For my podcasts I have been using various tools, but the best one by far has been Ardour.

Ardour works across linux, MacOS and Windows, which has been a great advantage for me in my daily work where I have used it on all three platforms.

you can get ardour for all platforms via this link https://community.ardour.org/download

While it's worth noting that Ardour is made mainly for music editing on a professional level, just liks its proprietary counterpart Protools(tm), it is a very powerful editor for any type of audio.

And just like Protools which has become the industry standard in radio production, according to https://transom.org/, Ardour is great for editing anything like podcasts, audio reportages, radio features or audiodrama.

Native support for a myriad of plugins, as well as stem-export and non-destructive editing are just some of the cool things you get in Ardour.

Just to give you an idea of this DAW's capabilities, here's is a picture of the screen from my most recent hour long feature, that Ardour handled like a breeze:

You may notice the track channel strip to the left, and the list of sources/soundbites to the left. These are invaluable to me when working with large audio projects.

At initial startup it can seem a bit daunting for a newbie, but don't worry, that feeling goes away quickly when you know the basics, that I'm about to give you here:

*Note: In this tutorial, I assume that you have bought the ready-to run program (because the base price of two meals is more than reasonable for such a powertool), and that you are on a Linux system.

- If you are on Windows or MacOS, instructions for how to get set-up are available on the page with the link.

Once you have downloaded and installed Ardour on your machine, in accordance with this guide, you are ready to configure the UI to facilitate a good workflow for any size of audio project.