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.
Episodes
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Oct 30, 2025 • 1h 23min
Ken Sim (with Dan Boeckner)
This week we're joined by Wolf Parade and The Bottlemen's own Dan Boeckner! After a quick "amayorse bouche" in rural British Columbia with some disgusting whipped cream, we head to the big show, Vancouver to talk about Lululemon's Renfield, Ken Sim. There's a whole lot to hate.Check out Dan's Patreon here!Head on over to OUR patreon to get double the mayors!
Oct 23, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Sal Bonaccorso
Your honor, is this happening? Grab a New Jersey-style Porto and Tonic! Mattie is the mayor and takes us on a journey into the heart of a very, very, very, very very, very racist man. Get on the Patreon to hear the whole thing.
Oct 16, 2025 • 1h 17min
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II
Alright, citizens! You've flipped your card at the municipal Churrasco to "green," indicating you'd like some mayors! Well, mayor November is here and she's got some hokum bullshit for us. That's right, it's high plains Gump himself, Soapy Smith.Head over to The Patreon to hear double the mayors!
Oct 9, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Tony Wu
This week's Mayoral Benevolent Feed episode is a mega muni roundup! We have some fun with an extremely embattled mayor in California, and hit a bunch of other Items! that we had lying around.Head on over to the Patreon to hear the whole thing!
Oct 2, 2025 • 1h 13min
Mel Lastman
HOMETOWN HEROES continues! Riley takes us back to Toronto for the proto-Rob Ford and literal bad boy of furniture sales: Mel Lastman!Join the Patreon for double the mayors!Get mattie's book!
Sep 25, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Bill de Blasio
Happy belated one year birthday to No Gods No Mayors! We're doing another round of Hometown Heroes, and Mattie is starting us off with New York City's hated slash beloved oaf and former FSLN guy (?) Warren Wilhelm Junior aka Bill de Blasio!This is a bonus episode! Head on over to the Patreon to get the whole thing.
Sep 18, 2025 • 1h 9min
Salvatore Lima
Alright everyone, time to put on your "podcast listener" uniform and get to work! This week's episode is brought to you by The Italian Rat Council. Riley's got a mobbed-up mayor of Palermo.Municipal meeting minutes include: Trip Crumpto, Cement Library Card, Speaking mafiosely, Italian Serpico, Load-bearing snitches, "Organized" crime?, and illegally kissing the homies.subscribe to The Patreon and get double the mayors!
Sep 11, 2025 • 11min
PREVIEW: Patrick Balkany
This week, November tells us about the inventor of the balcony. You’re not going to believe this but this right-wing french politician is a misogynist! This is a premium episode! Head on over to nogodsnomayors.com to listen to the whole thing.
Sep 4, 2025 • 1h 19min
E.H. "Boss" Crump
Agony! Misery! Mattie takes us on a ride with the first leatherman mayor, Memphis Tennessee's Edward Hull "Boss" Crump.Municipal meeting minutes include: Items thermindor, Don’t left click on me dude, Eric Items, Wet bads, Consider the Gimp’s Foot, Sim City 1930, and The Tennessee Leather Authority.Here's that clip of Jordan Coleman's zombie movie.Get on the Patreon for double the mayors!Buy mattie's book!
Aug 28, 2025 • 10min
PREVIEW: Kenny Kunene, with Benjamin Fogel
This episode, we are joined by scholar Benjamin Fogel to talk about a matched set of mayors from Johannesburg, South Africa, along with a guy that watched the city for a weekend. Municipal meeting minutes include: No dome! A visit from Coughin’ Jimmy, Final Mayorstanation, coffin flop, congratulations on being a woman, and Mayor are they Now?Listen to the whole episode on the Mayoral Benevolent Feed!Get Mattie's book Simplicity!
