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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A doctor once told Alan Brown that ADHD was a media myth and he should just do more crossword puzzles—so he did, for five years, becoming a near-expert while his ADHD remained completely uncured. Now the ADD Crusher returns to reveal why the hardest part of ADHD isn’t the diagnosis—it’s learning to ask for what you need without apologizing for existing.
We wrap up our return to our Seven Samurai Family series with a B-movie that’s pretty bad but oddly still entertaining. It’s one of Jean Negulesco’s final films, The Invincible Six.
It’s the end of season one, and the gang is tackling beginnings, endings, and everything that makes artists cry in between. Come for the stories, stay for the emotional reconstruction.
From a 47-year-old first-time parent-to-be to parents of adult children, three hosts at wildly different stages discover that parenting looks nothing like the movies promised. They tackle the uncomfortable truth about parental control, the gap between media myths and messy reality, and why raising kids might require a village after all.
Dr. Philip Agrios reveals how to break free from self-sabotaging patterns during divorce, helping you recognize hidden behaviors that drive up legal costs and derail settlements—plus practical strategies to stay focused in court.
Loki steals the spotlight—again—turning a nonsensical jailbreak into some of the most fun minutes of Thor: The Dark World. Come for the Captain America gag, stay for the Jane Foster slap.
Aliza Kline has spent her life building communities that help people find belonging—from the living waters of ritual to the warmth of a Friday night table. But when the work no longer needs her, she discovers that legacy isn’t what you leave behind—it’s what you let keep growing without you.
We’re living in a world where the meaning of “diagnosis” is applied to a TikTok or a 15-minute doctor visit. Somehow we’re still missing people who’ve been struggling for decades. Dr. Amie DeHarpporte breaks down why we’re both over-diagnosing and under-diagnosing ADHD at the same time.
We continue our Seven Samurai Family series with a Roger Corman-produced sci-fi that fits the Seven Samurai bill while also cashing in on the Star Wars fever—it’s Jimmy T. Murakami’s Battle Beyond the Stars.
Three parents at completely different stages—newborn chaos, teenage hostage negotiations, and adult children who’ve achieved independence except financially—tackle the parenting questions nobody warns you about. It’s thoughtful, emotional, and funny, because raising humans means getting raised right back, and none of us know what we’re doing.