Meet the Hosts

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

March 13, 2025

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

March 13, 2025

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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Mickey 17

March 11, 2025

Prepare yourselves for a journey into the bewildering world of Bong Joon Ho’s latest sci-fi offering. That’s right—the director who brought you parasites in the basement and tentacles in the river has now delivered expendable humans on a frozen planet.

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The Podscribe Q4 Report and The Great Podcast Advertising Gambit

March 10, 2025

Podcast advertising is a weird, wonderful paradox—should brands go big and broad or small and targeted? Pete and Andy break down the latest PodScribe report, revealing why niche podcasts punch above their weight, YouTube’s podcast takeover is slower than expected, and tracking pixels might just know too much about your shopping habits.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: People Hunting People • Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

March 6, 2025

We continue our People Hunting People series with a film that’s exactly what a 90s action film should be full of all the right 90s action faces – Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, and F. Murray Abraham. It’s Ernest R. Dickerson’s film Surviving the Game!

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