Mylo and Friends: The Podcast

Hello Studios

Mylo and Friends: The Podcast is a bold, unfiltered look at friendships, self-awareness, and life through the lens of a dynamic voice in the LGBTQ+ community, and his diverse guests. Hosted by Mylo Draven the podcast blends humor, real talk, and cultural commentary to spark honest conversations around hot topics, personal growth, and the world we live in.

  1. 6d ago

    Mylo Draven: Recovering Addict, Bag Collector, Disappointed Optimist | Ep 62

    In this solo episode, Mylo sits center couch and introduces himself properly to new listeners (hey y’all!). He covers his history as a recovering meth addict, including multiple relapses, a suicide attempt, and the antidepressant that he says saved his life.  Mylo’s message: if nobody tells you, he is on your side. Along the way Mylo talks about why crossbody bags do not work on a 44-inch frame, the man makeup routine that keeps him looking rested, and a run-in involving a security guard trailing a dark-skinned friend through a shoe store. Coincidentally this leads into his core philosophy: he would rather be a disappointed optimist than a happy pessimist. This episode is for anyone who is new to the show and wants to know who Mylo actually is, and for anyone who needs a reminder that they are not the only person going through something hard. Chapters:  0:00 Milo Introduces Himself and His Recovery Story 5:03 Bag Collection: Louis Vuitton Speedies and Beyond 10:10 Man Makeup, Meth, and Mental Health 16:53 A Phishing Email Hits the Brokerage 22:07 I Would Rather Be a Disappointed Optimist #myloandfriends #dallaspodcast #addictionrecovery #louisvuitton #lgbtcommunity

  2. Oct 19

    Sir, Please Buy a Briefcase | Ep 62 ft Robin McCoy

    Robin McCoy is still here, and Mylo has receipts. There's the listing agent who wouldn't touch her commission while the seller brought $30K to closing, the 78-year-old laying her own carpet to pass FHA, and an insurance binder that should take one click but took four days, five people, and a CEO (walk into a bar…). Then the rate shopper who magically found 6.375 overnight gets schooled: rate is ego, payment is reality. Mylo gets real about the one file in hundreds that never cleared, and why lenders now want proof of everything. And yes, a former NFL star really did walk into Wells Fargo with Hefty bags full of cash. Sir. Catch Robin's podcast, Relax I Got This: Embracing Life After 60, at relaxigotthis.com. Chapters:  00:00 Cold Open: Trash Bags Full of Cash 01:00 "Can't You Do Better?" Lender Compensation 02:55 The 78-Year-Old Fixing Her House for FHA 04:00 The Seller Who Brought $30K to Closing 05:00 Four Days for an Insurance Binder 07:55 The Realtor Holds the Golden Egg 08:50 Why Mylo Won't Ask You for Deals 10:00 "Call Me When It's Cleaned Out" 10:55 No Calls After 6 PM 12:00 The Miracle 6.375 Rate 13:25 Rate Is Ego, Payment Is Reality 14:50 Pay Me in Privilege 16:20 The File That Never Cleared 17:50 The Hair Business on Facebook 19:20 Exotic Dancers & Mortgage Qualifying 20:55 The NFL Star & the Trash Bag Bank Run 22:30 Where to Find Robin McCoy #MyloAndFriends #RobinMcCoy #MortgageBroker #WholesaleLending #LoanOfficer #MortgageRates #DallasRealtor #RealEstateTips #HomeBuying #RealtorLife #RelaxIGotThis #DallasPodcast #PodcastClips

