<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Tally guides</title><description>Long-form guides on running an interview show, from the team building Tally.</description><link>https://tally.fm/</link><item><title>How to avoid dead air</title><link>https://tally.fm/guides/avoid-dead-air/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tally.fm/guides/avoid-dead-air/</guid><description>Why you blank mid-interview, the follow-up techniques that close the gap without padding, and what to do when the thing you lost is a name or a date.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to start an interview podcast</title><link>https://tally.fm/guides/how-to-start-a-podcast/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tally.fm/guides/how-to-start-a-podcast/</guid><description>A practical guide to starting a long-form interview podcast: choosing the format, the gear that actually matters, remote versus in-person, getting through the first ten episodes, and why guest prep is the thing that separates shows people finish.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast episode ideas</title><link>https://tally.fm/guides/podcast-episode-ideas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tally.fm/guides/podcast-episode-ideas/</guid><description>Eight ways to find podcast episode ideas in the show you have already made: dropped threads, follow-ups, listener questions, old predictions, guest referrals, and the topic you circle but never land on.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>