WE CAME TO THE FOREST is a series that offers unprecedented access and never-before-heard details of the police raid at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center site (aka: ‘Cop City’), which resulted in the shooting of an environmental protester at the hands of Georgia law enforcement. What begins as a story about forest conservation evolves into a complex narrative about conviction, community, and the price of standing up for what you believe in.

On May 9, 2022 Atlanta police raided the mansion of global rap star Young Thug and charged him with running a gang police say has terrorized the city of Atlanta for more than a decade. Music journalist Christina Lee and crime and politics reporter George Chidi team up to tell the full story of the craziest trial in Atlanta and hip hop’s history in this chart-topping documentary podcast.