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The Stakes is your look at the week’s news, without the filler of talking heads and clickbait. Every week, MTV’s Holly Anderson and her team of writers — including Ana Marie Cox and Jamil Smith — guide you through the week’s news, social justice issues, and culture stories through a mix interviews, essays, special reporting, and poetry. The Stakes is investigative, thoughtful, and BS-free.

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The Stakes After Dark (SAD!): Choose The Form Of The Destructor Jul 21, 2016

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Welcome back to "The Stakes: After Dark" (SAD!) for our third consecutive night of Republican National Convention coverage. The road is long and straight and barrels towards a darkening horizon. It’s pretty swell. The theme of tonight’s RNC sessions was "Make America First Again," and together in our New York studio to stare down that looming specter are Holly Anderson and Jane Coaston.

The Stakes After Dark (SAD!): It's Only Tuesday Jul 20, 2016

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Welcome back to "The Stakes After Dark" (SAD!), our nightly look at the genetically modified garden of earthly delights that is the Republican National Convention in scenic Cleveland, Ohio. Tonight Ana Marie Cox is on the ground in Ohio, while Holly Anderson, Jane Coaston, Jaime Fuller, and Julianne Ross are back in our New York City studio, sifting through the detritus of day two.

The Stakes After Dark (SAD!) Jul 19, 2016

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Welcome to "The Stakes After Dark." For the next four nights, we're going to be taking a look at the organizational clusterfuckery mixed with soul-crushing boredom mixed with rhetorical grave-robbing that is the Republican National Convention in scenic Cleveland, Ohio. Tonight, we'll hear from Ana Marie Cox in the field, plus Holly Anderson, Jane Coaston, Jaime Fuller, and Julianne Ross in our New York City studio. Let's get into it.

Will This Get Me Arrested? Jul 15, 2016

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This week on the stakes: • MTV Political writer Jane Coaston delivers an important and terribly timely lesson on the history of gun control and its connection to race in America. • Meredith Graves and Jamil Smith discuss what white people and non-black people of color can do to be allies without being obnoxious. • Ana Marie Cox and Marcus Ellsworth discuss their experiences on the ground at last week’s police brutality protests. • Julianne Ross finds out what it takes to get arrested for a Facebook status. • Marcus Ellsworth makes a poetic attempt to find happiness in spite of everything.

Agitated Molecules Jul 11, 2016

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On this episode of The Stakes we bring you the show we wanted to bring you last week but didn't: - Ana Marie Cox interviews Army Drill Sergeant Kennedy Ochoa about being one of the first publically trans men to serve in the US Military. - Meredith Graves oped on the importance of watching the new season of Mr. Robot - Jamil Smith interviews Ryan Lenz about the recent confrontation between White nationalists and anti-fascist counter-protestors in Sacramento, California - Marcus Ellsworth brings us "Raise A Glass" – a poetic reflection on water rights

Snowball In Summer Jul 09, 2016

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This week on The Stakes we go to Louisiana and Minnesota. Jane Coaston speaks to Denise Marcelle, Democratic Representative for Louisiana’s 61st District. Marcus Ellsworth learns about efforts to organize around Alton Sterling's death from LSU student Terrie Smith. Ana Marie Cox speaks to Chanda Smith Baker of Pillsbury United Communities about racial tensions in Falcon Heights, MN. Michael Catano talks to Charlene Carruthers, National Director of the Black Youth 100 Project, about how so-called "Blue Lives Matter" bills adversely effect black communities. Marcus Ellsworth interviews LaKeitha Poole Assistant Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs at LSU, on the ground level effects she's this past week in Baton Rouge, LA.

Action Items Jul 01, 2016

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This week on The Stakes: - Darcie Wilder talks to Amy Rose Spiegel, author of the book Action - Meredith Graves runs down the week in Clarence Thomas - Julie Ziegler brings us an update on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt - Jane Coaston talks to The Washington Post's Robert Barnes about former Governor Bob McDonnell - Marcus Ellsworth's spoken word piece, "Hollow Point"

Brexit Through The Grift Shop! Jun 30, 2016

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On this special bonus episode of The Stakes, Senior Political Correspondant Ana Marie Cox talks to Felix Salmon, Senior Editor at Fusion, to sort through the fallout from last week’s shattering UK referendum.

Orlando Jun 17, 2016

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Welcome to The Stakes. What you'll hear in this episode is what we think we do best: Letting people tell their stories. Coming up: • Julie Zeilinger interviews Alex Sierra, a member of Orlando's LGTBQ community, about the importance of Pulse and spaces like it. • Marcus Ellsworth speaks on the importance of recognizing victims as not just queer, but as Latinx as well. • Doreen St. Félix interviews DJ Oscar Nñ of Papi Juice about the role of intentional, queer, and POC spaces in building community and solidarity. • Mukta Mohan speaks to Alexei Romanoff, a survivor of the Black Cat Tavern riots of 1967. • Ana Marie Cox asks Dan Savage to help us understand this act of violence in the context of the past few decades in the gay rights movement. • Jane Coaston explains what LGTBQ spaces have meant to her. You can find the entirety of our coverage of the Orlando shootings at orlando.mtv.com For information on how to help those in need, please visit helporlando.mtv.com Thanks for listening.

Everyone Poops Jun 10, 2016

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This week! On! The Stakes! - Jamil Smith and Doreen St-Felix on Muhammad Ali's legacy - Meredith Graves on Hilary Clinton's nomination - Ana Marie Cox interviews The Atlantic's David Frum - Jaime Fuller searches for Donald Trump in a bathroom tile - Marcus Ellsworth on #IAmAnImmigrant

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