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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We return to our Movies and Their Remakes series by taking a trip to the Double Deuce. That’s right, we’re joining Dalton in Rowdy Herrington’s 1989 film Road House, starring peak-80s Patrick Swayze.
We continue our monthly member bonus series looking at Roger Corman. This month, we return to the women-in-prison subgenre and take a trip to the Philippines where we take on Jack Hill’s The Big Doll House.
What happens when the ADHD brain gets overwhelmed—not just emotionally, but biologically? In this episode, Dr. Sharon Saline and Dr. Dodge Rea join us to unpack emotional flooding, the neuroscience behind it, and the surprisingly simple strategies that can help us find calm in the chaos.
We return to the land of Cimmeria to follow another adventure of Conan, this time in Richard Fleischer’s 1984 sequel Conan the Destroyer. It’s treated with more of a comic book tone. Does that work?
What if the way we see data is just as important as the data itself? Pete Wright sits down with Ben Shneiderman, the visionary behind the visual information-seeking mantra, to explore how better design gives us superpowers—and why, even in the age of AI, humans should stay in control.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners blends vampires, blues, and bootlegging into a supernatural epic that’s as soulful as it is bloody. This month, Pete, Tommy, and Andy dive deep into the film’s genre-bending ambition, emotional weight, and why it just might be one of the year’s most surprising masterpieces.
We wrap up our journey through the Hannibal Lecter franchise, ending at the beginning. Join us as we chat about Peter Webber’s take on Thomas Harris’ novel, Hannibal Rising.
In this months Tough Questions session, Tom and Terry teach us about the challenges of navigating the sensitive situations we might just otherwise want to avoid.
Shame, like fire, can illuminate or consume. It can be a social signal that nudges us toward change—or a psychological prison that locks us in cycles of self-blame. Today, we explore how shame spirals form, how ADHD makes them particularly pernicious, and what it takes to break free.
Pete Wright sits down with Stephen Harley and Adam Obrentz to explore Upland RightAnswers and unravel the seismic shifts happening in the world of knowledge management.