Joshua McNichols
Reporter
About
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
Joshua holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington. Public Radio is his second career; architecture was his first. He is proud of the many odd jobs he's held in his life, such as salmon fisher, author, bike courier, and bed-and-breakfast cook.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Podcasts
Stories
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Invented Language Esperanto Not Quite Dead Yet
Friday, July 26, is World Esperanto Day. Today on KUOW Presents, producer Roman Mars told us about the history of the invented language Esperanto.
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Ira Glass On David Rakoff's Posthumous Novel In Rhymed Couplets
David Rakoff's new book comes out this week. It's a novel written in rhyming couplets. In the book, the main character is dying of AIDS. Rakoff wrote it
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Former High School Dropout Becomes WWU Neuroscientist In Race To Find Huntington’s Disease Cure
Sometimes, you’re just dealt a bad hand. Jeff Carroll was a high school dropout serving in the military when he learned his mother had Huntington's
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Weenie Royale: The Impact Of The Internment On Japanese Cooking In America
Many people have heard of the internment of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II. What’s less known is how the internment changed Japanese
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Revolutionary Graffiti In Egypt
In Cairo, there's a second revolution happening. A revolution in street art. The city's blank walls have given room for people to vent their frustration
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Sounds Of The Pike Place Market
Seattle's Pike Place Market is over 105 years old. And it all started with a consumer revolt over the price of onions. The market recently released plans
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Friends Of Same Sex Marriage Toast Supreme Court, Conservatives Declare Battle Not Over
You can bet the U.S. Supreme Court was toasted a number of times over the weekend by same-sex couples and their friends. Last Wednesday, the court
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A Walk Through Seattle's LGBT History
Today on KUOW Presents, we hear an episode of 99% Invisible about maps. Here's the premise: for every city, there's an infinite number of possible maps
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Pushing Same-Sex Rights From The Right: A History Of The Log Cabin Republicans
This week, we've been airing DecodeDC's excellent interview with Log Cabin Republican founder Rich Tafel. Tafel makes the case that progress on big issues
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China's One Child Policy: Couples Struggle To Find The Loopholes
In China, couples can't have more than one child. But when grandparents pressure them to have more kids, or to have a boy, sometimes enterprising couples