Ellen Weatherford is a science enthusiast, casual geek, and mom based in Jacksonville, FL. She is the creator and host of wildlife science communication podcast, Just the Zoo of Us.

Ashley Hamer is a science communicator with a wide range of specialties and a deep love of the unknown. She is the managing editor at Descript, an AI-powered audio and video editing app, the former cohost of the award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast, and a freelance scriptwriter for several science-based YouTube channels. Ashley’s writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, TIME, Buzzfeed, Mashable, and USA Today.