Headstone with Pete Wright

About Headstone with Pete Wright

A well-lived life deserves a great last line. Headstone is a podcast about legacy—not the kind etched in marble, but the kind we carry in memory, in laughter, in the stories we tell long after someone’s gone. Hosted by Pete Wright, Headstone uses one deceptively simple question—What do you want on your headstone?—to explore the lives behind the legacies. In each episode, guests reflect on meaning, mortality, creativity, failure, grief, and joy, finding humor and humanity in the messy middle of it all. It’s not a show about death. It’s a show about life—and the words we hope will outlast us. Because sometimes, the story that survives you… is the best one you ever told.

Publisher

TruStory FM

Category

society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jun 2025

Latest episode

23 May 2026

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 May 2026

   Chris Schembra: The Strange Mercy of a Good Middle

   This is the last conversation of my first season, and I almost didn’t finish it. Chris Schembra came to me the way the best guests do, as a name pressed into my hand by someone I trust. Aliza Kline (https://trustory.fm/headstone-with-pete-wright/the-generous-goodbye-with-aliza-kline/) told me I needed to talk to him, and Aliza is rarely wrong about people. What I didn’t expect was how quickly the conversation would stop being about him. On paper, Chris is the gratitude guy: the 7:47 dinners, the pasta, the rooms full of leaders he teaches to thank the people they have forgotten to thank. I’m fascinated by the keynote version. And I wanted to talk to the kid underneath it, the one who couldn’t hold onto his own memories, who got marched into the isolation room, who learned early that loss arrives whether or not anyone gives you permission to grieve it. We went there together, and Chris went willingly, all the way down to the tattoos and the rehabs and the version of himself he is still learning to forgive. And then, somewhere near the end, he did the thing he does to everyone else. He turned the question on me. He asked what was coming up, and I told him about a lost friend, and from there the conversation belonged to both of us. I sat on this recording for months because I was afraid of that stretch. I am not afraid of it anymore. If you have ever wondered what gratitude actually costs, and what it gives back, this is the one. It lands on a single word, the one Chris wants on his headstone. It’s a good one, and a reminder of what a blessing it is to be alive. This is the season one finale, finally. I’ll see you back here for more soon. Links & Notes Chris Schembra (https://www.chrisschembra.com/) The 7:47 Gratitude Experience / 7:47 Club (https://www.747club.org/) Podcast, Gratitude Through Hard Times (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gratitude-through-hard-times/id1358391891) Books: Gratitude Through Hard Times (https://amzn.to/4uoaKtZ) and Gratitude and Pasta (https://amzn.to/4uqpsAB) The Anatomy of Peace, The Arbinger Institute (https://arbinger.com/anatomy-of-peace) Johann Hari TED talk, “Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong” (https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong) Tony Lo Bianco and his one-man Fiorello LaGuardia play, “The Little Flower” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Lo_Bianco) “Just a Common Soldier (A Soldier Died Today),” poem by A. Lawrence Vaincourt (basis for the Memorial Day 2015 veterans video Chris produced with Lo Bianco) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IROcfOGZdHY) Dr. Edward “Ned” Hallowell, ADHD author (https://drhallowell.com/) Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Bad Middling” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5LK4FTNoo)

2. 

   29 Nov 2025

   Dr. Nachi Felt: Always Becoming

   Sometimes at fifteen, sometimes much later, we finally stop running from ourselves. We sit down and ask the quiet but impossible question: Who do I want to be? This conversation begins with a name. I first knew him as Michael — the professional veneer that felt safe, pronounceable, uncontroversial. But today he is Nachi, reclaiming the Hebrew name that always held the truer story of identity. That shift, simple on the surface, opens a portal into something tender and universal: how identity is shaped not by the roles we play, but by the courage to show who we really are. Faith plays a profound role in that evolution. Nachi talks about Judaism not as dogma, but as structure, clarity, and purpose — a lens that helps him understand endings without fear and see value in existence itself. He points out that death, in his tradition, gives life its shape, its urgency, its meaning. Mortality becomes not the enemy but the clarifier. We talk about rage, comfort, goodness, the pursuit of happiness versus the pursuit of pleasure, and the strange wisdom of a terminally ill teenager named Jonathan who taught Nachi how to be happy. We explore the liminal space between clarity and acceptance — how seeing ourselves honestly requires surrender to the things we cannot control, and gentleness toward the things we can. This episode is about identity, yes. It’s about faith and behavior and clarity and death. But more than anything, it’s about permission: the permission to evolve, to reclaim ourselves, to choose again and again and again who we are becoming. This is Headstone with Dr. Nachi Felt (https://adhddoctor.org/).

3. 

   1 Nov 2025

   James Ochoa: The Storm Chaser

   Host Pete Wright interviews counselor and author James Ochoa about navigating life's storms and finding wonder within them.

4. 

   11 Oct 2025

   The Generous Goodbye with Aliza Kline

   Host Pete Wright interviews Aliza Kline about the power of generosity and grace in building lasting institutions that can thrive independently.

5. 

   27 Sept 2025

   Building Cathedrals from Dry Erase with Rob Kubasko

   Pete Wright interviews Rob Kubasko about how play fuels connection and joy, revealing his philosophy for building community and leaving a legacy of presence.

6. 

   13 Sept 2025

   The Lasting Impressions in Lost Things with Glenn Fleishman

   Pete Wright interviews Glenn Fleishman, a historian of tactility, about how overlooked historical artifacts shape culture and the importance of passing on forgotten knowledge.

7. 

   30 Aug 2025

   What We Lift and What We Carry with Srdjan Injac

   Host Pete Wright interviews Srdjan Injac, who shares his journey of overcoming childhood adversity and war to build a life dedicated to empowering others through physical and mental strength.

8. 

   16 Aug 2025

   Clever Dialogue and the Crushing Weight of Mortality Kyle Olson

   Host Pete Wright interviews writer, podcaster, and audio dramatist Kyle Olson about navigating grief, the unexpected presence of mortality in creative work, and the enduring legacy of human connection.

9. 

   2 Aug 2025

   A Large Collection of Tiny Brief Encounters with Seth Nelson, Esq

   Host Pete Wright interviews divorce attorney Seth Nelson, Esq. about the profound impact of brief encounters and the true meaning of legacy.

10. 

    12 Jul 2025

    How to Be Remembered Without Saying a Word With Carrie Fox

    Host Pete Wright interviews strategic communicator Carrie Fox about living a life that leaves an imprint through actions, not just words, offering insights into building a meaningful legacy.

11. 

    27 Jun 2025

    A Well-Lived Life Deserves a Great Last Line

    Host Pete Wright introduces Headstone, a podcast exploring legacy and the meaning of a well-lived life, prompting listeners to consider their own final mark.

Who has been a guest on Headstone with Pete Wright

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• James Ochoa
• Aliza Kline
• Rob Kubasko
• Glenn Fleishman
• Srdjan Injac

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

216,983

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

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Quality

61

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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