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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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.
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.
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!
We wrap up our year-long Roger Corman member bonus series ending on a fantastically fun high note! Join us as we have a conversation about Allan Arkush’s 1979 punk rock, music-filled, laugh-riot of a film, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.
When someone dies, grief isn’t the only thing you inherit—you also get a 14-step puzzle involving Costco, digital passwords, and 50 certified copies of a death certificate. This week, Pete and Tommy wade into the bureaucratic undertow of mortality and discover that dying is easy; it’s the paperwork that’ll kill you.
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.
Expert answers to listener questions about modern divorce challenges, from managing co-parenting apps to protecting your emotional and financial well-being—practical strategies for navigating digital-age separation.
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.
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.
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.