No Gods No Mayors

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PREVIEW: Bernhard Knipperdoling (with Dr. Eleanor Janega) Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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Samuel Starling Sep 17, 2026

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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.

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thank you to actual, factual mayor Paavo ”GCM” Arhinmäki, the graffiti mayor of Helsinki, and intrepid listener Ilman Paineet

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PREVIEW: The No Gods No Mayors Second Annual Q&A Spectacular Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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Art Martinez de Vara Sep 03, 2026

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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.

PREVIEW: José Luis Martínez-Almeida Aug 27, 2026

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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.

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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)

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Vladimir Saldo Aug 20, 2026

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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.

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PREVIEW: Laura Maczka Aug 13, 2026

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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!

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Amilcar Alexander Ardon Soriano Aug 06, 2026

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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?

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PREVIEW: Nicholas Brembre (Live in London) Jul 30, 2026

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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.

Aleksandar Šapić (with Boris Mamlëz and Rey Katula) Jul 23, 2026

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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?

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