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 continue our Jack Ryan series with Harrison Ford now in the lead role as he takes on a faction of Irish terrorists, one of whom has targeted him directly. That’s right, it’s Phillip Noyce’s 1992 film “Patriot Games.”
The Film Board Gathers! The Senators have convened to assess the latest entrants into the arena. The verdict? The sharks are strong contenders for the title of Gladiator II!
We dive into Equitable Distribution – the art and science of dividing everything from bank accounts to businesses in divorce. Plus, we have another listener question!
What’s that? You missed the 2024 International Conference on ADHD in Anaheim this year? Fear not! Nikki and Pete were there to represent and have the deets and key learnings to back it up. That’s this week on The ADHD Podcast!
We kick off our Jack Ryan series back where it all started, with John McTiernan’s 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, starring Alec Baldwin as Ryan and Sean Connery as the Russian submarine captain possibly defecting.
Psychotherapist Gina Aguinaga joins us to explore reunification therapy – how it helps rebuild parent-child relationships damaged by divorce, and why early intervention is crucial for family healing.
Discover the surprising intimacy of podcasting as Pete and Andy explore the unexpected influence of “podfluencers” and the delicate balance between connection and responsibility in the digital age.
Re-recording mixer Andy Nelson returns to discuss his work on Wicked, arriving just in time for the holidays, as well as one of his favorite films, George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Join us for an ADHD time warp as we unearth a 2017 episode packed with Nikki’s conference takeaways and explore how the conversation has evolved. Plus, Pete shares his NaNoWriMo writing adventure and reveals the secret to embracing ADHD-fueled distraction.
We wrap up this return to our Soviet Sci-Fi series with an absurdist black comedy that pushes a futuristic society to its inevitable nonsensical outcome, it’s Georgiy Daneliya’s 1986 film Kin-Dza-Dza!