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The production team behind the Peabody-nominated "Lost Patients" returns with a new investigative series: "Adults in the Room." Episodes will come out Tuesdays at midnight Pacific Time. Seattle, 1999. At Garfield High School, Mr. Hudson is a legend. With a thundering voice and imposing stature, Mr. Hudson — or “Tom” as select students call him — teaches biology and leads an elite outdoors program. But when teen reporters at the school paper start exploring a rumor that he sexually abused students, all hell breaks loose. Adults close ranks, and schoolmates turn on the young journalists. And then one day, a voice on the school i...
A school paper questions a beloved teacher; you'll want to know why the student reporters became the problem.
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A district paper trail shows how misconduct could survive official scrutiny.
A Seattle district's handling of accused teachers comes into focus through Garfield High memories, where rumors about science teacher Tom Hudson and complaints about English teacher Dave Erick led to investigations without resolving what the system had allowed.
A high-school crush opens into a careful account of grooming, humiliation, and the things Jason once explained away.
A high-school crush leads into a troubling story about how a science teacher, Mr. Hudson, turned mentorship into access. Jason recalls dinners at his teacher's house, overnight stays before biking to school, sexual conversations that kept escalating, and a Playboy subscription…
A restrained investigation into allegations surrounding a Garfield High School teacher's death, with the uncertainty left in place.
The episode tracks a teenage inquiry into the death of Garfield High School science teacher Tom Hudson, beginning with Ella Hushagen telling the narrator a rumor that Hudson had abused a boy from post-84.
A school investigation leads Jonathan to a marina conversation about a life nearly ending.
Jonathan's meeting with Tom Hudson begins with a school district investigation and leads to the Ballard marina, where Hudson kept his boat. Jonathan expects to talk through the investigation, but the conversation shifts when Hudson describes a plan involving the boat, alcohol,…
A school phone, a district inquiry, and Eddie Hill Sr.'s questions trace the early shape of a reporter's instincts.
The episode turns a school district inquiry into a close account of how allegations against Mr. Hudson moved through a school. Isolde Raftery remembers being pulled from first-period physics after the classroom phone rang, then meeting district investigator Eddie Hill Sr.
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Adults in the Room: Bad Apples examines why Seattle Public Schools continued protecting teachers after allegations and records of misconduct involving Garfield High School.
Isolde Raftery identifies Jason Fox as the former Garfield student connected to a 1994 naked photograph involving science teacher Tom Hudson.
Isolde Raftery and Ella Hushagen reopen the 1999 Garfield High School investigation into science teacher Tom Hudson, whose alleged conduct toward Post-84 students was never proven.
Adults in the Room: Jonathan follows Jonathan Hill’s account of Garfield High School teacher Tom Hudson, from mentorship in Post 84 to sexual boundary violations and suicide crises.
Isolde Raftery revisits her senior year at Garfield High School, when she and Ella Houshagen reported allegations that teacher Tom Hudson had abused students.
This episode introduces a new podcast about Jesse Johnson, who spent 17 years on death row in Oregon while maintaining his innocence.
This episode explores the story of Edward Moore, Seattle's first recorded homeless person, and the community's response to his mental illness in 1854.
This episode explores the story of Edward Moore, Seattle's first recorded homeless person, and the historical context of homelessness and mental illness in the Pacific Northwest.
A preview of the investigative series 'Adults in the Room' about a legendary teacher accused of sexual abuse, followed by a segment from 'Lost Patients' about a mother's hope after her son with schizophrenia is admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
This episode introduces a new investigative series about a legendary teacher at Garfield High School accused of sexually abusing students.