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.

TDW Minutes 1-5: The Aether Scream

Is Thor: The Dark World misunderstood? Or is it, as some claim, a cinematic black hole, sucking the very life out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Matthew Fox and Pete Wright return to Asgard to begin their coverage of the eighth film in the MCU. They ask the big questions, like: why is there so much exposition? Is Odin a big fat liar? And most importantly, why does the Aether scream?

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The First Rep: How to Begin Again (and Again)

What if the hardest part of getting healthy isn’t the workout—but walking through the gym door? This week, Pete and Srdjan dismantle the myths and mind games that keep people from taking the first step, and offer a gentler, more human roadmap to sustainable change.

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You Asked, We Answered!

What happens when your employees want unpaid time off—even when they still have PTO? Or when team friction boils over because one person works from a hammock while the rest sweat it out on-site? This week, Pete Wright is joined by HR expert Terry Cook and employment attorney Sarah Piscatelli to take on your thorniest, most sleep-stealing HR questions.

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Superman

James Gunn’s Superman reboot flies in with big hopes, bigger swings, and a literal flying dog—and somehow, it works. The Film Board tries to make sense of clone fights, emotional journalism, and whether Supergirl really just called Superman a bitch. (She did.)

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Thor: The Dark Primer

In 2013, Marvel Studios released Thor: The Dark World, the eighth film in what was, at the time, a still-experimental attempt to build a unified cinematic universe. The film made nearly $650 million at the global box office, was a technical success by virtually any Hollywood standard, and yet—if you ask the average Marvel fan today to recall its plot, you’ll likely be met with a long pause, followed by something like, “Was that the one with the elves?”

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Beyond Protein: Building a Smarter Supplement Stack

You’re spending good money on supplements—but do you really know what’s helping and what’s just glittery snake oil in a tub? This week on Build for Health, Pete and Srdjan dismantle the myths, decode the labels, and help you stock your cabinet with the stuff that actually works.

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Touching the Wily Breadbasket

This week’s episode takes on rejection, writer’s block, and creative rituals—plus, two Mad Libs that spiral from “silly” to “existential crisis in a cheese grater.” It’s weird, it’s honest, it’s everything you didn’t know you needed.

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