Joshua McNichols
Reporter
About
Joshua has been the "growing pains" reporter since 2015, documenting the region's growth and change. Joshua “took the long way” to radio, working in architecture firms for over a decade before pursuing his passion for public radio in 2007. By "long way," he means he's also been a writer, bicycle courier, commercial fisherman, bed-and-breakfast cook, carpenter, landscaper and stained glass salesman. He’s detailed animal enclosures to prevent jaguars from escaping the Miami Zoo. Once, while managing a construction site in Athens, Greece, he was given a noogie by an Albanian civil war refugee in his employ. “You do not tell those guys how to place stucco,” he said. All of which has no doubt made him the story-teller he is today.
Podcasts
Stories
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I delivered packages for Amazon. Here's what I learned
The last mile of delivery is the hardest. And for the biggest internet retailer in the U.S., sometimes FedEx, UPS and the USPS aren't enough. That's why Amazon created an army of gig workers paid demand-based wages to deliver packages using their own personal vehicles.
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We wanted fast delivery. Amazon delivered. What’s next?
Where is our addiction to Amazon's instant gratification taking us? If you enjoy Primed, you can support it by contributing to the station that makes it possible! Donate here: https://www.kuow.org/donate/primed?utm_source=primed&utm_medium=podcastplayer&utm_campaign=spring19drive
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Pedestrian deaths are rising, but not in Seattle
This doctor tells us why.
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Retail in the Age of Amazon (and Marie Kondo)
Are you ready for a future where you browse for knick knacks while cameras watch and analyze your every move? Well, it may already be here.
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Amazon pulls out of the Rainier Tower space, despite head tax outcome
In Seattle, this may come as a shock. Because last spring, Amazon used its lease on the Rainier Square tower as a bargaining chip in its fight against Seattle's head tax.
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Seattle’s push for more backyard cottages could get a boost from Olympia
Lawmakers in Olympia support backyard cottages for different reasons, but their goals are the same: To increase density in urban single family neighborhoods where the cost of housing continues to rise. The product of their efforts could be a statewide law that leapfrogs Seattle’s proposed new backyard cottage law, currently delayed by a legal dispute.
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Alexa, does this online retailer make me look cool?
Seattle isn’t particularly known for its fashion sense, but a breakthrough might be coming from those tech offices in South Lake Union.
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There's no escaping Amazon in your life
People might think they can wean themselves off Amazon. But they can’t, not really.
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Amazon calls it splitsville with New York
Amazon broke up with New York City on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe, New York broke up with them. Either way, Amazon is not moving in and New York is moving on.
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Could grocery delivery drones be in our future?
The online grocery business is a real tough nut to crack.