{"id":25459,"date":"2018-09-18T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?p=25459"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:29:11","slug":"iei-first-in-future-andy-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/2018\/09\/18\/iei-first-in-future-andy-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"IEI First in Future: Andy Fox, Coastal Dynamics Design Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/AndyFOXCover-01-2-300x300-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail cover of season two, episode twenty-five ANDY FOX\" class=\"wp-image-25460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/AndyFOXCover-01-2-300x300-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/AndyFOXCover-01-2-300x300-1.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First in Future: Where Emerging Ideas Take Flight<\/strong> is a weekly program from the <a href=\"https:\/\/iei.ncsu.edu\/\">Institute for Emerging Issues<\/a> (IEI) at NC State University that connects you with people thinking big thoughts about the future of North Carolina. Each week, we talk with business leaders, elected officials, researchers and people working bottom up and top down to make North Carolina great. We hope you\u2019ll use their thinking to jumpstart your thinking about our state\u2014where it is and where we might go together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This week, as the state begins a long recovery from the ravages of Hurricane Florence, we talk to Andy Fox, co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastaldynamicsdesignlab.com\/\">Coastal Dynamics Design Lab<\/a> at NC State, about how listening is critical in responding to environmental and economic issues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Watch First in Future<\/em><\/strong> <strong>each Tuesday <\/strong>on UNC-TV&#8217;s North Carolina Channel at 8:30 p.m. or listen to the podcast on iTunes or at emergingissues.org. Visit UNC-TV for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/schedule\/\">specific show air dates<\/a> and find your local TV listing here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/watch\/channels\/\">unctv.org\/watch\/channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Know a North Carolinian who\u2019d be a great guest for our podcast? We want to connect with the people you know \u2013 the forward-thinkers, the problem-solvers, the futurists, the leaders, the movers and shakers and changemakers. Scour your LinkedIn and cross-check your Rolodex; if you know someone working to make North Carolina a better place to work, live and play, we want to talk with them!<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfT1WoeOAu6na3G5YpfzoVFhHKZMvQovbJJB8TmFkzDKkRjdQ\/closedform\"> Submit your guest ideas here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This installment of First in Future is part of a special TV series produced in collaboration with UNC-TV, and is recorded in UNC-TV\u2019s Studios. Taped segments will air on the North Carolina Channel. Visit www.ncchannel.org\/schedule\/ for specific air dates.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/first-in-future-where-emerging-ideas-take-flight\/id1203179407\"><strong>Listen to the podcast<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header {\"displayCategoryID\":44,\"showAuthor\":false} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":25460,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/AndyFOXCover-01-2-300x300-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail cover of season two, episode twenty-five ANDY FOX\" class=\"wp-image-25460\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>First in Future: Where Emerging Ideas Take Flight<\/strong> is a weekly program from the <a href=\"https:\/\/iei.ncsu.edu\/\">Institute for Emerging Issues<\/a> (IEI) at NC State University that connects you with people thinking big thoughts about the future of North Carolina. Each week, we talk with business leaders, elected officials, researchers and people working bottom up and top down to make North Carolina great. We hope you\u2019ll use their thinking to jumpstart your thinking about our state\u2014where it is and where we might go together.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>This week, as the state begins a long recovery from the ravages of Hurricane Florence, we talk to Andy Fox, co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastaldynamicsdesignlab.com\/\">Coastal Dynamics Design Lab<\/a> at NC State, about how listening is critical in responding to environmental and economic issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>Watch First in Future<\/em><\/strong> <strong>each Tuesday <\/strong>on UNC-TV's North Carolina Channel at 8:30 p.m. or listen to the podcast on iTunes or at emergingissues.org. Visit UNC-TV for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/schedule\/\">specific show air dates<\/a> and find your local TV listing here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbsnc.org\/watch\/channels\/\">unctv.org\/watch\/channels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Know a North Carolinian who\u2019d be a great guest for our podcast? We want to connect with the people you know \u2013 the forward-thinkers, the problem-solvers, the futurists, the leaders, the movers and shakers and changemakers. Scour your LinkedIn and cross-check your Rolodex; if you know someone working to make North Carolina a better place to work, live and play, we want to talk with them!<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfT1WoeOAu6na3G5YpfzoVFhHKZMvQovbJJB8TmFkzDKkRjdQ\/closedform\"> Submit your guest ideas here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><em>This installment of First in Future is part of a special TV series produced in collaboration with UNC-TV, and is recorded in UNC-TV\u2019s Studios. Taped segments will air on the North Carolina Channel. 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