Is my new podcast mic defective?

I am a musician so I know about PA systems; Wanting to make a podcast I bought an inexpensive mic for practice and sent it back since it did not seems to work- it didn't seem to respond: no voice elevation sound or response to touched. I sent it back as defective, and bought a nicer one; my podcast idea is very simple, so I bought a simple, but not cheap mic- I am experiencing the same lack of response, but it is hard to believe I am that unfortunite, to have TWO mics not work NIB.:o:confused: How do I know if it works? Keep in mind, I have a less then ideal laptop situation. I have google chrome (don't recommend at all)
THank you in advance for input.
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