Low quality. Conference call platforms like Zoom degrade the quality of audio and video in order to transmit the audio or video over the internet. Automatic noise suppression and crosstalk filters are applied that makes conversations sound muddy and muffled. We have grown accustomed to this low quality on a conference call, but podcast listeners find this unpleasant and unprofessional. We capture everyone’s audio and video locally on their computer before transmitting the high-quality file to our producers. We never record content through the internet. We only send completed high-quality recordings. Even poor internet quality will not hinder the quality of the audio or video captured.