No Gods No Mayors

Nov 21 2024 12 ep. 39 mins 716

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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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PREVIEW: Gavin Newsom, with Shanti Singh

Nov 21 2024 6 mins

On the Mayoral Benevolent feed this week: Friend of the show @uhshanti joins to talk about GRUESOME GAVIN himself. We bust open Mayor Riley's dusty tome of Great Wine Americans and dig into how the pride of San Francisco('s eight richest families) got his start in local politics.Hear the whole thing at nogodsnomayors.com!

Phineas T. Barnum

Nov 14 2024 82 mins

Yes, THAT PT Barnum! He was the mayor of Bridgeport, CT. Mattie is the mayor of this one, and we discuss the sort of ur-Mayor of America, the greatest showman himself. You might think to yourself: this makes a lot of sense, as he was the circus guy and the government is full of clowns. Also the premiere of Municipal Roundup. Hyah!Did you know we have a Patreon? 5 bucks a month gets

PREVIEW: The Boney Island MAYORfish, with Andrew Law

Nov 07 2024 5 mins

That's right, people. Andrew Law of The Boney Island Whitefish is here, and we're watching Season 1, Episode 18: "The Man With the Bone. We had Andrew, and there's an episode of bones featuring a weird mayor so the band is back together. Join our Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com to hear the premium Mayoral Benevolent Feed.

Darryn Lyons, with Andrew Law and Ben McCleay

Oct 31 2024 71 mins

We are joined by two of the joint mayors of our sister city, Boonta Vista, to talk about Mr. Paparazzi himself: Geelong's Darryn Lyons. The story of one brave man who installed a carapace on himself, collected the most beautiful art of naked women known to man, and was finally chased out of the country by a dingo to live as a tax exile in Italy. We salute you, Darryn!

PREVIEW: Eric Adams Part 2, with Alex Press

Oct 24 2024 5 mins

We dig into the very bad no good 2024 of Mr. Adams – a simple polyamorous vegan trying to make it big in the city he was born and raised in, taken down by the cruel passengers of the very plane he was trying to fly. We are joined by special acting deputy Mayor and longtime Eric Adams obsessive Alex Press.This is the last time we split the episodes up like this for a while! But yo

Eric Adams, Part 1

Oct 17 2024 72 mins

OKAY: We promised we were going to stop splitting the episodes behind the paywall like this but this is an emergency and then we'll stop doing that.Mayor Mattie sits at the head of the table of success and takes Riley and November through the career of Eric Adams, from when he was a mere teenager getting hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat through the first half of his

Boris Johnson, Part 2 (PREVIEW)

Oct 10 2024 6 mins

Mayor Nova and Deputy Mayors Mattie and Riley dive into Boris's second term as Mayor of London. This episode has everything: bridges that aren't built. Airports that aren't built. Exploding battleships. Disgusting affairs. Head to http://nogodsnomayors.com to listen to the whole episode!

Boris Johnson, Part 1

Oct 03 2024 79 mins

We finish up our Power Trio of hometown heroes with Nova in the Mayoral Seat for Boris Johnson. Get in, loser! We're riding our Boris bikes to the IFS Cloud Cable Car to the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower! Part 2 next week on the bonus feed.

PREVIEW: Rob Ford, Part 2

Sep 26 2024 4 mins

Riley, Nova, and Mattie stand over what's left of Rob Ford and his mayoralty after "the incident" and also what appears to be several months of him getting chased around Ontario by police holding a big net. In a lot of ways, 'twas beauty killed the beast. Listen to the whole episode over on our Patreon at NoGodsNoMayors.com

Rob Ford, Part 1

Sep 19 2024 58 mins

We continue our tour of maniac executives with The Most Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford. In this episode, Mayor Riley guides Mattie and November from Rob's humble beginnings hanging out in suburban Ontario's most cursed basement up through the part of his life where they are tagging him like a wild rhinoceros. Tune in next week on the Patreon (http://nogodsnomayors.com) for Part 2. FYI