Art is the New Wall Street

Morgan Short
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We were sold a specific version of success. Get the degree. Climb the ladder. Hit the milestones. For artists and creatives, that plan usually comes with a quiet cost: the slow shrinking of the thing that makes you you. Art is the New Wall Street is a podcast hosted by poet and creative director, Morgan Short for creatives who are done making their art fit around their life and are ready to build their life around their art. Every month, Morgan talks with musicians, writers, photographers, designers, dancers, and others who made that shift. Honest conversations about what it takes and what becomes possible when you do.The show covers creative identity, creative process, imposter syndrome, leaving inherited ideas of success behind, and what it actually looks like to build a more fulfilling life.

  1. We Are Responsible for Each Other: Protecting Artists Across Generations

    May 11

    We Are Responsible for Each Other: Protecting Artists Across Generations

    There is a version of the arts world where everyone shows up for each other. Where young artists have a safe place to practice, make mistakes, and figure out who they are before the world decides for them. Where elders are integral to creative spaces because intergenerational connection is how culture moves forward. Where artists are protected emotionally, financially, physically, and creatively. Tish Jones has spent 20 years building that version. Tish is a Saint Paul poet, MC, hip hop artist, and founder of TruArtSpeaks, a non-profit organization focused on literacy, leadership, and social justice through spoken word and hip hop culture. We talked about: Seeing the world as a poetThe three things that inspired Tish to found TruArtSpeaks in 2006What young artists need to be protected fromExploitation in creative industriesThe pressure to choose the "practical" pathEarly art champions and detractors The emotional weight artists carry during collective grief and unrestCreative practice, the myth of the daily routine, and meeting the spark when it comesCreativity as ancestry, intuition, and spiritual practiceTruArtSpeaks is currently celebrating 20 years with a fundraiser punch card featuring 20 Twin Cities businesses and the Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series at Icehouse every third weekend of the month. Connect with Tish: tishjonespoet.com Learn more about TruArtSpeaks: truartspeaks.org Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    52 min
  2. We Became Marketers to Get Paid for Our Creativity. What Went Wrong? | Creative Burnout with Amanda Jackson

    Feb 23

    We Became Marketers to Get Paid for Our Creativity. What Went Wrong? | Creative Burnout with Amanda Jackson

    A lot of marketers are just would-be artists who took the practical path. Think about it. We came in because we were good at writing, or design, or knowing instinctively what makes something feel right. We took creative risks. We cared about craft. We ended up here because we were creative and needed a way to get paid for it. What nobody told us is that creativity is a finite resource. When you spend it at work all day, there isn't much left for the novel you've been meaning to write or the instrument collecting dust in the corner. So...there's this deep sense of discontentment. Especially now that AI is here. Our inner artists are feeling neglected. Amanda Jackson is a freelance content writer and original research content strategist who has spent the last decade giving her best energy to B2B marketing. She knows something needs to change, she just hasn't figured out what yet. One of her goals for 2026 is to like her work more. She also hosts Hone Your Craft, a low-key community gathering for people who just want to spend an hour making something alongside other people.  We talk about: What choosing a creative adjacent career can actually cost youThe disillusionment so many marketers are feeling right now and why it makes senseWhat it feels like to watch the world debate whether your skills are replaceableThe itch to blow it all up and start over in a completely different fieldWhy putting your hobbies on a to-do list is the fastest way to kill themAmanda's Hone Your Craft sessions and what inspired her to start themOur definitions of success and how they've evolvedWhy we need to get more comfortable with being bad at thingsOur complicated relationship with being a beginnerThis one is for anyone who has given their best years to a field that doesn't quite feel like theirs anymore and is starting to wonder what comes next. Connect with Amanda:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandajacksonamj/ Substack: https://substack.com/@mandaroostack Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    1 hr
  3. What Artists Can Do About ICE w/ Kyle Tran Myhre - Lessons from Minneapolis

    Jan 30

    What Artists Can Do About ICE w/ Kyle Tran Myhre - Lessons from Minneapolis

    ICE has been occupying Minnesota for weeks now. They are targeting workplaces, neighborhoods, and even schools. Protestors are being met with pepper spray and tear gas. Community members, including Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, were killed in January. Fear is present. So is organized resistance. This episode was recorded January 28th just a few days after a large ICE Out march and strike in Minneapolis. It documents what artists can do when harm is unfolding in real time and communities are mobilizing to protect one another. Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre, a Minneapolis-based poet, educator, and activist, joins the show to talk about the roles artists can play in moments of crisis. Artists are connectors, organizers, storytellers, and resource-sharers.  We talk about: What people on the ground in Minnesota are witnessingThe workshop Kyle hosted for artists in MPLS and lessons learnedSimple ways artists can move information, resources, and suppliesHow to use your platform and your voiceWhat zines are and how they are a useful tool for spreading informationThe difference between outrage that mobilizes and outrage that demobilizesHow to create responsibly when real people are at riskWhy expertise is not required to helpStaying informed without burning outKyle also shared an original piece, "Discourse - Let Your Heart be a Whistle" If you're feeling powerless right now and want to get involved, but don't know where to start, this episode is for you.  Find movement-related resources for artists Zine featured in the episode Learn more about Kyle Kyle’s Racket Article about what artists can do in Minneapolis Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    58 min
  4. Why My Word for the Year is SOVEREIGNTY

