Terms of Engagement Episodes

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Terms of Engagement: Should Election Officials Be Elected?

On this week’s episode of “Terms of Engagement,” Assistant Professor Joshua Ferrer joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss his research and explore whether election officials should be elected or appointed.

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Terms of Engagement: Should Election Officials Be Elected?
Headshot of Joshua Ferrer on the Terms of Engagement header. Episode 59.

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Terms of Engagement: Should Election Officials Be Elected?

On this week’s episode of “Terms of Engagement,” Assistant Professor Joshua Ferrer joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss his research and explore whether election officials should be elected or appointed.

Terms of Engagement: Should Voting Be Mandatory in the U.S.?
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Terms of Engagement: Should Voting Be Mandatory in the U.S.?

On this week’s episode of “Terms of Engagement,” Miles Rapoport, former Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center, joins cohosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss universal voting in the United States.

Is High Voter Turnout a Good Thing?
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Is High Voter Turnout a Good Thing?

High voter turnout is often celebrated as a sign of a healthy democracy, with election officials viewing strong participation as evidence of public engagement and political legitimacy. On Terms of Engagement, Professor Jason Brennan joins cohosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to examine whether higher turnout actually strengthens democracy.

Terms of Engagement: Matthew Baum on What Voters Fear, What They Don’t Know, and Where They Look
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Terms of Engagement: Matthew Baum on What Voters Fear, What They Don’t Know, and Where They Look

As the 2026 midterm elections approach, new research raises an urgent question: Are Americans operating within fundamentally different information realities? In this episode, Professor Matthew Baum examines what voters know about election rules, where they get their information, and how partisan divides shape perceptions of the voting process.

Terms of Engagement – Does American Politics Have a Nazi Problem?
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Terms of Engagement – Does American Politics Have a Nazi Problem?

For decades, racial appeals in American politics were most effective when they could be denied. Today, that carefully maintained distance between coded language and explicit hostility is rapidly eroding. In this episode, Saladin Ambar joins Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to examine what this transformation reveals about American politics and democracy.

Terms of Engagement – Is Democracy Eroding from the Top?
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Terms of Engagement – Is Democracy Eroding from the Top?

Larry Bartels, the Vanderbilt political scientist who wrote “Democracy for Realists” and “Democracy Erodes from the Top,” joins Terms of Engagement to explore the question, is Democracy eroding from the top?

Terms of Engagement – The Fight for the Student Vote: Campus Democracy Under Pressure

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Terms of Engagement – The Fight for the Student Vote: Campus Democracy Under Pressure

Jen Domagal-Goldman, the executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, and Yael Bromberg, a constitutional rights attorney and leading scholar on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, join Terms of Engagement to explore what’s at stake in the ongoing partisan battle over student voting rights and civic participation.

Terms of Engagement – Men Without Work: Is a Hidden Trend Fueling American Populism?

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Terms of Engagement – Men Without Work: Is a Hidden Trend Fueling American Populism?

American Enterprise Institute political economist Nicholas Eberstadt joints Terms of Engagement hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to discuss falling male labor force participation and what he says are its effects on politics and society.