PitchBook news executive editor Alec Davis and senior financial journalist James Thorne join the program to discuss the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program, which is set to expire August 8. Topics include a look at how many venture capital and private equity-backed companies received loans (2:30), how some justified taking money (4:28), how affiliation rules impacted who got funds (9:10), the preferential tax treatment that PE and VC investors already enjoy (12:32) and how to treat the unreliable SBA data that some companies have already disputed (16:41). This episode is sponsored by Intralinks.