
Masters of the Universe: He-Man and Nostagia Bait
He-Man was always camp. The 2026 film knew it, and then got embarrassed by it. Pete Wright joins Matthew Fox to discuss why Masters of the Universe couldn’t pick a lane.
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He-Man was always camp. The 2026 film knew it, and then got embarrassed by it. Pete Wright joins Matthew Fox to discuss why Masters of the Universe couldn’t pick a lane.

Pete brought Kyle. Kyle brought a playlist. Mandy brought a fourth-grade dance routine she will never forget.

Pete Wright joins us to dig into Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where the real question isn’t whether Al Capone goes down, but how far a Fed is willing to bend to make it happen.

Maul’s Season 1 is done and Matthew, Pete, and AK Ahab debate whether he’s a villain, an anti-hero, or something Star Wars has never quite managed before.

Maul: truth-teller, self-deceiver, or both? Podcast host Pete Wright and returning guest AK Ahab join Matthew to debate what Maul: Shadow Lord is really doing with its villain.

Maul: truth-teller, self-deceiver, or both? Matthew, Pete Wright & AK Ahab hit the midpoint of Maul: Shadow Lord and debate what this show is really doing with its villain.

Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).

TruStory FM’s Pete Wright joins us to dig into Maul Episodes 1–2: noir world-building, the sandwich prequel problem, and why Palpatine is playing Candyland.

Pete Wright and Mandy Kaplan join Matthew to ask why almost every superhero has a parent problem—and what that reveals about all of us.

Thor: Love and Thunder opens with one of philosophy’s oldest questions: if gods exist and have the power to prevent suffering, why don’t they? But does the film dig into this or abandon it for jokes?