​Interdisciplinary Artist Nikki Lindt co-directed episode one, Impermanently frozen soil. Her work explores subterranean sounds both sonically and visually to tell stories about Earth's ecosystems and their rapid transformation due to climate change. Ranging from acoustics of thawing permafrost near the Arctic Circle to uncovering a world of underground sounds in parks of New York City, her visual and sound pieces inspire connections to these landscapes, while revealing a surprisingly dramatic sonic ecosystem we don't ordinarily hear. Nikki’s work has been internationally exhibited as public art, in museums and galleries. It has also been covered by media outlets including The Financial Times Weekend Magazine, Forbes, NPR’s Here and Now, CBS Sunday Morning, and NY Magazine.

Erin McKinstry is an Alaska-based writer, audio producer and journalist with a masters in radio journalism from the University of Missouri. Her work has appeared in various publications including PBS NewHour, Alaska Public Media, Edible Alaska, and National Native News. She produces her own podcast about life in rural Alaska called Out Here. Erin has a knack for trimming down repetitive fluff and clarifying murky content. Seasonally she works on "the ice" of the Antarctic continent.

Evan Phillips is an Alaskan-born business owner living in Anchorage, where he operates an audio production studio called Pod Peak. He self directs and produces a beloved climbing podcast called The Firn Line, and has supported many others including Climbing Gold, Teaming with Microbes, and The Dirtbag Diaries. Evan catches minor flaws which improve audio consistency and storytelling flow.

Theresa grew up distant from presently glaciated ecosystems, but close to Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. She has assisted or led research and storytelling projects that span human-environment spheres in Equatorial Guinea, the Andes mountains, and across varied landscapes and contexts in Alaska. Ideation of Ice and Fire spurred while Theresa was a graduate student in the One Health Master's program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) during the pandemic. She also has a Master of Arts degree in science communication, and recently founded Sol Creative. During her time at UAF she investigated community adaptation to permafrost thaw and river erosion in Southwest Alaska, where communities are coping with infrastructure damage and stress.