Hello, I'm Willis Rider Arnold, a senior producer with the Atlas Obscura podcast, and for

Women's History Month we'll be releasing episodes from our archive that feature women

making history in unique ways.

The episode you'll hear today is the Forest of the Future Library, produced by Amanda

McGowan.

I love this episode about an art project that will span a century because it's an example

of history being made intentionally by women.

The story examines how women both play a role in creating history and preserving it

for future generations.

And at its heart, it's this great story of women who had a complex, creative, heady idea

and made it a very real, intangible project with a look not just to the past, but the future

as well.

Additionally, it showcases Amanda's storytelling skills, capturing wide-ranging ideas, an

emotional tape, and distilling it to a captivating narrative, all while weaving together archival

tape, interviews, and evocative sound design.

I really hope you like it.

The forest starts before the forest.

It's the walk going there.

It's magical in a way, because when you start walking, it's like all filters go away.

And then you come to this clearing.

It's a very tiny forest within the big forest.

There are tall trees all around, and there are some tall trees left, but then you have

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