heartdea13r w/ chr1stoph3r g0nda Jeremy Wagner on Brutal Honesty, Chef Curtis Duffy, Memoirs, Peter North & Making Life Count // #059
Mar 5, 2026
Jeremy Wagner, author, musician and filmmaker known for memoir and documentary work and founder of Dead Sky Publishing. He talks about brutal honesty in storytelling. He describes writing Curtis Duffy’s memoir, making a candid documentary about Peter North, and the creative drive behind his music, publishing, and upcoming novel. Short, candid, and provocative conversations about truth and making life count.
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Choose Brutal Honesty For True Memoir Impact
- Be brutally honest in memoirs to give readers the full, unvarnished story.
- Jeremy Wagner insisted on deep, 60-hour interview sessions with Chef Curtis Duffy to extract cathartic, unfiltered detail that makes the memoir punchy.
Peter North Came Clean On Camera
- Jeremy convinced Peter North (Alden Brown) to disclose decades-long denials about starting in gay porn to humanize his story.
- At the Vegas premiere Peter openly said it felt good to come clean and received applause from peers.
Corey Soria Connected Jeremy To Peter North
- Jeremy met Peter North through longtime friend and adult director Corey Soria, who worked with Alden Brown early in his career.
- Corey helped connect Jeremy and pitched a Peter North documentary that Jeremy then wrote and produced.
