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.
This page features episodes on which he has been a host.
See episodes where Pete has been a panelist right here.

The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Ju-on • Ju-on: The Curse 2

Ju-on: The Curse 2

We continue our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series with an exploration of the second straight-to-video film, which is partly a rehash of the first film, Takashi Shimizu’s 2000 film “Ju-on: The Curse 2.”

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TDW Minutes 16-20: The Patagonian Toothfish

Jane Foster says “seabass” 12 times, and somehow that’s not even the weirdest scientific revelation in this episode. From naked Selvig at Stonehenge to phase meters and the newly coined “Patagonian toothfish of plot devices,” Pete and Matthew explore Thor’s most reality-bending five minutes yet.

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The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on • Ju-on: The Curse

Ju-on: The Curse

We kick off our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series, our celebration looking at a quarter century of this influential J-Horror franchise, with the first film, Ju-on: The Curse.

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You Are A Most Important Tool

This week, we’re cracking open our creative toolkits and showing you the hardware, software, and unhinged rituals that fuel our art. From haunted potatoes to the gospel of Obsidian, we explore what helps us make things—and what helps us stay weird.

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TDW Minutes 11-15: The Sad Boy Shower

Thor pouts, Odin plots, Lady Sif thirsts, and Jane Foster attempts to move on by dating the human embodiment of wallpaper — until Darcy crash-lands their lunch like the beautiful social wrecking ball she is. Also: a surprising amount of time spent discussing space laser tag.

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A Large Collection of Tiny Brief Encounters with Seth Nelson, Esq

When divorce attorney Seth Nelson steps out of the courtroom and into a conversation about legacy, what emerges is a moving portrait of a life measured not by victories, but by presence. In this episode, Seth and Pete explore the quiet weight we leave behind in the lives we pass through—and why that might be the most enduring legacy of all.

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