  3. Oct 12

    Your Doctor Should Be Younger Than You (and Other Robin McCoy Rules) | Ep 61

    Realtor to the stars Robin McCoy pulls up, and Mylo started without her because that's how these two operate. Before anyone says hello we've got a toothless college roommate, a bowling alley steak (medium well, because God is diabolical), and a very specific kind of hookup Robin is not willing to die for. Then the wig comes off. Robin's mom is 90, bedridden, 500 books deep, and officially out of money. Robin spills what senior care really costs in Texas, why most seniors are malnourished, and the day insurance tried to send her mom home while Robin sat in a salon chair with foils in her hair. Also on the menu: why your primary care doctor should be younger than you, why the solar salesman knocking on Grandma's door needs to keep walking, and the Mrs. Roper Beer Crawl in Denton. Muumuu mandatory. Chapters:  00:00 Cold Open 00:40 The Toothless Roommate & the Bowling Alley Steak 01:55 Meet Robin McCoy, Realtor to the Stars 02:45 The Mrs. Roper Beer Crawl 04:50 Where the Drag Queens Buy Their Wigs 05:50 Muumuu Retirement Plans 08:55 Realtor Safety & Vicky the Protector 11:40 The Fake Sheriff Scam Call 12:40 Scammers Targeting Seniors 13:40 Mom Ran Out of Money 16:25 What Senior Care Really Costs 17:05 Sassy Keeps You Sharp 18:20 Gas Prices & $100 Is the New $20 20:30 Lab Meat, Microplastics & Going Organic 22:30 Why Seniors Are Malnourished 24:50 Healthcare in America Is a Guessing Game 27:20 How to Interview Your Primary Care Doctor 28:05 The Insurance Runaround 29:20 Discharged With Foils in Her Hair 30:30 Finding Mom's Care Home 31:00 The Rat Race & Finding Your Quiet Time 32:40 The 65 Retirement Myth 33:30 Solar Panel Scams on Seniors 35:45 It's Not Commission, It's Compensation #MyloAndFriends #RobinMcCoy #DallasRealtor #KellerWilliams #AgingParents #SeniorCare #SandwichGeneration #ElderCare #ScamAlert #SolarPanelScam #Medicare #DallasPodcast #RealEstatePodcast #PodcastClips

  4. Oct 5

    If You Can Sleep at Night, Stop Complaining | Ep 60

    Everybody's your bestie? Cute. Do they even know your last name? Jim Morris, author of Connect or Die, is back on the couch for Part 2 (straight off the plane, still fresh), and Mylo is not holding back. We hear about the phone call where Mylo's mom asked (mid senior year, by the way), “Are you still gay?” Plus, why old school Disney ruined everyone's idea of romance, and the private school classmate who blamed Mylo's better grades on being Hispanic.  Jim shares the heartfelt DM he sent a struggling business owner that got nothing back but a like, and why that turned out to be the whole point. Also revealed: about 12 people know where Mylo lives, fewer have been inside, and nobody, NOBODY, gets to use the bathroom. If you've ever handed confidant status to someone who was really just an acquaintance, consider this your intervention. Grab Connect or Die by Jim Morris on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audio. Chapters:  00:00 Cold Open: Acknowledged, Not Reciprocated 00:40 Sober With Bruce and Tagging Along to NA 01:30 Only Child Energy and Protecting Your Space 03:30 Mom's Big Question: "Are You Still Gay?" 05:45 Old School Disney Ruined Romance 07:45 60,000 Thoughts a Day (Mostly About the Past) 08:45 Raised Without Guilt in Eagle Rock 09:40 The Classmate Who Blamed It on Being Hispanic 11:15 The "We Didn't Connect" DM 12:50 Know Who You Are or Get Waved Goodbye 13:50 Friends You Disagree With (But Would Take a Bullet For) 15:20 The Southlake Faux Hawk Story 17:15 UWM Kool-Aid and the Fear of Standing Out 19:00 Country Club Friends and the No-Bathroom Rule 19:50 Confidants, Allies, and Acquaintances 20:50 The Fake Bestie Epidemic 21:50 Trauma, Drama, and Learning Fast 22:50 Gay, Catholic, and Unbothered 23:50 Buy the Book: Connect or Die 24:50 Caitlin, Three Kids, and Zero Pull-Out Game 26:00 The DM That Only Got a Like 28:15 Connection Is What You Give 29:00 "May That Life Never Find Me" 30:10 A Doctor's Advice at Grandma's Bedside 31:40 If You Can Sleep at Night, Live Your Life #MyloAndFriends #JimMorris #ConnectOrDie #Podcast #RealFriends #FakeFriends #Connection #LGBTQPodcast #NoShame #KnowYourWorth #Friendship #Boundaries

