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Pete Wright

Pete has been a broadcaster for the last 30 years, falling in love with the edit bay in the back of a newsroom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He studied journalism at the University of Colorado with a focus on long-form documentary production, turning that early experience into a career helping businesses shape the stories of their brands through image and sound. Pete earned an M.S. in Organizational Design and spent fifteen years teaching graduate marketing students the power of human-centered communications. From public relations teams on global multi-million dollar brand projects to marketing for independent business owners, Pete has helped shape communications that build brands. In 2006, he launched Fifth & Main, LLC., a media consultancy focused on brand-building through the nascent field of podcasting. In 2020, nearly 3,000 individual podcast episodes behind them, the company rebranded as TruStory FM with an ear toward the next decade of podcast education and entertainment.

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.

Google Privacy, Evilness & Paucity of Critical Thinking

Today’s the day that Google unifies the big privacy policy in the sky. Now, your user history on one Google product will likely inform the results and performance of other Google products you use. For many, that’s a good thing. For others, it’s creepy. We also cover the Google bypassing user preferences for cookies thing, putting “don’t be evil” in question. And, if you haven’t read The Information Diet by Clay Johnson, do it. Quick. We talk all about why this week on the show. Finally, Pinterest. Are you Pinterested?

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The Next Reel • Season 1 • Series: David Fincher • Se7en

Se7en

Well, movie lovers, it’s that time. We’ve hit the end of our Benjamin Button style Fincher Fest. This week, Pete Wright and Andy Nelson talk about David Fincher’s knock-you-out-of-your-seat detective thriller Seven, or Se7en if you prefer.

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The Next Reel • Season 1 • Series: David Fincher • The Game

The Game

This week, we continue our Fincher Fest with a discussion about “The Game,” a dark and twisting tale that Pete finds he doesn’t really like anymore while Andy still connects with.

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The Time Myth

This week on the show, Nikki Kinzer and Pete Wright walk through tips that might just help you conquer the time myth and be more effective with the hours you have!

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A 1x Bigger Target

Dane finally makes good on his promise to age prematurely by succumbing to old man glasses, sort of. Path screws up, appologizes well, and is then joined by so many others the issue becomes irrelevant. Apple stuff happens again, with new software previewed in the intimacy of Phil Shiller’s hotel room, thus reinventing public relations forever. Content marketing is apparently a big deal. Oh, and Pinterest.

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The Next Reel • Season 1 • Series: David Fincher • Fight Club

Fight Club

Is it just an anarchic, pugilistic sensation or is Fincher really working at tapping into a dark zeitgeist affecting the average person at the turn of the century? This week, we hit David Fincher’s film “Fight Club.”

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The Next Reel • Season 1 • Series: David Fincher • Panic Room

Panic Room

We’ve made it to the middle of the Fincher-Fest, movie lovers! This week, join us as we talk about his one-location movie, “Panic Room.”

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