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: John Wick • Ballerina

Ballerina

We return to the mysterious and violent world of John Wick to continue our John Wick series with this year’s installment, introducing us to a new dancing assassin! Okay, well not at the same time. That’s right! It’s Len Wiseman’s 2025 film Ballerina starring Ana de Armas!

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Marvel’s first family finally makes their MCU debut, but is it a first step worth taking? The Film Board dives into Fantastic Four: First Steps with cosmic ethics, Silver Surfer highs, and Galactus-sized questions about what comes next.

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TDW Minutes 6-10: The Rocket Launcher Problem in Vanaheim

In this episode of Marvel Movie Minute, Pete and Matthew dive into minutes 6 through 10 of Thor: The Dark World, and what begins as a simple dissection of god-fighting and family drama soon unfurls into something more curious: a Shakespearean family tragedy masquerading as an action sequence.

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Recovery Is Not a Reward

You can’t out-train a bad recovery plan. In this episode, Pete and Srdjan dig into the truth about recovery—not as a luxury, but as the hidden engine behind progress, performance, and pain-free living.

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The Drac Pack

Kyle Olson assembles the “fang gang” to explore three cinematic incarnations of Dracula—each swinging for the gothic fences in dramatically different ways. From Coppola’s horny opulence to Butler’s biblical bite and Evans’ brooding bat-clouds, the panel sinks their teeth into what makes a Dracula truly Dracula.

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Dressage for the Creative Soul

Is it possible to make meaningful art when everything feels like it’s falling apart? This week, the crew gets personal about creation, connection, and the weird little victories that keep us going—even if it’s just writing a poem about chunky milk.

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