Terms of Engagement Episodes

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Terms of Engagement – The Battle for the Democratic Party

What does the rise of Democratic Socialists and other progessives mean for the future of American politics? Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a conservative commentator, joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss.

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Terms of Engagement – The Battle for the Democratic Party

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Terms of Engagement – The Battle for the Democratic Party

What does the rise of Democratic Socialists and other progessives mean for the future of American politics? Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a conservative commentator, joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss.

Terms of Engagement – An Optimistic Take on AI and Democracy

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Terms of Engagement – An Optimistic Take on AI and Democracy

Public interest technologist Bruce Schneier joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss circumstances under which AI systems could defy doom-and-gloom scenarios and actually enhance democracy and civic engagement.

Terms of Engagement – America at 250: Rethinking U.S. Democracy at a Historic Inflection Point

Terms of Engagement – America at 250: Rethinking U.S. Democracy at a Historic Inflection Point

Democracy historian and theorist Danielle Allen joins Archon Fung and Stephen Richer for a special America 250 episode of Terms of Engagement to discuss what the Declaration of Independence says about freedom and equality and her recent scholarship on the surprising origins of the American Revolution.

Terms of Engagement – The 2026 Midterms: Trust, Turnout, and a Shifting Electoral Landscape

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Terms of Engagement – The 2026 Midterms: Trust, Turnout, and a Shifting Electoral Landscape

Andrea Hailey, who leads Vote.org, one of the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter engagement platforms, joins hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer on Terms of Engagement to discuss trends, turnout, and trepidation as we head into the pivotal 2026 midterm elections.

Terms of Engagement – Sinking Yachts: Can a Billionaire Backlash Save Democracy?

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Terms of Engagement – Sinking Yachts: Can a Billionaire Backlash Save Democracy?

Oxford University Professor Pepper Culpepper joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Steven Richer to discuss corporate excess, bipartisan popular anger, and his new book “Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy.”

Terms of Engagement – The End of the Voting Rights Act—and the Beginning of What?

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Terms of Engagement – The End of the Voting Rights Act—and the Beginning of What?

Harvard Law School Professor Guy-Uriel Charles joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss the US Supreme Court’s decision to effectively dismantle the Voting Rights Act, its political aftermath, and what voting rights advocates can do to achieving electoral fairness in its wake.

Terms of Engagement – Orbán’s Ouster: Impacts on Budapest, Brussels, MAGA, and Beyond
Terms of Engagement—Episode 39

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Terms of Engagement – Orbán’s Ouster: Impacts on Budapest, Brussels, MAGA, and Beyond

Princeton University Professor Kim Lane Scheppele, who studies the nexus of autocracy and constitutional democracy, joins Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss the recent resounding electoral defeat of Hungary’s longtime authoritarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and its potential ripple effects.

Terms of Engagement – How did the Democrats Lose Silicon Valley? Should They Try to Get it Back?
Terms of Engagement—Episode 39

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Terms of Engagement – How did the Democrats Lose Silicon Valley? Should They Try to Get it Back?

The relationship between Silicon Valley and the Democratic Party has undergone a dramatic shift over the past decade, with many tech leaders moving away from their once-strong political alignment. This special episode of Terms of Engagement explores what drove that change and what it means for the future of democracy, political power, and the influence of technology elites.

Terms of Engagement – Sedition, Partisanship, and the Future of American Justice

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Terms of Engagement – Sedition, Partisanship, and the Future of American Justice

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Edwards, who was a leading prosecutor in the case of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, joins Terms of Engagement to discuss the Trump Administration’s move to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and what it means for the future of the Department of Justice and the rule of law.