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—What Does January 6 Mean Five Years Later?

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Terms of Engagement—What Does January 6 Mean Five Years Later?

In the season 2 premiere of Terms of Engagement, Archon Fung and Stephen Richer revisit January 6 with journalist Mary Clare Jalonick to examine what the January 6 Capitol attack reveals about democratic trust, accountability, and political violence.

Terms of Engagement—What Does the MAGA New Right Think?
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Terms of Engagement—What Does the MAGA New Right Think?

In the season finale, author and political theorist Laura Field joins co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer to unpack the ideas and beliefs of the New Right and their impact on elections, race, and public debate.

Terms of Engagement—The Politics of the Epstein Files
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Terms of Engagement—The Politics of the Epstein Files

Co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer unpack the latest developments in the Epstein saga and explore what they reveal about shifting political alignments, growing demands for accountability, and the relationship between power and public trust.

Terms of Engagement—Wait, Wait—What Happened?
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Terms of Engagement—Wait, Wait—What Happened?

Co-hosts Archon Fung and Stephen Richer look back at the last five months of headlines as they celebrate the twentieth episode of Terms of Engagement.

Terms of Engagement—Is America Ready to Vote by Phone?
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Terms of Engagement—Is America Ready to Vote by Phone?

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by Michelle Feldman, political director at Mobile Voting, a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative working to make voting easier with expanded access to mobile voting.

Terms of Engagement—Is Fusion Voting Fair?
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Terms of Engagement—Is Fusion Voting Fair?

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer discuss whether fusion voting expands representation and strengthens smaller parties—or whether it muddies party lines and confuses voters.

Terms of Engagement—Just How Powerful Are Protests?
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Terms of Engagement—Just How Powerful Are Protests?

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by University of Pittsburgh’s Lara Putnam to discuss the recent No Kings protest movement.