Echo in headphones recording podcast through Skype/GarageBand

I've been following instructions for using garageband to record podcasts via Skype. I connect with the other person on Skype and then use Soundflower and Linein to shift the audio to Garageband and garageband records it fine.
The problem I am having is that I hear my own voice in my headphones as a very annoying echo. Is there a way to get rid of this? I am guessing that there is a way for me to set this up so that only the other person's voice comes back at me through my headphones, but I can't figure out how?
Thanks for the help.

I pretty much followed these instructions, although I had to modify slightly to get it to actually work on my computer.
http://digitalmediacookbook.com/recording-a-skype-call-using-garageband-soundflo wer-and-linein/comment-page-1/#comment-4444

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