Zack Akers grew up in a small town in East Tennessee. He graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2008 with a degree in Film & Television and became a documentary producer with Flagstaff Films, whose work has appeared on HBO, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. In 2015, he cofounded Two-Up with Skip Bronkie, which has gone on to produce the widely regarded podcast Limetown. The audio drama has received nearly 15 million listens to date, and is now being adapted into a television adaptation for Facebook Watch, starring Jessica Biel and Stanley Tucci. Additionally, Zack has also produced, with Skip, the popular podcasts, 36 Questions and The Wilderness under the Two-Up banner. He lives with his wife and son in Massachusetts.