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Focus: Adults in the Room

Adults in the Room: The Bet

3/24/202632 min

As adults, Isolde and Ella start re-investigating the question of Mr. Hudson’s guilt. For years, they've wondered if they spread unfounded rumors that drove Mr. Hudson to take his own life. 

Isolde digs out a brown manila envelope containing the school district's records on Mr. Hudson, which she requested shortly after college. She tracks down the original school district investigator from 1999, Eddie Hill Sr., and the widow of Garfield's interim-principal at the time, Cheryl Chow. Both reveal things Isolde never knew ... but not about the extent of Hudson's misconduct with students. 

Isolde realizes she must...

Clips

The Bet On The Boat
Doubts Turn Into Disclosure
Naming What Happened
Aftermath And Confusion
No One Should Be Alone
The Allure Of Belonging

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

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  2. Speaker 20:18

    You know, every day on Up First, NPR's Golden Globe-nominated morning news podcast, we bring you three essential stories. At the heart of each story are questions. What really happened? What really mattered? What happens next? At NPR, we stand for your right to be curious and to follow the facts. Follow Up First wherever you get your podcasts, and start your day knowing what matters and why.

  3. Isolda Raftery· Host0:41

    Focus from KUOW in Seattle. This episode includes graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. If you or someone you know needs support, text the word hope, H-O-P-E, to 64673. Please take care while listening.

  4. Ella Hushagen· Guest1:05

    I mean, this is actually very, this is frankly very teenage Ella.

  5. Isolda Raftery· Host1:11

    I know. Hanging on a bed.

  6. Ella Hushagen· Guest1:13

    Hanging on a bed.

  7. Isolda Raftery· Host1:13

    Drinking tea. A few years ago, when my best friend, Ella Hushagen, and I started investigating our teacher's death during our senior year at Garfield High School in Seattle, we had a simple goal. It was admittedly self-centered:

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