    Jan 20

    Why My Word for the Year is SOVEREIGNTY

    I’ve been trying to record this solo episode for weeks. I wanted to start the year with it. I wanted to begin 2026 grounded and clear. But since January 7th, I’ve felt paralyzed. Heavy. Like my nervous system can’t catch up with reality, especially here in Minnesota. So today I’m starting here. My word for 2026 is sovereignty. Sovereignty is self-ownership. It’s the decision to live like your life belongs to you again. To become the final authority over your body, your time, your attention, your energy, and your choices. In this episode, I talk about: In this episode, I talk about: Why the world feels designed to fracture our attention and drain our nervous systemsThe path millennials were sold, and the reality we’re living in nowWhat it looks like to outsource your authorityWhat sovereignty looks like in practice This episode is for you if: You’ve been feeling burnt out, scattered, numb, or stuck on autopilotYou’re tired of living like your worth is measured by your outputYou’ve been waiting for permission to want something differentYou’re ready to come back to yourself and take your life backSupport the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    14 min
  5. Astrology as Code: Beca Bagdocimo on Birth Charts, Collective Energy, and What's Coming in 2026

    12/04/2025

    Astrology as Code: Beca Bagdocimo on Birth Charts, Collective Energy, and What's Coming in 2026

    Something big is coming at the end of February, beginning of March 2026. An astrologer predicts “there will be literal fire” and “things will burn.” Beca Bagdocimo, aka The Code Fairy, reads birth charts like code. She predicted her own corporate exit by studying her transits, journaled about wanting to leave, and got laid off on the exact date her chart said it would happen. Now she lives in a van, does astrology full-time, and helps people uncover their purpose by reading their charts. Beca joins Art is the New Wall Street to share her story, read my chart, and explain why we’re living through the most significant astrological moment in modern history. Here's what's happening with the stars: Pluto entered Aquarius in November 2024 (after initial moves in March 2023 and January 2024). The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was between 1778 and 1798, a period marked by massive global upheaval including the American Revolution. Neptune officially entered Aries on March 30, 2025. The last time Neptune was in Aries was from 1861 to 1875, which coincides with the American Civil War. Right now those cycles are happening at the same time. The energy of a revolution. The energy of a civil war. A collapsing system and a new world forming underneath it. In this episode: THE COLLECTIVE RESET: From greed and corruption (Pluto in Capricorn) to power to the people (Pluto in Aquarius) Why Trump's election was astrologically inevitableThe Leo/Aquarius energy imbalance and what it means for generational changeBeca’s predictions for 2026BECA’S STORY: How she went from learning Java to realizing astrology is codeThe corporate tarot campaign that accidentally foreshadowed her entire career pivotThe impact she had on Chris Walker after reading his chartPredicting her own layoffTaking the leap into vanlife despite just signing a leaseBIRTH CHART READING: Beca reads my solar return chart liveWhy I need to go deeper and ask questions most people avoidBeca pinpoints the exact spot in my chart that could have predicted my health issuesThis episode is for you if: You feel a shift in the collectiveYou sense the system breaking and something truer emergingYou are stuck in corporate and wondering what your chart would sayYou want to understand the astrology behind the moment we are living inSystems are collapsing right on schedule. The new world is already humming underneath them. Are you willing to listen to the code? Beca's astrology course, Cosmic Coded Course launches mid-December at thecodefairy.com. Find her on TikTok @becabagofdonuts Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    1h 15m
  6. Poetry, Healing, and Awakening with Felicia Clark

