This is a Metaphor
There are so many ways to be a person. This Is A Metaphor is what happens when a curious creative can’t stop connecting dots. Life hands you a breakup, a bird call, a bagel? Boom. That’s a metaphor. This show isn’t therapy, and it isn’t theater, but it is art. It’s an existential treasure hunt—with jokes. Hosted by Mo Houston, a sharp-witted, soul-deep storyteller who views life through many lenses. She who knows the world makes sense… if you squint really hard. She’s lived out of suitcases and studios, built brands and burned out, laughed onstage and cried in voice notes. This podcast is kind of a memoir, a mirror, and definitely a metaphor.
Episodes
20 episodes
Musings: The Art of Shedding
January can feel like a trick of light—too slow, too long, and just honest enough to make you face what you’ve been dodging. We wade into that stretch with a messy mix of car trouble, online yoga teacher training, and a brand-new job in solar t...
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Episode 18
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32:04
Musings: “All Clear”
Mo shares how a week long fever made her burn through identity, ego, and preferences. She shares how a brutal flu made her renegotiate food, comfort, and control: jello for texture, watermelon for water, spaghetti for sanity, and the realizatio...
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23:35
Musings: “New Yearn”
We enter 2026 by trading performance for meaning, letting “yearn” guide how we make, love, and choose what matters. From a cold Tampa night that turned radiant to a creative rejection that became craft, we map how to turn longing into honest wo...
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Episode 16
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24:03
Musings: Left Unsaid
The day after Christmas has its own quiet electricity—the kind that lingers in the air when the lights are still up, the floor is a little glittered, and the stories of yesterday are still warm. We lean into that charge to explore how simple co...
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Episode 15
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16:43
Ep.14: Tenacious Folk w/Jake Polin
Comedy is a mirror and a map, MO’s long conversation with stand-up comic Jake Poland traces both. They start with the personal—the tired voice after a great talk, the open mic nights in St. Pete and Tampa, the strange little signs that push you...
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Episode 14
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1:56:02
Musings: Hi, Baby
Do you ever know something is working, but the feeling isn’t there? Sometimes something good doesn’t mean it’s right. In this episode Mo tells a tale about a pair of borrowed pants, musical serendipity, and love that feels good but just isn’t r...
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Episode 13
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12:25
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Musings: Cellar Door
A wrecked trailer with no side door isn’t the obvious start to a creative life on wheels—unless it keeps calling your name. In this episode we share the full, unglossed story of The Chariot, Mo’s DIY mobile studio built from a $1,500 shell, a s...
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Episode 13
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30:35
Musings: Pennies & Spiderwebs
A penny that costs more than a penny is more than a quirky headline; it’s a sharp clue that our symbols of value can slip out of sync with reality. From that strange starting point, we open a wider lens on creative work, purpose, and the messy ...
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Episode 12
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10:01
Musings: Lessons From Power Hour
We trace the tug-of-war between fixing others and tending ourselves, from breakup fallout to a supermoon yoga class that forces a choice between pushing and resting. Petty thoughts, poofy bangs, and one blocked mirror turn into a lesson on wort...
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Episode 11
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23:06
Really Good People w/ Matt Lathrom
What do fragile dreams, public grief, and indie film have in common? More than you might think. Mo & Matt Lathrom (from the last guest episode) start with an unsettling “protect the tiny creature” dreams and move through the losses of cultu...
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Episode 10
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1:06:10
Musings: The Season of Freaky
October has a way of shaking the dust off creativity. In this episode, Mo looks at how Halloween’s built-in weirdness gives people an excuse to show sides of themselves they usually keep hidden. It’s not about spells or candy — it’s about the r...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:10
Render Me This w/Matt Lathrom
They came for Visual Effects, but stayed for coffee shop politics. On this episode Mo chats with fellow creative, and friend, Matt Lathrom. Agencies thin out while indie film gets louder, scrappier, and—somehow—more fun. Lathrom, a multi-...
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Episode 8
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1:07:51
Musings: Toil
In this episode, Mo talks about how she set out to have the perfect morning: coffee, art, beach plans, and a finished painting. Instead, she found herself twelve hours deep slowly slipping into the void of an unfinished project. Or worse, a sh*...
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Episode 6
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29:01
Musings: Hopecore
Mo dives into Hopecore, meditation, and the strange joy of carrots. She confesses to endless scrolling, whispering mantras, napping like a pro, and discovering that sometimes doing nothing actually counts as progress. This episode is about show...
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Episode 6
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22:45
The Creativity Fast with Curtis Bourquard
In this episode, Mo sits down with her friend Curtis to talk Hollywood: L.A. burning as a metaphor for creativity, the writers’ strikes, and America’s fast food–style approach to content. They dive into the concept of money fasting—when you go ...
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Episode 4
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52:53
Musings: Where’s the Money? Ask Uranus
This week’s episode is a ride through friendship, butt jokes, and the bizarre ways the universe answers when you ask, “Where’s the money?” Over coffee with her best friend, a Capricorn card told Mo to be patient, and Uranus reminded her that ch...
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Episode 5
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22:31
Musings: The Name, a Lisp, and a Wish
In this episode, Mo dives into the complex relationship with her own name—how a childhood lisp, early speech therapy, and the shame of not being able to say “Morgan” shaped the way she felt about identity and worth. From journals full of doodle...
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Episode 2
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15:20
Fool’s End with Joseph Witowsky
We all have friends that bring out the best in us, and some of us are blessed to have friends that bring out the wit, the horror, and the delightfully deprecated allure of brutal honestly. Enter my very good friend, Joseph Witowsky. A deep thin...
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Episode 1
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50:59