Need new audio recording suggestions, riverside.fm deleted all of my recordings!🤬

What do you use to record audio podcast and upload/export to different platforms?

I intended to begin a podcast and use spotify. When I logged into spotify I was redirected to creators for spotify then directed to riverside.fm to record, then export then upload to spotify. Wild.

I prerecorded a few sessions last week and today when I logged in to begin the export process every recording was GONE. Riverside.fm support has been of no help and they don't see any recordings. So odd.

I'm new at this, very disappointed and trying not to be discouraged. Which platform is the most user friendly and reliable for recording, scheduling pre- recordings etc?