  5. Sep 28

    "I'm Not a Dealer" and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves | Ep 59 ft Jim Morris

    First time meeting in person, and Mylo opens with not one, not two, but THREE strip club stories. Welcome to the couch, Jim. Jim Morris, author of Connect or Die, went from a Boston kid who discovered his parents' opioid secret at 14, to a college student paying tuition in cash (allegedly, from selling weed). He also sweet talked his way into community college three weeks late, which says a lot about his whole “connection” thing. Mylo matches him story for story: the phantom work phone that fueled his meth habit, the rehab therapist who read him for filth on family day, and the New Year's Eve he walked out on the party, then locked his boyfriend out of the condo. (Like, literally carried him out the door.) You'll relate if you've ever lived two lives and gotten exhausted playing both. Connect or Die by Jim Morris is on Amazon now. Chapters 00:00 Cold Open: The Phone That Never Rang 00:28 Mylo Prepped (a First) 01:08 "Newsy," Vegas, and Three Strip Club Stories 02:18 "I'm the Safest Lap You Got" 03:20 Culture Shock: Boston to Nashville, California to Dallas 04:19 OxyContin, Secrets, and Shame at 14 07:16 Cash for College and the Enrollment Desk 09:44 Weed vs. Meth: Wired Very Differently 10:52 The Phantom Work Phone 11:11 "I'm Not a Dealer!" (He Was) 12:35 Living as Two Jim Morrises 13:23 You Can't Connect If You're Not Connected 13:51 The Rehab Therapist Who Blamed Mylo 15:50 No Pivot, No Pivotal Moment (Get You a Cocoon) 17:13 Know Who You Don't Want to Be 18:47 The Hairdresser Tell-All Mylo Needs to Write 20:05 Rock Bottom Had a Basement 21:09 New Year's Eve: "When Will We See You?" "Never." 22:07 The Boyfriend, the Three-Way, and the Password Change 23:19 Sober, Speaking, and Still Sliding 24:12 The Thursday, Friday, Saturday (and Tuesday) Drinker 25:12 Vulnerability at Work and the Triple H Method 26:08 "I Just Want to Be Heard" (Hi, Mom) 27:19 Narcissist, or Just Not Strong Enough to Hear It? 28:47 The AA Meeting That Ruined Jim's Day 29:35 Sharing Is Caring, Oversharing Is Overburdening #MyloAndFriends #JimMorris #ConnectOrDie #HumanConnection #IMPACTEffect #SobrietyJourney #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryStories #PivotalMoments #Vulnerability #ConnectedLeadership #LeadershipPodcast #NashvilleAuthor #MortgagePodcast #NoFilter #UnfilteredConversations #PodcastClips #PodcastsToWatch #EntrepreneurLife #HelloStudios

