Welcome to “The Stakes.” We’ve got a protest-filled show for you today, plus some voices you haven’t heard on our li’l podcast before. Coming up:- SlutTalk founder Alicia Swiz sits down with producer James T. Green to discuss the feminist protests outside Chicago’s Trump Tower.- Our editorial director of music, Jessica Hopper, speaks to writer Sasha Geffen about how a rape allegation against Swans frontman Michael Gira has reverberated within the close confines of the underground music community.- The Blow’s Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne tell writer Hazel Cills about their Womanproducer project, and the power of women in music and the arts.- Producer Mukta Mohan joins protestors in Las Vegas who built a wall of their own in front of a Trump hotel — a wall of taco trucks.

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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.