I’m sure the content is good, but I’m having a hard time hearing and understanding it. Please work on the technology to make it clearer and louder for my Baby Boomer ears. Update 2/15/21. Thanks for the much improved audio quality.

Good dialogue, awful audio.

Far better back in the day when seasoned reporters have insight.

Thank you for thorough discussions of NC politics.

Sounds like your sitting in big ceiling echo room. Come on. STOP giggling- unprofessional

The content and conversations are great. It's a good way to stay informed of what's going on in NC politics. The main reason I can't give this podcast 5 stars is the sound quality. I listen to several (20+) podcasts regularly and this one has the absolute worse quality of those I listen to. Update: Episode No 170 had excellent audio. Keep this up!!

Informative but good lord the audio quality is all over the place. Hard to listen to sometimes.

The team touches on some important info, especially since national politics tend to follow NC two years later. From a technical standpoint, it is poorly produced. Constantly hear heavy breathing, audio levels are inconsistent, static/echo will come through etc. Pace and general structure is sub par at times too. Host needs move things along and participants need to come better prepared and speak more efficiently/quickly. Sorry to say I don’t think the team is naturally talented in this speaking format (personality/engaging), but a focus on improvement regarding basics/preparation would go a long way. This has potential to be a vital flagship NC politics podcast and an N&O asset, so I get frustrated when it falls short. Is there a mcclatchy podcast best practices template the team can reference?

Good content. Aims for nonpartisan, informative news that is entertaining. Would rate higher but the sound levels and mixing are often problematic, so much so that I frequently skip episodes that I can’t hear in my car during playback. Might be better with earphones...

I appreciate the content of this podcast, but the audio is so terrible it makes the show unlistenable. I often think they only own one microphone and scoot it around the table as people are talking. A reporters voice will start off really low and then you hear a loud object in contact with the mic, or what sounds like a scrapping noise. And when they have a reporter calling in remotely - forget about it. The call will be staticky and a completely different volume than the rest of the show.