Podcast

Jun 18, 2019

First in Future: Head of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at NC State Audrey Jaeger

Summary: One of the most exciting public policy projects going on in North Carolina is the report of the My Future NC Commission. It is a report setting an “attainment…

Jun 11, 2019

First in Future: Co-Founder of District C Dan Gonzalez

Summary: In 2016, the Institute for Emerging Issues looked at the future economy and tried to figure out the kinds and numbers of jobs that were likely to go away…

Jun 4, 2019

First in Future: President of the NC Community College System Peter Hans

Summary: State of NC community college presidents met recently to work through some of the details of what community colleges could do to help address a huge challenge of meeting…

May 28, 2019

First in Future: NC State Senator Jay Chaudhuri and Senator Danny Earl Britt

Summary: Research shows that more than half of us don’t seek out people whose views are different from ours and we are nearly four times as likely to ignore information…

May 21, 2019

First in Future: Founder & CEO of Listen First Project Pearce Godwin

Summary: Last year we talked with Pearce Godwin, a North Carolina native who had an experience on a bus ride in Uganda that changed his life forever. He started a…

May 14, 2019

First in Future: President of the Statesville Chamber of Commerce Shannon Viera

Summary: The growing economy is causing business challenges across the state as communities scramble to attract talented people from other places to work there, and to make sure the people…

May 7, 2019

First in Future: Rural Faith Communities Program Manager at IEI Kylie Foley

Summary: The years since 2000 have been particularly challenging for Christian churches in the US, the Presbyterian church has lost more than 1 million members, the Episcopal Church is down…

Apr 30, 2019

First in Future: Senior Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at NCSU Greg Raschke

Summary: There was a recent description of a modern librarian as “equal parts caregiver, local hero and geek squad member.” So the way we learn and access information is changing…

Apr 23, 2019

First in Future: Vice President for Resource Development and Partnerships at DHIC Yvette Holmes: Podcast 2 of 2

Summary: Last week we heard from Yvette Holmes, the Vice President for Resource Development and Partnerships at DHIC, which has built about 2,300 affordable housing units in the Triangle region…

Apr 16, 2019

First in Future: Vice President for Resource Development and Partnerships at DHIC Yvette Holmes: Podcast 1 of 2

Summary: Rural areas can not get enough quality housing built. Urban areas have trouble finding land affordable enough in neighborhoods safe enough. An easy solution from a price point is…