I (panic-)picked up a decent-quality but not overly professional podcaster-type mic ahead of my online Master's thesis defense, and now use it as my exclusive a

I (panic-)picked up a decent-quality but not overly professional podcaster-type mic ahead of my online Master's thesis defense, and now use it as my exclusive audio input method for Zoom and Teams calls. I have earbuds wired to its monitor output, which combines the mic with audio out from the computer, and it's just such a stable, easy, and good solution for my usecase.