    10/30/2025

    Poetry, Healing, and Awakening with Felicia Clark

    Important note: This episode includes conversation about trauma, depression, suicide, and substance use. Please take care of yourself. Listen cautiously or consider skipping this one if these subjects are triggering for you. Art is often an outlet for healing. For digital nomad, Felicia Clark, poetry was her medicine of choice. Felicia joins Art is the New Wall Street to talk about her debut poetry collection, Awake: Poetry for the Healing. Together, we explore what it means to be awake, notice synchronicities, write through pain, and use creativity as a form of healing. Felicia reads multiple poems from her book on air and shares how The Artist’s Way, sobriety, and radical self-acceptance shaped her healing journey and subsequent spiritual awakening. In this episode we talk about: Being awake to generational cycles and toxic patternsObsessive writes: the themes that haunt your creative work and following themFoster care and the mysterious letter ASobriety, nomad life, and rebuilding creative confidencePets as lifelines (hi, Luna Moon)Boundaries, mirrors, and the friends who make up a support squadManifestation as a creative practiceThe Artist’s Way, Big Magic, and other creative works worth checking outThis one is for the artists who are healing, the writers who are listening, and the souls who are learning to see their story as sacred. Felicia’s creative affirmations: I am willing to create. I am willing to be of service through my creativity. I, Felicia Clark, am a brilliant and prolific writer, worthy of being a published author. Connect with Felicia (and buy her book!): Felicia's Author WebsiteMeasure Life in Bookmarks FacebookMeasure Life in Bookmarks InstagramCreative works mentioned in this episode: It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark WolynnThe Artist’s Way by Julia CameronThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBecoming A Published Therapist: Bill O’ Hanlon Big Magic by Elizabeth GIlbertMirror Work: 21 Days to Heal Your Life by Louise HaySupport the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    1h 12m
  7. Why I Left Corporate After a Health Scare

    10/28/2025

    Why I Left Corporate After a Health Scare

    I've been quiet for the last few months. There's a big reason for that. This summer, I was diagnosed with a rare neuroendocrine tumor called a paraganglioma. I had surgery in August. They removed four tumors. They weren't cancerous, and we caught them early. But the journey to get there—and what came after—changed everything. In this solo episode of Art is the New Wall Street, I'm pulling back the curtain on where I've been, what I learned, and why I finally left corporate America. We talk about: The health scare that started in November 2024 with a hospitalization and hypertensive crisisWhat it's like to get a tumor diagnosis over MyChart with no phone callThe summer I disappeared: medical leave, surgery, and learning to listen to my bodyBeing an alien in your own body and confronting years of body image strugglesWhy I couldn't go back to corporate after recoveryThe current state of the job market and what it's really like climbing a ladder that leads nowhereGoing solo and building a business aligned with my valuesWhat's next for the podcast  This one's for anyone who's been thinking about making a big change. Anyone who's tired of being out of alignment. Anyone who needs permission to get quiet, disappear for a while, and go inward. No one is coming to save you from yourself. You have to choose you. Life doesn't wait for anyone. Off the ladder. Going solo. Still telling stories that matter. Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    18 min
  8. Erika G. Musser: On Freelancing, ADHD, and Becoming the Niche

    05/15/2025

    Erika G. Musser: On Freelancing, ADHD, and Becoming the Niche

    You can’t always see a breaking point from the outside. Erika G. Musser looked like she had it together. She was working in nonprofits, climbing the ladder, and doing everything by the book.  But at home, she was unraveling. At one point the burnout was so bad her husband even said, “I feel like I don’t have my wife anymore.” So she started rewriting her life on her own terms. In this episode of Art is the New Wall Street, Morgan talks with Erika, a freelance content strategist, ghostwriter, and the mind behind The Secret Life of Freelancers newsletter. We talk about what it really means to choose yourself in a world that rewards conformity. Erika shares her journey through burnout, freelancing, an adult ADHD diagnosis, and the freedom of going nicheless. We also get into: The cost of burnoutThe decision to freelance and the freedom that comes with itHer ADHD diagnosis and how it helped her create better, not lessWhat it means to be a multipotentialite and fun stuff about human designGoing nicheless because “you are the niche”Her Business Insider essay and the costs of going viral (hint: don’t read the comments)Why you don’t have to monetize every corner of your creativityThe balance myth, especially in motherhoodThis one’s for the nonlinear creatives. The ones who are done fitting into other people’s systems and are ready to build their own. It’s raw. It’s funny. It’s honest. And it might just give you permission to bet on yourself. 💌 Subscribe to The Secret Life of Freelancers Newsletter  🔗Connect with Erika on LinkedIn or visit her website. Support the show Subscribe at artisthenewwallstreet.com and on YouTubeLearn more about host and producer, Morgan Short Follow us on Tik Tok, Instagram, and FacebookSubscribe wherever you listen to podcastsKeep creating, keep making art. Your art is a gift to you and to the world.

    53 min
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We were sold a specific version of success. Get the degree. Climb the ladder. Hit the milestones. For artists and creatives, that plan usually comes with a quiet cost: the slow shrinking of the thing that makes you you. Art is the New Wall Street is a podcast hosted by poet and creative director, Morgan Short for creatives who are done making their art fit around their life and are ready to build their life around their art. Every month, Morgan talks with musicians, writers, photographers, designers, dancers, and others who made that shift. Honest conversations about what it takes and what becomes possible when you do.The show covers creative identity, creative process, imposter syndrome, leaving inherited ideas of success behind, and what it actually looks like to build a more fulfilling life.

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  • Creator
    Morgan Short
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Art is the New Wall Street
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