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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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S1 · E111
Thursday · 1 hr 30 min
Ben E. Cabell
This week, after an Albania report, a segment we're calling "I'm NOT With (Mayor) Her," and a contractually obligated talking-about of a clout farming mayor, Riley gives us the second installation of his Dallas Trilogy (ed. note: See episode 87, "William Cabell." Excelsior!). Get in your strangely roofless car and buckle up! It's a bumpy one. Also, preorder Mattie's band's new record why don't you! --- thank you to actual, factual mayor Graham Birch for sending in the bumper. Bumper audio credits: FM radio tuning by MrAuralization -- https://freesound.org/s/269702/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Digital Radio Rack Unit Power Button 1_1 by Joao_Janz -- https://freesound.org/s/477618/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Fm Radio Static Brown Noise by IcedPhoenix49 -- https://freesound.org/s/732437/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Really Hard Guitar Riff with Solo by Robhog -- https://freesound.org/s/753576/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 G39-09-Boxing Fight Bell.wav by craigsmith -- https://freesound.org/s/438626/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Unsettling Crescendo 4 by SilverIllusionist -- https://freesound.org/s/842936/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 SFX_Explosion_14.wav by jalastram -- https://freesound.org/s/317767/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
S1 · E110
October 8 · 10 min
PREVIEW: Mega Municipal Broadside
Ahoy! This week on the bonus, we're sailing the seas of municipal news. We bring you tales from the world over! A lonely mayor! An incredible newspaper! A tale of French graphic design! and more! Head on over to the Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com to hear the whole thing. --- thank you to actual, factual former mayor Konstantin Anthony, mayor of Burbank CA, and listener Noah for the bumper! --- Bumper audio credits: FM radio tuning by MrAuralization -- https://freesound.org/s/269702/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Digital Radio Rack Unit Power Button 1_1 by Joao_Janz -- https://freesound.org/s/477618/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Fm Radio Static Brown Noise by IcedPhoenix49 -- https://freesound.org/s/732437/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 DSGNWhsh_Whoosh, Futuristic, Synthetic, Pass-By, Cinematic_03_JW Audio by JW_Audio -- https://freesound.org/s/848212/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 A flat to riff.wav by aceinet -- https://freesound.org/s/416444/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
S1 · E109
October 1 · 1 hr 23 min
Peter Stuyvesant
Goedemorgen! It's time to go Dutch Mode. This week, mayor Mattie rounds out our olde-timey second anniversary spectacular with Mayor Petrus himself, the final director-general of the New Amsteram colony. This guy was a real peg-legged piece of work. thank you to actual, factual mayor Dorothy McCabe, mayor of Waterloo, Ontario and listener Clover for the bumper! This is a FREE episode. Why not subscribe to the patreon and get double the mayors? nogodsnomayors.com
S1 · E108
September 24 · 10 min
PREVIEW: Bernhard Knipperdoling (with Dr. Eleanor Janega)
This week, we have our first-ever returning champion – friend of the show and medievalist Dr. Eleanor Janega from We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval – to talk about the Münster Rebellion and one of its weirdest little guys, Bernhard Knipperdoling. How dry is YOUR baby?Well, it better be the right amount of it. We'll be measuring. Listen to the whole thing over on the https://nogodsnomayors.com ! Just five bucks a month gets you double the mayors. https://nogodsnomayors.com.
S1 · E107
September 17 · 1 hr 37 min
Samuel Starling
We know that Nova says it's a bonus up top but it's not! We got it backwards. Sorry. Anyway, this week, November starts our SECOND ANNIVERSARY OLDE TIMEY MAYOR TRILOGY with The City of London's Samuel Starling, a man who hates Quakers SO much. Do NOT doff your hat while listening. Get on the Patreon to get double the mayors! ------ thank you to actual, factual mayor Paavo ”GCM” Arhinmäki, the graffiti mayor of Helsinki, and intrepid listener Ilman Paineet --- Bumper audio credits: radio band.wav by Paper Jam -- https://freesound.org/s/78391/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Fm Radio Static Brown Noise by IcedPhoenix49 -- https://freesound.org/s/732437/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 LASRGun_Retro Laser Zap Synth_Funky Audio_Sonic Spices by Funky_Audio -- https://freesound.org/s/729389/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Metal Hop Loop.wav by BaDoink -- https://freesound.org/s/535233/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
S1 · E106
September 10 · 10 min
PREVIEW: The No Gods No Mayors Second Annual Q&A Spectacular
Who's your mayorsona? Who would win in the hot new deckbuilder Battlemayors? Once more, you Q'd...We A'd! Sorry if there's some weird interference early on, it's possible that reality was being made and unmade. Impossible to know. Listen to the whole ep over on the Municipal Benevolent Feed at nogodsnomayors dot com!
S1 · E105
September 3 · 1 hr 13 min
Art Martinez de Vara
This week, mayor Mattie takes us to Von Ormy, Texas to talk about the "Liberty City" movement. It's the story of four (?) mayors. The story of a town. The story....of Us. Thanks to Victoria from Tran Girlismo for Victoria's Car Corner.
