Craig Eidsmoe · p2

Release: 12.04.25

Craig Eidsmoe has been circling Pike Place Market since the late ’70s with an insight fashioned by time and curiosity. During this interview, he calls out the Market’s layered identity: part tourist trap, part underground network of buskers, vendors, and locals who know where the real action is.

The retired social worker breaks down the brewing car congestion battle, the myth of the “visitor experience,” and why a list of the best coffee spots might say more about Pike Place than any tour ever could. Eidsmoe names names; musicians who bleed for their sets, and artists who only display their work when the crowd thins. For him, the Market isn’t a postcard, it’s a community with grit, soul, and history beneath every brick.

Madinah In The Market originally aired as a radio-first editorial series, produced as recorded field pieces inside Pike Place Market. These archived episodes reflect the program’s foundational approach, created before its transition to a multi-platform show.

Originally broadcast on KBCS. Distributed by Madinah Slaise Media.

· Madinah In The Market | S2, E24