Adults in the Room: Blame the Messenger
3/10/202636 min
The school district sends an investigator to Garfield to look into the allegations against Tom Hudson. Isolde and Ella feel like the entire school blames them for Hudson's suspension and the new inquiry into his behavior with students. The investigator questions Isolde and fellow reporter Rosie Bancroft again and again as the Post 84 community closes ranks and refuses to talk.
Months go by as Isolde and Ella anxiously wait for the results of the investigation. As their lives at school become darker and tension-filled, they wonder: Did they do the right thing, or blow up a respected t...
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Speaker 2· Soundbite0:18
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Isolde Raftery· Host0:41
Focus from KUOW in Seattle. This episode includes descriptions of abuse and discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK, T-A-L-K, to 741-741. Please take care while listening. In the 22 years I've been a journalist, my thing has been investigation, with a focus on a particular beat. I call it the Bureau of Men Behaving Badly.