Why is there so little lighting continuity (consistency) from the close up shot to the wide shot?
The lights are positioned to make the single shots look good.  If you point a load of lights at a camera, the image will look overexposed.
Both these shots are, more or less exposed to make the presenters look correct. But lights visible in a camera shot are much brighter than human faces.
It's a compromise in a small room between which shots are the most important (the close-ups) and the wide is a nice to have.  The alternatives would be bigger softer lights, or indirect lighting, but again with limited space (and budget???) options are limited.