The Skeptical Shaman

Rachel White
rachel@totemreadings.com

Booking Overview

The Skeptical Shaman is a spiritual-woo reality check show where host Rachel White (a working shaman) interviews practitioners and skeptics about navigating spirituality without getting conned. Guests range from intuitive/alternative healing and astrology to authors and business builders—always with a discernment lens.

Metrics

Episodes: 113

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

30s Ad: 29 - 33, 60s Ad: 34 - 38

Contact Information

rachel@totemreadings.com

Host

Rachel White - Modern-day shaman and owner of TOTEM Readings, leading a longstanding spiritual practice and coaching/mentoring rooted in practical discernment. She hosts The Skeptical Shaman to help spiritually c...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Practitioners or educators in spiritual/woo-adjacent fields (e.g., astrology, healing, psychics/channeling) who can discuss their work with discernment; alternatively, credible skeptics, critics, or authors who help audiences evaluate claims. Business-minded guests are also a fit when they translate spiritual practices into ethical, rights-respecting approaches.
Required Achievements:  
Established personal brand/practice (website, courses, shops, reading services), Published work (books, workshops, notable platforms/newsletters), Media presence via podcasts or recognized spiritual education outlets, Track record of client-facing experience (e.g., hundreds of readings)

Recent Guest Discussions

Jennifer Hotes - Spiritual Implications Of Ai; Demonic/ghost-in-machine Discussion; Pragmatic Hope And Discernment.

Jesse James Freeman - Spiritual Implications Of Ai/technology; Ghosts/demons Framing; Sovereignty And Spiritual Independence In A Tech-driven Era.

Renee Puvvada - Independent Publishing And How To Turn Self-published Books Into Business Assets While Retaining Rights/royalties.

Gabrielle Celeste - Astrology As A Navigation Tool; “fire Horse Year”/2026 Energy Framing; Spiritual Awakening Trends Post-pandemic; Discernment.

Recent Topics

Spirituality, Astrology, Healing, Woo, Skepticism, Consciousness, Spiritualitybusiness, Publishing, Beliefsystems, Discernment

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Skeptical Shaman
:

The Rocky Road to Spiritual Awakening, with Emily P.

May 23, 2026

In this fourth episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with long-time client (and fellow Chicagoan) Emily P. (of House of Lir), a lifelong psychic finally making the leap into the wild unknown of client-facing readings with her new, Woo-based business House of Lir.Emily has always been psychic, but it took a real deal (and very destabilizing) spiritual awakening to put everything into focus, making her natural physical mediumship, divi...

Is AI the Devil?, with Jesse James and Jennifer Hotes

May 16, 2026

In this third episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Jesse James Freeman and Jennifer Hotes of the Is AI The Devil? and the Curious Cat Podcasts all about the spiritual implications of our brave new techno-feudalist world. Was Rudolf Steiner right about Ahriman? Are there really ghosts (and demons) in the machine? How can we reclaim our sovereignty, human dignity, AND spiritual independence in a time such as this?Jesse and Jen of...

Time to Tell Your Story, with Renee Puvvada

May 09, 2026

In this second episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Renee Puvvada (of Smoking Hot Books) about the writerly window of opportunity being presented by the unique and dynamic Fire Horse Year: a year that welcomes, supports and celebrates unique voices, authentic storytelling and independent publishing.Renee Puvvada failed at four books, lost $20k, and then sold 10,283 copies in a single year with 183 Instagram followers. Now, as f...

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