Are you really using Linux? (your profile says macOS)
Regarding your question, see my reply to a very similar question here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/recording-a-podcast-beginners-questions/59046/1
Are you really using Linux? (your profile says macOS)
Regarding your question, see my reply to a very similar question here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/recording-a-podcast-beginners-questions/59046/1