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Gaining Ground: The New Georgia

Introducing “We Came to the Forest"

Gaining Ground: The New Georgia

Tenderfoot TV & Crooked Media

Government, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4901 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We Came to the Forest, a new investigative podcast from Wondery, Campside Media, and TenderfootTV, peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding a deadly confrontation that shook a community to its core.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In the depths of an Atlanta forest, a clash between activists and authorities ends in tragedy.

0:06.9

But the official narrative doesn't add up.

0:09.5

I'm Matthew Scher, and on my new podcast, we came to the forest.

0:13.9

From Wondery, Campside Media, and Tenderfoot TV, we peel back the layers of secrecy surrounding a deadly confrontation that shook a community

0:23.6

to its core. Through exclusive recordings and never before released eyewitness accounts,

0:29.2

we expose the hidden truths behind a shootout that left one activist dead and countless lives

0:35.6

forever changed. As we dig deeper, we uncover a web of conflicting testimonies and missing evidence.

0:43.5

From the idealistic dreams of young environmentalists to the complex motivations of local

0:49.1

officials, this story challenges our understanding of justice, activism, and the lengths people will go to protect what they believe in.

0:58.4

What actually happened in the forest?

1:01.6

I'm about to play a clip from We Came to the Forest.

1:04.8

Follow We Came to the Forest on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:22.2

Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. On a chilly evening in January, an activist named Vienna

1:25.5

goes on a date with her partner in Atlanta.

1:29.7

It's been a long, rough month for Vienna, the longest in some ways she can remember,

1:35.9

and she spent much of it lying low, crashing on the floor at a friend's house.

1:41.1

Her partner, who goes by Tortugita, that's little turtle in Spanish, has decided that it's time for her to get out of the house.

1:48.4

And we went to get Vietnamese and Mexican food, just got a whole buffet.

1:55.1

And Tortugito is like at their peak. They were just so happy.

1:58.6

They quit cigarettes.

2:00.2

They were just really doing good.

2:02.6

A couple hours later,

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