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.

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Roger Corman • Suburbia

Suburbia • Member Bonus

We continue our members-only season-long Roger Corman series with a film he produced – Penelope Spheeris’ brilliant 1983 film Suburbia. It’s a powerful glimpse into disaffected punk youth in the early 80s.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Hannibal Lecter • The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

We continue our Hannibal Lecter series exploring everyone’s favorite cannibalistic serial killer with inarguably the best film in the series and the one that gave us Anthony Hopkins’ take on Lecter, it’s Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.

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Caroline Maguire Helps Us Make Friends

Making friends as a kid felt effortless—one shared lunch, one game of tag, and suddenly, you had a best friend. But as adults, friendship is more complicated, especially for those with ADHD, where forgetfulness, time blindness, and social missteps can make connection feel just out of reach. Caroline Maguire understands this better than anyone and she’s back this week to help.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Hannibal Lecter • Manhunter

Manhunter

We kick off our Hannibal Lecter series with a conversation about the first of the adaptations from Thomas Harris’ novel ‘Red Dragon’. It’s Michael Mann’s 1986 film ‘Manhunter.’

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The Paradox of ADHD Impulsivity: Both Gift and Liability in Our Most Intimate Relationships with Melissa Orlov

What if the very quality that makes those early, intoxicating moments of romance so vibrant—the spontaneous weekend getaway, the surprise bouquet of flowers—later becomes the source of relationship friction? The human brain, particularly one wired with ADHD, contains multitudes of contradictions, and nowhere is this more evident than in how impulsivity shapes our intimate partnerships.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: People Hunting People • Series 7: The Contenders

Series 7: The Contenders

We wrap up our People Hunting People series with a film that’s a fantastic spin on reality television, where the entire film is designed like a marathon series episode. It’s Daniel Minahan’s 2001 film “Series 7: The Contenders.”

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