  6. Sep 21

    Five Figures A Year And I Still Can't Get A Phone Call | Ep 58

    Part two picks up exactly where the bags left off. Mylo and Bruce spend a good stretch dragging the luxury retail experience, starting with Coach, where a district manager named Anne is formally invited to hand over the email address nobody will give them. There's the woman at the Northpark drop who talked a loved leather Empire right off the shoulder for a cool grand, a theory about why Southlake never gets the good merchandise, and a reminder that in Europe they'll treat you like royalty with two dollars in your pocket.  Then it quietly becomes a business masterclass, because the same men who will read you for a bad attitude also close a $160,000 condo (with the same energy as a $1.3 million deal), and they have thoughts about loan officers who get mad at somebody else for making the follow-up call they skipped.  Stay for the Starbucks gift wrap review, the tumbler cabinet confession, and Bruce's retirement plan.  Chapters:  0:00 Luxury is not a price point 0:25 The Coach Circle and the Rexy photo that took off 1:20 The Brain Dead drop and a 3 AM alarm 1:45 Selling a bag off his shoulder in the middle of the store 2:50 Jamila at MCM and the Liz tote 3:30 Northpark gets everything, Southlake gets nothing 4:00 Anne, this part is for you 4:30 Five figures a year and nobody's book of business 6:00 While we're here, let's drag Louis Vuitton 6:40 The vintage Speedy rebirth nobody will call about 8:10 A $160K condo and a $1.3M deal get the same energy 9:20 Europe treats you like a king, here they turn their nose up 10:20 What retail taught him about relationships 11:20 Meet Team Milo and the princess processor 12:20 Third grade math, emotions and HOAs 13:30 The group chats are unhinged 14:00 Follow up with your clients 15:00 Nobody is stealing your clients, you're just not calling 15:45 Everybody deserves a home 16:20 Yes, we fire clients 16:40 Don't get mad at the version of me you earned 17:20 Drag queens taught him how to read 18:00 Boundaries, check-ins and zero phone trackers 19:40 A broken picker and how fast they knew 20:20 Nobody sends an ugly picture 21:20 Take a moment for Candace 23:20 My accountability era 24:10 The MCM Rocket bag 24:40 Still cutting hair for the Shamburgers 25:30 What a real Christian actually looks like 26:20 Stunting now, eccentric old man later 27:30 Jacques Marie Mage and checking the label 28:30 The Starbucks gift wrap situation 29:50 The tumbler cabinet and the Nespresso era 31:10 A closing message for anybody who's been done dirty #MyloAndFriends #MyloAndBen #CoachCircle #Coachie #CoachBags #MCM #LouisVuitton #BagTok #HandbagCollection #LuxuryRetail #CustomerServiceFail #NorthPark #DallasPodcast #LoanOfficerLife #MortgageTips #InclusiveLending #RelationshipsOverTransactions #GayCouple #LGBTQPodcast #PodcastClips

  7. Sep 14

    My Husband Runs The Instagram And He Will Come For You | Ep 57

    Bruce is back on the couch, and this time he isn't sharing it.  Mylo's husband, processor and shopping accomplice takes the full episode for a marriage conversation that detours hard into which gas station chain is superior, whether H-E-B lives up to the hype (it does not), and the Carmine's waiter who set their food down on a bus station and wandered off.  There's a 21-year age gap that nobody at this house is treating as a plot point, and the day Bruce finally snapped on a file and got promoted in his husband's eyes for it. Also on the table: Vegas hotel rankings, an unpaid endorsement of April at Gucci, and 1,500 Instagram followers who apparently cannot locate the subscribe button. Come for the marriage talk, stay for the bag reveal. Chapters:  0:00 Bruce is back and the mic is too far away 1:20 No girl, we're not brothers 1:50 Best friend, husband, work partner 2:20 Retail to mortgage: the crash course 3:15 Two fire signs, one household 4:10 The day Bruce finally snapped 5:30 Type A, type B, type C+ 6:00 Harder market, messier clients 7:10 Paying for convenience is the utopia 7:45 H-E-B did not impress 8:35 Wawa vs QT vs QuickChek 9:30 The hoagie, the bike, and the miracle of this marriage 10:20 What he refused to lose 11:30 The donut shop in the old Taco Bell 12:20 What actually surprises him about being married 13:30 Safe, respected, and nothing like before 14:15 We're not the stereotypical gays 14:50 The 21-year age gap 15:30 Leading by example 16:40 Marriage feels like a comfortable cardigan 17:30 Every version of me, treated the same 18:20 Pretty people and the effort problem 19:00 Grandpa's 1987 dating advice 20:30 The kid conversation 22:30 Long-term care and where the line is 23:20 Bruce runs the Instagram, come correct 24:00 1,500 followers, zero subscribers 24:35 Shout out Yanny at Coach 25:15 Vegas: hot, dead Fontainebleau, good Gucci 26:20 Hotel rankings and the Vanderpump letdown 27:00 Carmine's, you're off the list 28:00 Lola's, Louis Vuitton, and April at Gucci 29:45 No vices left, just bags, cars and trips 30:20 The Coach Compass 25 reveal #MyloAndFriends #MyloAndBen #GayMarriage #GayCouple #AgeGapRelationship #LGBTQPodcast #QueerPodcast #MarriedLife #HusbandsOfInstagram #WorkingWithYourSpouse #MortgageLife #LoanOfficerLife #DallasPodcast #CoachCompass #BagTok #HandbagCollection #VegasTrip #GucciHaul #PodcastClips #MessyAndMarried

