A cut made in the middle of a changing waveform can create a click. Two clips with different room sound can also make the join noticeable. A short crossfade may help, but its length should fit the material.
Listen to the join in context
Start playback a few seconds before the cut and continue a few seconds after it. First listen at the normal episode level. Then inspect the edit more closely if you hear a click, a missing consonant or a sudden background change.
Where the editor supports overlapping fades, begin with a small adjustment. A long crossfade between spoken words can make them overlap or soften a word that should stay clear. The goal is an unnoticed join, not a visible fade shape on every clip.
If both sides contain strong speech at the same moment, move the edit point or choose a different piece of the recording. A crossfade cannot make two incompatible sentences sound like one natural sentence.
Check the export too
After the timeline sounds right, review the exported listening file around the same join. This catches cases where the project playback and the rendered output use different source versions or settings.
Keep enough source material at the edges of working clips to adjust the join later. Avoid permanently trimming the source file to exactly the current cut.
Write a short note if an edit remains audible because no cleaner source exists. That is more useful to a reviewer than silently adding longer and longer fades. Make the smallest change that improves the transition while preserving the speaker's words and the rhythm of the conversation.