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.
You asked. We answered. From missed training weeks to mixing periodization styles to knowing when beginner programming has hit its ceiling — Pete and Srdjan tackle the real questions about how to build a smarter, more sustainable program.
Returning to our Rocky series with “Creed III,” we unpack Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, anime-inspired fight visuals, and the first Rocky film without Rocky—plus what Majors brings.
Home repairs and tipping culture. Nobody walks away with answers. Somebody walks away with five podcast dollars. It’s a good episode.
Before a single minute of footage rolls, the Marvel Movie Minute crew gathers to answer one question: why does Captain America: The Winter Soldier still hit so hard? Turns out the world building that film was made in tells most of the story.
This week we’re setting the stage for Season 9 with a full briefing on the comic book roots of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
We continue our True Lies series with the story of a young runaway who poses as an airplane pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, all to get validation from his dad. That’s right, it’s time for Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me if You Can” as our February member bonus episode.
Giant monster month turns out to be less about creatures and more about systems that collapse the moment they’re needed. The Host, Troll Hunter, and Godzilla Minus One (Minus Color) all ask the same question: what do you do when the biggest thing in the room isn’t the monster?
You’ve been carrying these myths around like extra weight — and they’re heavier than anything in the gym. This week, Pete and Srdjan bust eleven of the most persistent lies (and sometimes truths!) in fitness, from “lifting will make me bulky” to “I can crunch my way to a flat belly,” and replace them with something far more useful: the truth.
We close True Lies with Big Eyes: Burton’s restraint disappoints, Waltz’s choices divide us, Adams shines, and domestic coercion gets bland treatment.
Tommy’s steering wheel once came off at a stoplight, Pete has opinions about your dryer that will make you uncomfortable, and both hosts discover that the invisible labor of adulthood — from oil changes to fabric weight sorting — is basically a series of maintenance rituals nobody trained us for.