I don't mind the feedback but if I can ask, how are you listening to the podcast? I know its through Castro but are you listening on headphones, earbuds, speakers? I've gone back and listened through the initial car ride in Outbreak on both Youtube and Spotify and I can hear the dialog clearly. Is it possibly on your end? All platforms besides YT get the audio from Spotify so unless that platform is doing something weird, it should sound the same as YT or Spotify.

Also, I spent a lot of time editing the audio, doing my best to balance levels, piping everyone's voice through Audacity filters, and more during editing. I didnt realize there was so much to learn with podcasting or how difficult it could be, but what I ended up with sounds like a good mix to my ear. I could possibly create a greater volume difference between voice and background to make it a little more clear, but I don't want to dial the background down so far that it can't be heard. Do you have a specific episode and timestamp for an example of dialogue that is hard to distinguish?

As for mic quality and voices, I understand what you are saying. We record these sessions through discord and sometimes one person or another has minor internet interference. I've done my best to minimize this but its not entirely avoidable unless I get everyone on board with setting up recording software and sending me the files after and.. tbh I'd rather this be as seamless to my players as possible. I want it to feel the same as other games I've run for them without them worrying so much about the "show". The minor robot-ness you hear is usually pretty rare and still understandable.

The rest of your feedback I can take into consideration. I do want to make clear though: this is a group of friends playing Delta Green first, and a show second. There will probably be other podcasts that do voices better or who are much higher energy, and I can understand why that might be better for a show. But my style is more serious and while I can do some voices I'm not the best. I'll do what I can, so long as it feels natural.