The host of 'Adults in the Room' on the impact of the series and what comes next
KUOW journalist Isolde Raftery has taken us back in time, to Seattle’s Garfield High School 26 years ago.
In her podcast, "Adults in the Room", she tells listeners about a rumor about a teacher named Tom Hudson. The rumor was that Hudson was sexually abusing a student.
Mr. Hudson was a popular teacher at Garfield. He taught biology and led a student outdoors program. At the time, Isolde and her best friend Ella Hushagen reported the rumor of alleged abuse for the Garfield student newspaper.
And just a few months after the news broke, Mr. Hudson died by suicide.
Decades later, Isolde and Ella wanted to know what really happened. So they started to investigate.
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That investigation turned into a (so far) seven-episode podcast called "Adults in the Room."
We talked to Isolde about how the podcast is being received and what comes next for "Adults in the Room."
Guest:
- Isolde Raftery, a managing editor at KUOW and the host of "Adults in the Room."
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Maleeha Syed
Producer, Soundside
Maleeha is a producer on Soundside, a show that helps listeners get to know the PNW and each other. Before KUOW, she worked at Cascade PBS, first as a communities reporter and then as a podcast producer on shows like Northwest Reports and Your Last Meal. Before moving to Seattle, she worked as a reporter at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont, but is originally from San Antonio.
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