No Gods No Mayors

Rodrigo Borgia (with Patrick Wyman) Feb 06, 2025

Our favorite historian and host of The Tides of Historypodcast 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'!

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PREVIEW: Stephen R. Reed Jan 30, 2025

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!

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Pedro Calado Jan 23, 2025

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.

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PREVIEW: The Greatest Showman (2017) Jan 16, 2025

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.

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Sarah Palin Jan 09, 2025

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.

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PREVIEW: George Garner Jan 02, 2025

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!

Sam Yorty (with Noah Suarez-Sikes) Dec 26, 2024

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!

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Gérald Tremblay Dec 12, 2024

Mayor Riley takes us finally out of the Anglosphere with a mobbed-up mayor of Montreal, QC. That's right, we're talking keeping money in your socks, known Rizutto crime family associate Youppi!, the guy that trepans you, and the most literal bagman of all time. Tony bless us, every one!

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PREVIEW: San Francisco Grab Bag with Shanti Singh Dec 05, 2024

For this week's bonus, we get Special Deputy Mayor and SF Expert Shanti Singh back in the guest's chair to talk about a triple-decker of mayors in the city by the bay. Listen to the whole thing on the mayoral benevolent feed at nogodsnomayors.com

James Michael Curley Nov 28, 2024

Mattie is back in the mayors seat and presents the crew with Boston's own James Michael Curley. From his humble beginnings working his way through the city's nascent Tammany-esque political machine all the way through FOUR nonconsecutive terms as mayor over the course of 30+ years. Hold onto your shillelagh-proof hat: we've found a guy.

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PREVIEW: Gavin Newsom, with Shanti Singh Nov 21, 2024

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.

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Phineas T. Barnum Nov 14, 2024

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!

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PREVIEW: The Boney Island MAYORfish, with Andrew Law Nov 07, 2024

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

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

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 you can listen to the whole thing over on the Mayoral Bonus Feed at nogodsnomayors.com

Eric Adams, Part 1 Oct 17, 2024

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 high-flying mayoralty, when all the troubles began.

Part 2, about The Crimes, will be up on the patreon next week: nogodsnomayors.com

Boris Johnson, Part 2 (PREVIEW) Oct 10, 2024

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

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

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.

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Rob Ford, Part 1 Sep 19, 2024

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 the thing Mattie was trying to think of was "The Great Sun" of the Natchez. That was the thing but they read The Dawn of Everything a while ago and it was like 7am. Don't write in.

PREVIEW: Rudy Giuliani, Part 2 Sep 11, 2024

Well, the bigger they are...the harder they fall. For our first bonus feed episode, we dive into Rudy becoming the Mayor of 9/11-town and, well, all the stuff he does afterwards. Go to our Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com to hear the full thing!

Rudy Giuliani, Part 1 Sep 11, 2024

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.

For our very first episode, we cover America's Mayor on his rise to the mayoralty of da big apple. To hear about, well, the other stuff? Head to our patreon at nogodsnomayors.com to hear Part 2.

PREVIEW: Michael Applebaum Dec 19, 2024

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?

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