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I've been meaning to post this, and now's a good time...

In case you're unaware of it, mp3 is a "lossy" compressed format, meaning that part of the audio content (I believe it's the top and bottom of the wave.) is lost during compression.

If your podcast is an mp3 it's already undergone this process, AND if you edit and save it as an mp3 it will undergo it AGAIN.

So be aware that your starting audio quality is going to degrade, the best thing you can do being to save your mp3 at a high(er) bps rate so you'll lose "less more". (This is a far more important issue when you're dealing with music, classical music in particular.)

Edit: If you run into a sound quality issue, saving to a lossless format (Apple Lossless [m4a] generates the smallest files of its ilk.) is a good idea.