

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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Feb 20, 2025 • 1h 19min
Etienne Cabet
First as France, and then again as France. For some reason in this one Mayor Mattie takes us to 19th-century France and then also Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and California. That's right, we've plunged into one of her special interests!Municipal meeting minutes include: learning how to drive barefoot from a guy with a soulpatch, Croatian Goodfellas, scheming mayors chat, headlight fluid clinics, posting is praxis, dogs of remarkable size and strength, the chore wheel at New Jerusalem, the most prepared group of people in human history, and the wrongest breakfast ever served.Check out our Patreon for more mayor action! And if you like zany separatists why not pre-order Mattie's new book!

Feb 13, 2025 • 8min
PREVIEW: Leonis C. Malburg
November's in the mayor's seat for this one, a tragic tale of one Basque gentleman founding a beautiful utopia under a freeway and on top of a rail yard, where any business could dispose as many animal corpses and batteries as they wanted. Until the world decided that the beautiful Malburg family was too pure for this Earth.Join us on the Patreon to hear the whole thing, and get double the mayors every month!

Feb 6, 2025 • 1h 25min
Rodrigo Borgia (with Patrick Wyman)
Our favorite historian and host of The Tides of History podcast joins us to ask and answer a question that's been on our minds since we started the show: Are popes mayors? The answer is: Kind of!To do so, we talk through the Pope's very mayor-like role during specifically the Renaissance, and the most mayor-like pope of them all, Rodrigo Borgia aka Pope Alexander VI. Now pull out your sword, and get to stabbin'!If you like NGNM, why not become a Patreon subscriber, and get twice as many mayors per month!Also, if you're on the west coast of America, why not catch Mattie on tour next week!

Jan 30, 2025 • 8min
PREVIEW: Stephen R. Reed
We head to the capital of PA for our boy-est Boy Mayor yet, Harrisburg's Stephen R. Reed.Office of the Mayor meeting minutes include: Michele Zoo-cault, illegal Megalopolis screening, Municipal Roundup presented by Rudy dot coffee, the Nightcrawler from NIGHTCRAWLER, the boymoding mayor, Coastal Pennsylvania, Riley gets FFS, Kinds of Kindness but not in the normal way, The American Museum of Hat Accessories, The Return of JFK’s gun, and more! Head to our Patreon to hear the full episode, and get DOUBLE the mayors! (and why not catch mattie ON TOUR!)

Jan 23, 2025 • 1h 6min
Pedro Calado
We finally leave the Anglosphere to head to the sunny island of Madeira, where one rally racing and handball-loving Mayor tried to elude an entire plane of lawyers and judges paradropped onto his exact location.Like NGNM? Hear all of our biweekly BONUS episodes on our patreon.

Jan 16, 2025 • 10min
PREVIEW: The Greatest Showman (2017)
It was the week between Christmas and New Years so the substitute teacher rolled in the A/V setup and instead of class we watched a movie. That's right! It's time to stand in a circle slam-dancing together, celebrating that freak marriage is finally legal! Former guest P.T. Barnum stars in this rollicking ahistorical romp. Guys, it's so bad.Listen to the whole episode exclusively on our patreon.Hey, do you like COMEDY?! Catch Mattie on tour with Gender Ordeal, in DC, San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle this month and next! Get your tickets here.

Jan 9, 2025 • 1h 20min
Sarah Palin
Did you know that Alaska is more than its admittedly gorgeous train livery? That's right! They have mayors. In the shadow of Mt. POW/MIA (really) lies the town of Wasilla. We delve into what it was like before the national spotlight shone on it, a simple strip mall Deadwood where you could drive as drunk as you'd like while you carted dozens of mattresses in the back of your extended cab pickup, firing your handgun wildly out the window. Then, of course, it all changed.Why not sign up for the BONUS feed and get more Mayors? nogodsnomayors.com is your destination.

Jan 2, 2025 • 8min
PREVIEW: George Garner
We talk (finally) about the mayor that everyone sent in, South Carolina's George Garner, who was killed recently in a police chase, after his entire police force resigned under semi-mysterious circumstances on the Carolingian Steppe (a thing we invent).We also have a mega municipal round-up featuring a mayoral superbloom event in England, and our old friend Eric Adams's old friend Ingrid Lewis-Martin and her DJ son. Don't worry, we found his soundcloud. Check out the episode on our Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com!

Dec 26, 2024 • 1h 28min
Sam Yorty (with Noah Suarez-Sikes)
We're joined this week by senior Southern California correspondent Noah (twitter/bsky) to talk about California's Richard Nixon™, Saigon Sam himself, travelin' Sam Yorty. From humble beginnings as a Nebraskan ragamuffin, Sam rose to the ranks of Insanely Racist Guy. Sensually licking this podcast and using our franking privilege to mail it directly...to your ears!Join the mayoral benevolent feed for just five bucks a month and get more episodes of NGNM, why not! Nogodsnomayors.com

Dec 19, 2024 • 7min
PREVIEW: Michael Applebaum
After some disturbing revelations about Riley's wine intake, we delve into Gérald Tremblay's replacement. Montreal had corruption problems. Who else to solve them than THE unicycling, shriner hypnotist himself who also cannot speak French and who also was corrupt?Join us over at The Mayoral Benevolent feed at nogodsnomayors.com to hear the rest and get TWO extra episodes a month.


