Pete has been a broadcaster for the last 30 years, falling in love with the edit bay in the back of a newsroom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied journalism at the University of Colorado with a focus on long-form documentary production, turning that early experience into a career helping businesses shape the stories of their brands through image and sound. Pete earned an M.S. in Organizational Design and spent fifteen years teaching graduate marketing students the power of human-centered communications. From public relations teams on global multi-million dollar brand projects to marketing for independent business owners, Pete has helped shape communications that build brands. In 2006, he launched Fifth & Main, LLC., a media consultancy focused on brand-building through the nascent field of podcasting. In 2020, nearly 3,000 individual podcast episodes behind them, the company rebranded as TruStory FM with an ear toward the next decade of podcast education and entertainment.
Pete has hosted as well as been a panelist on a number of episodes.
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Odin readies Asgard for war, Thor asks how he’s any different from Malekith, and Loki finally drops the illusion to show his grief. These five minutes could have been the film’s heart—so why do they feel like missed opportunities?
What happens when Google Docs, social media, and AI paranoia collide with sketch comedy, sperm redistribution, and a giant squid? This episode of Craft and Chaos proves that the only defense against the algorithm is pure, unfiltered weird.
What’s the best way to learn and stay consistent in your fitness journey—hands-on training, online coaching, or going solo with a program? Pete and Srdjan unpack the real trade-offs and share how to choose the path that fits your goals right now.
How do movies and TV shape the way we understand ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence? Join us live as we talk with Matthew Fox—host of Superhero Ethics and Star Wars Generations—about the gap between lived experience and representation, and what happens when stories finally get it right.
We wrap up our Golden Jubilee: 1975’s Pioneering Visions in Global Cinema series with a crossover into our next series—the Seven Samurai Family—with a wildly fun and exuberant film, Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay.
What happens when Paul Thomas Anderson makes a $175 million action epic about fascism, family, and a stoner dad in a bathrobe? We spoil One Battle After Another rotten—DiCaprio, Penn, secret cabals, and all.
For our monthly member bonus episode, we backflip into Hua Shan’s crazy tokusatsu movie The Super Inframan. It’s frenetic and non-stop, and we had a blast. Check it out!
A funeral, a chalkboard lecture, and a very bad plan—Thor’s not doing himself any favors in these five minutes. We unpack the mythological confusion, the emotional void, and the mounting narrative chaos in minute 51–55 of Thor: The Dark World.
What do an Iron Man helmet, a childhood bully’s land speeder, and the words on a daughter’s graduation cap have in common? For Rob Kubasko, they all point to a life lived in pursuit of connection—and a legacy distilled to just three tiny words.
The Final Destination movies don’t just kill their characters—they make us terrified of ceiling fans, traffic jams, and household appliances. This week we celebrate the franchise’s blend of paranoia, spectacle, and sheer sadistic fun.