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Hosted by Maria T Elara, PhD.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Often has guests
70% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
46 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Dormant
78 episodes · last 2026-02-19
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
17
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other other podcasts

It publishes less often than most comparable shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every other podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 70% 18%
Episodes in the last 90 days 0 7
Typical episode length 46 min 33 min
Episodes published in total 78 98
Reach percentile 17 50

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What the show says about itself

What happens when a psychotherapist starts talking to dead people? Dr. Maria Elara (formerly Rothenburger), PhD is a psychotherapist, psychic medium, and skeptic-ish person who has learned that science and spirit don’t have to live in separate rooms. The Reluctant(ish) Medium explores mediumship, intuition, spirit babies, grief, healing, consciousness, and the strange, beautiful experiences that don’t always fit neatly into what we think we know. Expect grounded conversations about decidedly ungrounded things, thoughtful curiosity, humor, and the occasional existential rabbit hole. You don’t h

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Finding Peace Amidst Chaos: A Journey into Sufism with Salima Adelstein
  2. Getting Hit by a Bus Was Just the Beginning: Liane Lambert's Path to Enlightenment
  3. 2025 Reflections: Mediumship, Love, and Expansion
  4. [Audio Corrected] Bagel Scoops, SpongeBob, and Other Mediumship Madness with Barbara Banner
  5. [Audio Corrected] TikTok Made Me Do It: Soul Contracts with Jared Carter
  6. A Real Life Angel Among Us: Rachel Corpus and her Quantum Shenanigans
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Common questions

Does The Reluctant(ish) Medium accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact The Reluctant(ish) Medium?

Yes. The Reluctant(ish) Medium publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does The Reluctant(ish) Medium publish?

It has not published in a long time, so there is no current schedule. There are 78 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 46 minutes.

Is The Reluctant(ish) Medium still active?

Yes. It has published within the last year.

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