Chameleon Recommends: We Came to the Forest

Chameleon

audiochuck | Campside Media

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.6 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

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? To connect with the team and learn more about what Campside is working on join the community at Campsidemedia.com/join From Wondery, Campside Media and Tenderfoot TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Camelian listeners, my name's Matt Cher, and I'm one of the co-founders at Campside Media,
0:04.8	which created Chameleon with Sony Entertainment. I'm here to tell you about a new show that I think
0:09.4	you might like. The show is called We Came to the Forest, and it was produced by Campside Media,
0:16.3	Wondery, and Tenderfoot TV. It peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding a deadly confrontation that shook a community
0:24.4	to its core.
0:25.9	As we dig deeper, we uncover a web of conflicting testimonies and missing evidence.
0:32.0	From the idealistic dreams of young environmentalists to the complex motivations of local
0:37.4	officials, this story will
0:39.2	challenge your understanding of justice, activism, and the lengths people will go to protect
0:45.4	what they believe in. What actually happened in the forest? I'm about to play you a clip from
0:51.5	We Came to the Forest. Follow We Came to the Forest on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:59.2	Binge all episodes if we came to the forest ad free on Wondery Plus.
1:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
1:15.6	Camp site. on Apple Podcasts. On a chilly. Campsite Media.
1:21.6	On a chilly evening in January, an activist named Vienna forest goes on a date with her partner in Atlanta.
1:25.6	It's been a long, rough month for Vienna,
1:29.5	the longest in some ways she can remember,
1:32.1	and she spent much of it lying low,
1:34.5	crashing on the floor at a friend's house.
1:37.4	Her partner, who goes by Tortugita,
1:39.7	that's little turtle in Spanish,
1:41.4	has decided that it's time for her to get out of the house.
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