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.
Cardio doesn’t have to be miserable, and in this episode Srdjan explains why even a small amount of the right kind of effort can transform your strength, recovery, and daily energy. If you’ve been avoiding the treadmill like it owes you money, this conversation will give you a smarter way in.
We kick off our Cinema Centennial: 1925’s Pioneering Visions series, looking at amazing films that are having their 100th birthday this year, and we’re starting it off with a big one: Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin!
Matthew’s just days away from becoming a parent, while Mandy and Pete navigate the complex world of sharing beloved films and shows with their teens.
Pete and Tommy dive into Halloween misadventures, haunted-house hazards, laser-tag bloodlust, and the questionable smell of December pine cones in this month’s members-only Feeling Friends special. Come for the chaos, stay for the existential comfort and the weird holiday-food plans.
Stephen King’s dystopian manhunt gets a 2025 upgrade, as the Film Board tracks Glenn Powell through Edgar Wright’s The Running Man—where entertainment kills and revolution streams live.
The pants are back on, the science makes no sense, and Greenwich becomes ground zero for the MCU’s time-obsessed showdown. Pete and Matthew dive deep into the Prime Meridian, Malekith’s hotel-grade spaceship, and the art of surviving Thor: The Dark World one pixel at a time.
Cinematographer Marcus Patterson, who recently shot Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), joins us to discuss Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, a movie he likes!
We’re tackling the sneaky little energy drains that pile up in every ADHD household — the tolerations we learn to live with. Pete and Nikki revisit an old favorite topic with new insights, exploring how to spot them, fix them, or finally let them go.
We wrap up our Platinum Performances: The 1950 Best Actress Oscar Race series with another big one, Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd., with a meta and timeless performance from Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.
What happens when your carefully crafted birth plan collides with medical reality—and your family’s overwhelming enthusiasm? Matthew, Mandy, and Pete explore the gap between Hollywood labor scenes and the real days-long delivery process, while navigating performative partner pressure, the “circles of care” model, and managing well-meaning relatives who’ve lost their minds with excitement.