Podcast

Sep 10, 2019

First in Future: Mayor of Charlotte Vi Lyles

Summary: A 2015 report on economic mobility in the U.S. caught Charlotte’s attention. The report looked at the likelihood that someone whose parents’ income ranked in the bottom 20% would… 

Sep 9, 2019

First in Future: Director of UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Jeff Michael

Summary: Charlotte is a bigger city than Atlanta or Raleigh. It’s the 16th largest metro area in the country. It is the fastest growing city in the country for millennials… 

Sep 3, 2019

First in Future: Dean of Metropolitan College at Johnson C. Smith University Laura Colson McLean

Summary: The best estimate of the My Future NC Commission for the number of people in North Carolina who started college but then dropped out is 905,000. In many ways,… 

Aug 20, 2019

First in Future: Director of the Mountain Area Workforce Board Nathan Ramsey

Summary: We are living in strange economic times. Right now we have a greater number of jobs in the US – 7 million – than we have people officially looking… 

Aug 6, 2019

First in Future: Assistant Dean for Professional Development at NC State Laura Demarse

Summary: In the old days, getting a master’s degree or a PhD meant you’d likely go into academia. The focus was to get students ready for research and teaching higher… 

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…