Yes. Too much room echo. Depending on how handy you/they are, this would be a perfect application for the kitchen table studio.
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/too-compressed-rejection/52825/22
It’s terrific with echoes because the voice has to get to the microphone only once, but the echo has to go through the blankets twice. It tightens up the sound.
Koz