Award-winning teacher and professional writer Autumn Ware found a new passion when she launched her NC Arts Council-funded podcast EPIC Carteret in 2023 to explore the Crystal Coast community through interviews with local notables. She lives on a trawler with her family and three cats.

Jack Ware spent five years living on a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico with his family before moving to North Carolina. A savvy sea salt and IT professional, Jack also wrote for the New Orleans Metro blog in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to keep the outside world posted on happenings after the hurricane.