meat processing businesses are "critical infrastructure."

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COVID-19

For some small businesses, paycheck protection loans aren't the answer

by Justin Ho

Apr 29, 2020

The loans, designed to help businesses hurt by COVID-19, come with requirements that some don't want to take on.

Some eateries decided they couldn't hire back all of their employees.

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Fed says not to worry about debt right now. But we have to, eventually.

by Andy Uhler

Apr 29, 2020

Politicians never want to tell voters about the need to balance the budget through tax hikes or spending cuts.

"This is not the time" to worry about debt, Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

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"Parks and Rec" co-creator Michael Schur on recreating Pawnee from home

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal

Apr 29, 2020

While much of television production has been postponed, showrunner Mike Schur got the original cast of Parks and Recreation together for a remote episode.

Michael Schur with Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones and the rest of the "Parks and Recreation" cast in 2019.

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In London's lockdown, a small honey retailer navigates online sales

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser

Apr 29, 2020

Specialty honey isn't high on everyone's essential shopping list, but the "bit of money" coming in is helping.

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Music from the episode

Becoming a Tree Richard Houghten

You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse

Ginger on the Wind Monster Rally

Diving Woman Japanese Breakfast

Vide Noir Lord Huron

Feel Good Maribou State, Khruangbin

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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