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An exit interview with Mr. Floatie

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Mr. Floatie and a friend. (Photo courtesy of People Opposed to Outfall Pollution)

Bill Radke talks to James Skwarok, the Victoria-based school teacher who dressed up as a giant brown poop for 13 years to protest Victoria's lack of a sewage treatment center. They talk about humor in protesting and why he's retiring the character. 

Year started with KUOW: 1985 – 1986, 1991 – 2004, 2012
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