Pete Wright is a podcaster, author, and co-founder of TruStory FM. He's been behind a microphone for over thirty years and has logged thousands of episodes across three dozen shows covering film, ADHD, creative process, and the craft of storytelling. He spent fifteen years teaching graduate students and has consulted on brand communications for organizations ranging from global brands to one-person shops. His debut science fiction novella, Lattice, was published in 2026. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Pete has hosted as well as been a panelist on a number of episodes.
This page features episodes on which he has been a host.
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We kick off our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series, looking at amazing films that are having their 100th birthday this year, and we’re starting it off with a big one: Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin!
Matthew’s just days away from becoming a parent, while Mandy and Pete navigate the complex world of sharing beloved films and shows with their teens.
Pete and Tommy dive into Halloween misadventures, haunted-house hazards, laser-tag bloodlust, and the questionable smell of December pine cones in this month’s members-only Feeling Friends special. Come for the chaos, stay for the existential comfort and the weird holiday-food plans.
Stephen King’s dystopian manhunt gets a 2025 upgrade, as the Film Board tracks Glenn Powell through Edgar Wright’s The Running Man—where entertainment kills and revolution streams live.
The pants are back on, the science makes no sense, and Greenwich becomes ground zero for the MCU’s time-obsessed showdown. Pete and Matthew dive deep into the Prime Meridian, Malekith’s hotel-grade spaceship, and the art of surviving Thor: The Dark World one pixel at a time.
Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes!
We’re tackling the sneaky little energy drains that pile up in every ADHD household — the tolerations we learn to live with. Pete and Nikki revisit an old favorite topic with new insights, exploring how to spot them, fix them, or finally let them go.
We wrap up our Platinum Performances: The 1950 Best Actress Oscar Race series with another big one, Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd., with a meta and timeless performance from Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.
What happens when your carefully crafted birth plan collides with medical reality—and your family’s overwhelming enthusiasm? Matthew, Mandy, and Pete explore the gap between Hollywood labor scenes and the real days-long delivery process, while navigating performative partner pressure, the “circles of care” model, and managing well-meaning relatives who’ve lost their minds with excitement.
Loki dies, Jane gets bars, and Pete and Matthew try to find meaning in the Marvel multiverse’s weirdest tonal mash-up. This week, we talk redemption, portals, and whether The Dark World just gave up or never quite started trying.