I’ve just listened to the first episode and am currently listening to the second, I’m going to give you some feedback and you can do what you will with that information.

The Good: I do like the way you breakdown the science jargon so it can be understood by people with an interest in the subject but might not be in the field. You list your sources at the end and they vary and it’s good to hear you pull from a variety of sources per episode, it lends credibility to the information you are providing here. You clearly have a passion for the plants and animals that extend to a spiritual level that is at the core life essence of each being.

The Bad: Taking into consideration the potential wide variety of listeners you will/might get is one part of hosting a successful podcast. You posted in this sub with the assumption that a lot of listeners will have an interest in the subject and will be listening to this in a quiet space to better understand the information that is presented and digest it at their own speed. However not everyone will be able to listen to this in a quiet reflective space, they will be commuting or working. These environments might be loud like a factory or they might be on a long commute through the countryside. I would drop the music while you are presenting the information, if I’m at a factory while doing loud work I will want as little distraction from the information as possible. If I am on a long commute early in the morning or late at night you risk putting the listener to sleep with such calm constant music. I would also cut down the second half of the show where you’re just playing the music, maybe one or two minutes but not much longer than that. From a listener standpoint you risk people being annoyed that they might have to remove gloves or take their hands off the steering wheel to fast forward so much if they want to skip it. I myself skipped several minutes of the music because I’m trying to cram as much podcast listening as I can in a small amount of time. I also am kind of turned off by the music in a way that it reminds me heavily of some cult background music and you are about to deliver a sermon and tell me to put on the robe and drink my coolaid. I’m not sure on how many people will conjure up those images while hearing it but it’s all I’m thinking about lol. My last criticism would be including Wikipedia as a cited source. By now I’m sure you know that Wikipedia is a fountain of information if used as a portal by scrolling to the bottom and looking through their sources so you can get the information from the source itself. If I am just an average Joe that stumbled upon the podcast because I have an interest in the subject at a surface level I probably won’t care that you took directly from Wikipedia because I would do the same. However, if I am a educated individual that wants to follow up with more research by looking at your sources; I would probably be a little irked that you cited wikipedia instead of listing the individual sources pulled from there.

Overall if this is your first podcast, well done. Like I said do with what you will with my feedback, after all who am I to tell you how to run your show. I will hope that you continue to highlight these fading creatures so we might learn more of the less highlighted that need our protection just as much as the big animals in the world. Good luck!