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15 episodes·weekly·Documentary, Culture, Society & Culture

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Tom Hudson(6)Isolde Raftery(6)Cheryl Chow(4)Rosie Bancroft(3)Jonathan Hill(3)Ocean Mason(2)Dave Erick(2)Eddie Hill Sr.(2)Ella HussagginJason FoxMaria Coriel MartinMary RafterySarah Morningstar

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Seattle Public Schools(3)KUOW Public Radio(3)

About Focus: Adults in the Room

The production team behind the Peabody-nominated "Lost Patients" returns with a new investigative series: "Adults in the Room" begins on February 24, 2026.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 intercom announces that Mr. Hudson is dead. Isolde Raftery is one of the students who first hears about and reports allegations against Mr. Hudson. Three decades later, she is an investigative journalist in Seattle. In "Adults in the Room," Raftery re-reports the story to understand what really happened in 1999. Was a whole school community groomed by a charismatic predator? Or was she part of

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