Maybe a middle ground — let people pick a pseudonym and a one-line tagline, but no real identity. You keep the warmth of anonymity while still letting listeners find voices they connected with.

That's actually quite classy! I guess reddit/HN is similar. Pseudonym on the front end with email auth. That could work here too. Thank you for the nudge, what a great idea.

Glad it clicked! Good luck with the project.