We Came to the Forest

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Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in Atlanta. She decides to join a group of activists attempting to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause –- and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. Vienna and everyone connected to the forest begin asking themselves a question: what are you willing to die for? From Wondery, Campside Media and Tenderfoot TV. You can binge all episodes of We Came to the Forest early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery+ on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.

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Introducing: We Came To The Forest

When Vienna Forest comes to the South River Forest in Atlanta to protest the building of what critics call “Cop City,” she finds a community –– and a cause. But soon, the years-long fight between forest-dwelling activists and the backers of one of the largest police training facilities in the country will take from her everything she holds dear. From Wondery, Campside and Tenderfoot TV, “We Came to the Forest” is a modern story of love, loss, and what it means to put your body on the line for a cause. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Matthew Shaer

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2.9

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230 Ratings

I'm liberal and against cop city...

2 days ago

mikewestside

...But this podcast does a weird job of presenting the facts. Leaving critical information until the last episode. Seems this could've been done better to portray the movement in a better light. A valid movement is getting lost in the sensationalism and poor reporting.
Skip this podcast!

2 days ago

Sleepy Hollow 🥱🥱🥱

I listened with the intention to understand and empathize with the protesters but they lose me. And are they fighting for exactly?!? Good reporting but storyline was disappointing.
So Biased

Feb 9

MkmHgk

If this podcast was meant to elicit sympathy for the activists, it did the opposite for me. The story was incredibly biased. Nearly all of the airtime was dedicated to the activists. They made themselves the victims. The activists had no plan to actually create change, and their actions actually caused more violence. It sounds like it was a bunch of people who needed a bandwagon to jump on, unhappy with their lives and searching for identity. My daughter was convinced she was trans for a while, and started to transition until she realized she had been influenced by what basically constitutes as a cult. Vienna’s comment “when they came in they were she/her, then they became she/them, and by the time they left they were they/them. Oops!” was nauseating. And Portland and Seattle tried to defund the police, with disastrous results that they are trying to change. I’m so over this woke nonsense.
Really?

3 days ago

JAPC

I could only listen for 10 min. This podcast illustrates the naïveté, overt cluelessness, and sheeple attitude that has created the mess our country faces. The ‘I’m so oppressed’ voice of Vienna is nails on a blackboard. A typical, spoiled rich kid who wants to rebel. But makes all of moral humanity and pay the price for her narcissistic desire for attention and misguided attempts at ‘activism’. I hope God gives you mercy when the time comes. If left to Me…I AM ashamed to say I WOULD NOT. Life’s hard. Wear a helmet. Stop playing the ‘victims’. America has HAD IT. If you do not like America returning to its Constitutional and Christian roots… PLEASE LEAVE. Go live in a Communist/Socialist country… live well and prosper. LEAVE. This America is here to stay. Our patience for this madness is exhausted.

Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility being built in Atlanta. She decides to join a group of activists attempting to stop construction. When Vienna arrives in the South River Forest, she quickly finds a community, a cause –- and a love unlike any other. But the events of one morning shatters everything. Vienna and everyone connected to the forest begin asking themselves a question: what are you willing to die for? From Wondery, Campside Media and Tenderfoot TV. You can binge all episodes of We Came to the Forest early and ad-free right now by joining Wondery+ on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.