S1 · E104
August 27 · 10 min
PREVIEW: José Luis Martínez-Almeida
Welcome to another episode of "No Dogs, No Mayor" (?) Where mayor Riley takes us to Madrid, to watch an evil man eat shit on a trampoline. This is a BONUS episode –- head on over to the Patreon to listen to the whole thing. Just five bucks a month for double the mayors! Also, are you in the DC metro area? Come see Mattie at the Small Press Expo in September! Table G12! thank you to actual, factual mayor Wayne Brown, mayor of Auckland New Zealand? (and friend of the show Simone) --- Bumper audio credits: FM radio tuning by MrAuralization -- https://freesound.org/s/269702/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Digital Radio Rack Unit Power Button 1_1 by Joao_Janz -- https://freesound.org/s/477618/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Fm Radio Static Brown Noise by IcedPhoenix49 -- https://freesound.org/s/732437/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 LASRGun_Retro Laser Zap Synth_Funky Audio_Sonic Spices by Funky_Audio -- https://freesound.org/s/729389/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Dirty 1970s American Garage Rock Guitar Riff by artemditkovsky -- https://freesound.org/s/860935/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
S1 · E103
August 20 · 1 hr 8 min
Vladimir Saldo
This week, Mayor November gets us all killed. Just kidding! We all have a lot to live for and are very confident drivers. She does however cover our first mayor that's been sanctioned by the US government: Kherson, Ukraine's Vladimir Saldo. Grab a meditation drum and kick back. You can head on over to the Patreon – which you can join by the way for just five bucks a month! - to see the various visuals we mentioned in the episode.
S1 · E102
August 13 · 11 min
PREVIEW: Laura Maczka
After a thrilling voyage across the seven seas of municipal news, we head to the main event: Mayor Mattie brings a town in Texas where the cranks and the freaks have been squaring off since time immemorial (like 2008 or so). And hey, new aesthetic precept! This is a BONUS episode. Hop on the Patreon to hear the whole thing.
S1 · E101
August 6 · 1 hr 25 min
Amilcar Alexander Ardon Soriano
WELCOME to No Gods No Mayors Season 2! What does the changeover mean? Not much. Well, we debut the brand-new, rebranded news segment Municipal Broadsides! Anyway, this week, Riley rustles up the most municipally-brained man on Earth, in Honduras. We ask the important question: Is Latin America the true inheritor of the classical world? Head on over to The Patreon to get double the mayors!
S1 · E100
July 30 · 10 min
PREVIEW: Nicholas Brembre (Live in London)
In our third and final London live show from April, Mayor November takes us to...where we are! Well, just on the other side of a bridge from it. You see, "the city of London" is TECHNICALLY... you know what? There's a lot to learn. Just head on over to The Patreon to listen to the whole thing.
S1 · E99
July 23 · 1 hr 14 min
Aleksandar Šapić (with Boris Mamlëz and Rey Katula)
We're joined this week by Boris and Rey from The Empire Never Ended to talk about Aleksandar Šapić, the fabulist, extremely buff, former water polo celebrity mayor of Belgrade. Who's ready for a homophobic Rammstein performance? Subscribe to TENE here! This is a FREE episode. Sign up for OUR Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com to get double the mayors for just five bucks a month.
S1 · E98
July 16 · 10 min
PREVIEW: Juliana Ferro Barros Donato
This week on the bonus feed, Mayor Riley takes us to the Mato Grosso, and the self-proclaimed "o prefeito mais louco do Brasil," or "the craziest Mayor of Brazil." It gets more normal from there! Listen to the whole thing over on the Patreon! Just five bucks a month. https://nogodsnomayors.com!
S1 · E97
July 9 · 1 hr 3 min
Thomas Koch
Mayor Mattie is your Cryptkeeker (?) this week, and brings you tales of municipal maladies! Buckle up, boys and ghouls! We hope you like CATHOLICISM. This is a FREE episode. Just five bucks a month at nogodsnomayors.com gets you DOUBLE the embattlements.
S1 · E96
July 2 · 10 min
PREVIEW: John Hickenlooper, with David A. Banks
This week, Mayor Riley breaks down the Pandora's box the former Denver mayor opened up with his stupid brewpub. Do you live in a second-tier city? Well, this guy ruined it. Sorry! We are joined by very special guest, co-host of the Iron Weeds podcast and author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America David A. Banks! This is a BONUS episode so head on over to the Patreon to hear the whole thing.
S1 · E95
June 25 · 1 hr 18 min
John Willison Green
Crank the crank crank...We've got a crank! Mayor November takes us to Canada for a guy that we have to reveal his weird thing first because it's too weird. This is a free episode! Get double the mayors for just 5 bucks a month at https://nogodsnomayors.com
S1 · E94
June 18 · 11 min
PREVIEW: Fernando Wood
This week, Mayor Mattie dips back into the 19th century New York City well to tell us about Tammany Hall's first mayor, Fernando Wood. Both hot and tall enough to be portrayed by Lee Pace in the film Lincoln, and enough of an asshole to be arguing with Abraham Lincoln about slavery in the film Lincoln. Listen to the whole thing over on the Patreon!
S1 · E93
June 11 · 1 hr 18 min
Xavier Suarez
Before you listen! Here are the unlocked eps: 36 Francis Suarez 67 Joe Carollo This week, mayor Riley completes his Miami Trilogy. Make sure you're wearing your best robe and slippers. Are those helicopters? We've unlocked two episodes from the NGNM Patreon, which you should consider subscribing to! Just 5 bucks a month, for two extra episodes a month!
S1 · E92
June 4 · 10 min
PREVIEW: Abby Binay
After a quick visit in London Kentucky, Mayor November takes us to the suburbs of Manila for a tangled tale of familial folly. Faildaughters, successdaughters, stolen hospital equipment, and a train to nowhere! Listen to the whole thing over on The Patreon.

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