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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The machine does exactly what we designed—and that’s the problem. We dig into “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” the Thinking Machines series opener about Cold War AI and the danger of indifference.
Manufacturing HR doesn’t get the luxury of being theoretical — the challenges are physical, immediate, and happening across three shifts while you’re asleep. This episode, Terry Cook and Stacey Wenczel break down the real compliance weight of plant life, from donning and doffing to accommodation requests in roles where “work from home” isn’t a option.
This week, Pete and Tommy explore the two most emotionally loaded things you can give another person — your money and your gratitude — and discover they’ve both been doing it sorta wrong, for completely understandable reasons.
Captain America takes down fifteen pirates with his bare hands and a shield, and raises exactly zero moral questions about it — so Matthew did it for him. Pete, Matthew, and Rob work through the Lemurian Star assault minute by minute, debating kill probability, 90s action cinema homage, and whether vibranium is, at the end of the day, just a video game mechanic.
Aging is inevitable. Weakness is not. This week, Pete and Srdjan dismantle the myth that getting older means getting weaker — and make the case that the gym might be the most powerful longevity tool you’re not using.
In the Magicians series, cinematographer Caleb Deschanel’s feature directorial debut “The Escape Artist” pits two sons against their fathers, with real magic in between.
Kevin Williamson returns to the franchise he created, Neve Campbell returns to the role she built, and Scream 7 opens to franchise-record box office and a 34% on Rotten Tomatoes. Pete Wright, Tommy Metz III, Steve Sarmento, and Mandy Kaplan dig in. Full spoilers. Strong opinions. One and a half stars from Tommy.
Steve Rogers has a list, Natasha has an agenda, Batroc has very strong legs, and Season 9 is officially underway — on your left.
Three-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan on Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard”—and why the greatest costume design is the kind you forget someone made.
It’s not the fights that wear a relationship down — it’s the million quiet moments where you keep missing each other. Dr. Dodge Rea returns to explore why shame calcifies faster in ADHD relationships, and what it takes to stay both intact and in touch.