  8. Sep 7

    The Velvet Elvis Episode | Ep 56 with Dr. B

    Your favs are picking the conversation back up with two business owners comparing scars, and it gets petty in the best way. Dr. B walks away from the franchise, and Mylo reveals he signed a 500-page contract without reading it (because a lawyer wanted ten grand and his only real question was whether he could still curse on camera).  Then we get to the good stuff: Why saying goodbye to a mentor feels like breaking up with a parent, and what happens to your business the second you stop being your own roadblock. Mylo at 58, refusing to wait until 70 to enjoy anything, and being very clear about who is providing for whom in his house. Plus the school drop-off report: one daughter came home with about eleven new best friends, the other came home and announced she does not like any of them and would prefer her old ones. Guess which one Dr. B claims. Then it turns into a tribute to a grandmother who took no disrespect from anyone, a silhouette tattoo that looks suspiciously like Marge Simpson, a velvet Elvis, and two men admitting they are entirely the product of the women who raised them. Chapters:  00:00 Cold Open 00:30 The 500-Page Contract He Never Read 01:20 Pay to Say Goodbye 02:30 Franchise Freedom vs. Franchise Fees 03:00 Telling a Father Figure You're Leaving 04:40 "Is It Even My Idea Anymore?" 05:10 What Happens When You Stop Blocking Yourself 06:00 Suddenly You're Mentoring People 06:45 Hiring Too Soon and the One Who Stayed 08:00 The VA Team and the Notifications 09:00 Kyle Draper Is Shifting Too 09:45 It Always Comes Down to Dollars and Cents 10:20 Paying a Fee to Exist 11:20 "Just Give Me the Look" 11:50 58 and Not Waiting Until 70 12:40 Twenty-One Years Apart 13:20 Church Group, Community, and a Mormon Joke 14:30 Family vs. Community 15:40 Small Networks and Trust Issues 16:20 Minis, Audis, and the Coachies 17:00 Window Shopping, Not Committing 18:00 Stop Having Vanilla-Ass Conversations 18:30 Tell Me About Your First Pet 19:30 The Peacock Daughter and the Other One 20:00 First Day of School and the Contraband Stuffed Animal 21:20 "I Made Friends. I Don't Like Them." 23:00 You Need a Person 24:20 "I'm My Mom's Child" 25:20 The Silhouette Tattoo 26:00 The Grandmother Who Took Nobody In 26:30 A Healthy Relationship on Display 27:20 Daredevil Poster and a Velvet Elvis 28:20 Come Back and Bring Haven #MyloAndFriends #MyloAndFriendsPodcast #DrB #TheMigraineDoc #AxiomMigraineInstitute #LeavingTheFranchise #FranchiseLife #SmallBusinessOwner #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPartnership #Mentorship #BrokerOwner #InclusiveLending #NetworkingIsDead #RealConversations #GirlDad #ParentingHumor #FirstDayOfSchool #FindYourPeople #ChosenFamily #GrandmaEnergy #CelebratingWomen #DallasPodcast #GayPodcaster #Part2

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Mylo and Friends: The Podcast is a bold, unfiltered look at friendships, self-awareness, and life through the lens of a dynamic voice in the LGBTQ+ community, and his diverse guests. Hosted by Mylo Draven the podcast blends humor, real talk, and cultural commentary to spark honest conversations around hot topics, personal growth, and the world we live in.

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  • Creator
    Hello Studios
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Hello Studios