Focus: Adults in the Room

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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...

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  1. 1

    Adults in the Room: Bad Apples

    Adults in the Room: Bad Apples examines why Seattle Public Schools continued protecting teachers after allegations and records of misconduct involving Garfield High School.

    Apr 7, 2026·38m·2 clips
  2. 2

    Adults in the Room: The Boy in the Photograph

    Isolde Raftery identifies Jason Fox as the former Garfield student connected to a 1994 naked photograph involving science teacher Tom Hudson.

    Mar 31, 2026·30m·2 clips
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    Adults in the Room: The Bet

    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.

    Mar 24, 2026·32m·2 clips
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    Adults in the Room: Jonathan

    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.

    Mar 17, 2026·40m·2 clips
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    Adults in the Room: Blame the Messenger

    Isolde Raftery revisits her senior year at Garfield High School, when she and Ella Houshagen reported allegations that teacher Tom Hudson had abused students.

    Mar 10, 2026·36m·2 clips
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    Adults in the Room: The Price of Belief

    Mar 3, 2026·41m
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    Adults in the Room: Mounting Danger

    Feb 24, 2026·33m
  8. 8

    Coming Soon: Adults in the Room (Trailer)

    Feb 3, 2026·3m
  9. 9

    Presenting: The Fifth Branch

    Sep 27, 2024·37m
  10. 10

    Presenting: Hush

    Sep 24, 2024·43m
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    Presenting: Hush

    This episode introduces a new podcast about Jesse Johnson, who spent 17 years on death row in Oregon while maintaining his innocence.

    Sep 24, 2024·43m
  12. 12

    Presenting: The Fifth Branch

    Aug 27, 2024·37m
  13. 13

    Lost Patients Live: First-Person Stories from Seattle's Mental Health Crisis

    Jun 26, 2024·55m
  14. 14

    Lost Patients Live: First-Person Stories from Seattle's Mental Health Crisis

    Jun 26, 2024·55m
  15. 15

    Disease Without Knowledge

    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.

    Apr 23, 2024·50m
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    Lost Patients: Disease Without Knowledge

    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.

    Apr 23, 2024·50m
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    Coming up on Lost Patients

    Apr 16, 2024·3m
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    Coming up on Lost Patients

    Apr 16, 2024·3m
  19. 19

    Lost Patients: The Way Out

    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.

    Apr 9, 2024·53m
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    The Way Out

    This episode introduces a new investigative series about a legendary teacher at Garfield High School accused of sexually abusing students.

    Apr 9, 2024·53m
  21. 21

    Lost Patients: Opening

    Apr 2, 2024·46m
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    Opening

    Apr 2, 2024·46m
  23. 23

    Lost Patients: Nostalgia

    Mar 26, 2024·48m
  24. 24

    Nostalgia

    Mar 26, 2024·48m
  25. 25

    Against Their Will

    Mar 19, 2024·42m
  26. 26

    Lost Patients: Against Their Will

    Mar 19, 2024·42m
  27. 27

    Churn

    Mar 12, 2024·47m
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    Lost Patients: Churn

    Mar 12, 2024·47m