Meet Your Host

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.

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

We wrap up this round of our Jack Ryan series with another switch in the title character as well as a reboot to the franchise. It’s time to look at Phil Alden Robinson’s 2002 film starring Ben Affleck as Ryan, “The Sum of All Fears.”

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

We continue our Jack Ryan series with Harrison Ford’s second time in the role, this time taking on Colombian drug cartels and the US President himself. It’s Phillip Noyce’s 1994 film Clear and Present Danger.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Roger Corman • Caged Heat • Member Bonus

Caged Heat • Member Bonus

We continue our member bonus series celebrating Roger Corman with one of the many women-in-prison films he distributed. We’re looking at Jonathan Demme’s first film Caged Heat from 1974.

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The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • Patriot Games

Patriot Games

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.”

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Gladiator II

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!

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