Joshua McNichols
Joshua “took the long way” to radio, working in architecture firms for over a decade before pursuing his passion for public radio and writing 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.
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There's an 85% chance that a damaging earthquake could hit Seattle in the next 50 years. Old brick buildings are most at risk, but retrofitting them could mean a loss of affordable housing.
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Washington's ferry system is the biggest in the U.S., but after decades of chronic underfunding, it's breaking down and short-staffed: a serious problem for the people who depend on it.
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Smart homes let homeowners turn on lights and unlock doors from a mobile phone. But the technology also sends incredible amounts of data to big tech companies. -
Seattle's famous "gum wall" is in an alley outside of a theater at Pike Place Market. Officials say the astounding accumulation of gum is damaging the wall beneath, so it's getting a deep cleaning.
