Hey y'all, it's Sean, the host of Noble. I don't do this very often, but I want to tell you about a new podcast series. It's made by some really talented journalists who I happen to know and deeply respect. And it also takes place in the city where I live, Atlanta, and just a mile from my house. The podcast is called We Came to the Forest, and it's from Wondery, Campside Media, and Tenderfoot TV.

It's about a now infamous project in Atlanta called Cop City.

The podcast peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding Cop City,

and a deadly confrontation that took place in the forest where it's being built.

The host, Matthew Cher, got his hands on exclusive recordings and firsthand eyewitness accounts,

and he exposes the hidden truth behind a nighttime shootout that left one young activist dead and countless lives changed forever.

He uncovers a web of conflicting testimonies, missing evidence, and allegations of a police cover-up.

We came to the forest challenges our understanding of justice, activism, and the lengths people

will go to protect what they believe in.

So what actually happened in the Forest?

I'm going to play a clip from the new series.

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

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

goes on a date with her partner in Atlanta.

It's been a long,

rough month for Vienna, the longest in some ways she can remember, and she spent much of it lying low, crashing on the floor at a friend's house. Her partner, who goes by Tortugita,

as little turtle in Spanish, has decided that it's time

for her to get out of the house. And we went to get Vietnamese and Mexican food, just got a whole buffet.

And Tortugito was, like, at their peak, they were just so happy. They quit cigarettes. They were just

really doing good. A couple hours later, Vienna and

Tort pack into a sedan, along with two other friends, and drive across town to a movie theater

called the Starlight. The Starlight's pretty famous in Atlanta. It's one of the last

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