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 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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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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