Focus: Adults in the Room

Adults in the Room: Mounting Danger

February 24, 2026·33 min·4-min readnarrativedocumentary
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This episode of Adults in the Room introduces a decades-long reckoning with power, truth, and memory at Seattle’s Garfield High School, centered on biology teacher Tom Hudson. What begins as a heroic mountain rescue story unravels into a complex investigation of institutional trust, adu

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Isolde RafteryElla HushagenTom HudsonNick GigerJohn BancroftOcean MasonRosie Bancroft

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KUOW

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Criminal JusticeInequalityInvestigative JournalismLocal NewsLong Form JournalismMental HealthRacial Justice

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