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.
To see more of Joshua's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Podcasts
Stories
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Prime(d)
Will Amazon push out New York’s beloved bodegas? We went to Queens to find out
There are those that have been expecting big changes for a neighborhood in Queens, New York called Long Island City.
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Seattle approaches finish line on upzones in certain neighborhoods
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SoundQs
What will happen to all the debris from the viaduct?
The Viaduct is going to be replaced with a massive underground tunnel. The viaduct closes January 11th and eventually they are going to demolish the whole thing. Which leads us to the question that several of our listeners have asked.... Where will all that debris—the concrete and steel—where will it all end up?
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Why Alex Jones, right-wing conspiracy theorist, is obsessed with this Seattle school
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Nominee to run Seattle transportation helped save streetcar project in D.C.
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Prime(d)
It's a wonderful Amazon life. Right?
Two decades ago, people stood in long lines at real, physical stores in order to stock the space underneath the evergreen tree twinkling in their living room.
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They sing about life in Amazon's shadow, and New Yorkers are listening
New York City is wondering what life will be like with Amazon in its midst. So when a Seattle folk singer traveled to the city to sing about life in Amazon’s shadow, New Yorkers were ready to listen.
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Resistance may not be futile as New York politicians join effort against Amazon
Amazon announced that it would build a headquarters in Queens, but a growing group of politicians are saying no way.
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SoundQs
How to turn Amazon workers into art patrons? Technology
What advice would Seattle nonprofits give to their peers in Long Island City, Queens, where Amazon is opening another headquarters? Listener Lisa Myers Bulmash, an artist who lives north of Seattle, wanted to know.
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Amazon's NYC neighbors want to know: Will they be hired, too?
Residents of the country's biggest housing project are waiting to see if their new corporate neighbors will help or hurt them.