Meet Your Host

Pete Wright

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.
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TDW Minutes 56-60: No More Illusions

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?

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The Lorem Ipsum of Our Future

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.

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The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Golden Jubilee: 1975's Pioneering Visions in Global Cinema/Seven Samurai Family • Sholay

Sholay

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.

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TDW Minutes 51-55: Cassandra and the Chalkboard

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.

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