

No Gods No Mayors
The Office of the Mayor
Municipal government: a trap that catches those too incompetent, too corrupt, too incompetent even for national politics. And the greatest of these, the mayor - the highest political office one can hope to reach with a truly oppositional personality or a crack addiction. Mattie Lubchansky, Riley Quinn and November Kelly are teaming up to make a podcast investigating these mayors. From petty Bonapartes to flagrant mafiosi, these are their stories.Every other week, we'll have an episode on the free feed. For more Mayoral goodness, check out the bonus episodes on our Patreon.
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Jul 24, 2025 • 1h 5min
Byron Brown
This week, we've got a NEWS PEG! Wow. Mattie brings the crew Buffalo's longest-ever-serving mayor, Byron Brown.Municipal meeting minutes include: Nova’s gas corner, the boy mayor of LEGO “Castle”, finding out that you’re 5’9” (hoops again), Fallout: Niagara, In This House We Believe?, OK Campaign, and The Center-Left IMF.Pre-order Mattie's book or see her on tour, this coming week!Join us next week on The Patreon.

Jul 17, 2025 • 10min
PREVIEW: Rob Ford, Part III ?
This week, we're covering the Netflix documentary "Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem," their Rob Ford documentary. Did you know this guy Rob Ford invented lying and demonizing the media? Crazy.Head on over to the Patreon to listen!

Jul 10, 2025 • 1h 21min
Vít Jedlička (with Eleanor Janega)
This week, Riley goes Mattie mode and profiles a guy that is technically a mayor but kind of not really, Liberland's Vít Jedlička. And we're joined by Medievalist but more importantly Czechia expert, our pal Dr. Eleanor Janega!Municipal meeting minutes include: What if something good happened?, Fascist Nonna, Fungal Trump, Are women bourgeoise?, Consolation Island, Outer Tax Heaven, Secretary of the Interior (of the hut), Suicide by boar, and The Floating Man.Join the Patreon for just 5 bucks a month and get double the mayors!Check out Eleanor on We're Not So Different and her new show, Welcome to the Crusades!See Mattie on book tour, and pre-order Simplicity, or else!

Jul 3, 2025 • 10min
PREVIEW: Grafton New Hampshire
This week we've got another one of Mattie's flights of fancy: Is this utopian community "a mayor"? (Yes.) Anyway, huddle up for a cautionary tale...it's statist to not listen!Municipal meeting minutes include: Experiencing Courtlessness, what if there was no mayor at all, was the 19th century grink there, libertarian outreach, chompers at dawn, donkey of the week, good gulch, and bear patrol but real.East coast and midwest USA, catch Mattie on book tour! Or preorder Simplicity.This is a preview of an episode on our Municipal Benevolent Feed. Five bucks a month gets you access!

Jun 26, 2025 • 1h 21min
Carolyn Goodman
Would you care for a normal olive? This week, we’re covering Oscar Goodman’s Ptolemy II, his wife Carolyn. Mayoral Information Corner: Precious Bumpkins, Indianapolin vs fire, unhalled comrade, elected wife, Bucket of Gin O’Clock, startling Riley, rating the mantis, miniature iron dome, boy this lady stinks, 1-800-COP-FFS, and the best interview ever recorded. Get more mayors over on our Patreon!Catch Mattie on Book Tour!

Jun 19, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Larry Hand
This week on the Mayoral Benevolent Feed: After a few Items(!) we watch the 1996 documentary Rats in the Ranks about the Leichhardt Council mayoral elections in Sydney Australia's suburbs. It's Uncut Gems but for one fitted-out Aussie politician.Municipal meeting minutes include: Back on the son beat, schrödinger’s boat, volcel Sy Abelman, bud wine, commiserations counselor!, and loading a man up with brill cream. Catch the entire ep on the Patreon!

Jun 12, 2025 • 1h 25min
Oscar Goodman
This week, we're talking about the universe's happiest mayor, Oscar Goodman! Take this one personally. Municipal meeting minutes include: Indicted in battle. Walkin’ on the Son, A new immortal precept, B’nai brith for Las Vegas, d=Doing the hora with Lefty Rosenthal, Spaghetti mission, The strip is a Line, Another hooping mayor, Dry martinis and wet cigars, and No Nose’s Mob Meatballs.Point of order: Mattie rewatched Casino today and "the new strip" was extant in 1995 so the year was a little off when she said that. Sorry!Get on the municipal benevolent feed on our Patreon!

Jun 5, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Taron Margaryan with Sam Martirosyan
This week on the Mayoral Benevolent Feed we've got Producer Sam on the other side of the microphone! We're talking about former Yerevan mayor and lover of the number 7, Taron Margaryan.Municipal meeting minutes include: Gotham matriculates tonight Batman!, like taking land from a baby, putting the pope in a glass cube, a TTE (Time to Embattlement) Record, suing for my kickback, ILLGTTNCAR, a hot dog is a kind of column, and Gender Trouble.follow Sam on twitter or bsky!Listen to the whole episode over on our Patreon.

May 29, 2025 • 1h 4min
William Lantigua
This week, we cover possibly our most embattled and empaneled mayor, Willy Lantigua. Municipal meeting minutes include: Coconut water poisoning, dkdkflflfiffnfkrdjheb, Time to Embattlement (TTE), Deputy Neelix, The (International) Garbage Truck Conspiracy, the mayor that marries you, and a real smoothed-out town. Join our Patreon and get even more mayors!Preorder Mattie's book!

May 22, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Mega Municipal Roundup
Turn on your mayor conditioners - the Mayortaculus is down this week for scheduled maintenance. Join us on the bonus feed for a mega municipal roundup. Hyah! nogodsnomayors.com