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.
Episodes
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Mar 26, 2026 • 11min
PREVIEW: Donald E. Stephens, with Charles Austin
ALERT ALERT ALERT! NO GODS NO MAYORS LIVE IN LONDON! APRIL 25 and 26! Three shows! https://live.nogodsnomayors.com/Wer'e joined this week by Charles from Trouble in River City!Not quite a company town, not just a tax haven. A sort of Spiritual Delaware. The Ireland of the mind. The Grand Cayman of the soul. Mayor Mattie takes us now, to Cook County's most Monegasque locale: Rosemont, Illinois, and the one family with a vice grip on its politics.Join us over on the Patreon to hear the whole thing!
Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 27min
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov
NO GODS NO MAYORS LIVE SHOW TICKETS!!!!! live.nogodsnomayors.com 3 shows, April 25 and 26 at Big Belly Comedy Club on the South Bank. The three shows WILL be different. Get your TICKETS!This week, Comrade Mayor Nova takes us through a Romanov failbrother's journey from Twink Commander to First Cosmonaut. Get in your super-elaborate stagecoach, let's go!
Mar 12, 2026 • 11min
PREVIEW: Dan Gilbert and Mike Duggan (with Josh Boerman)
Josh Boerman, podcaster and commentator known for The Worst of All Possible Worlds, drops in to dissect Dan Gilbert and Detroit mayor Mike Duggan. The conversation strolls through Michigan politics, Gilbert's influence, local controversies and a few wild municipal stories. Expect sharp takes, local color, and plenty of banter.
Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 14min
Jack Tompkins
It's a Mattie special – that's right, a weird guy who sucks extremely! The girls head to Pemberton, NJ, to talk about a guy who just loves getting sued sooooooo much.Get on the No Gods No Mayors patreon for double the mayors! Listen to November's new podcast Be Gay, Solve Crimes!Grab Mattie's new book why not!
Feb 26, 2026 • 11min
PREVIEW: Rene Medina
Hello, boys and GHOULS!!!!!! This week, mayor NovembAAAARGH takes us to a town that's all SKELETONS and GHOSTS???? San Francisco has a Necropolis called Colma California, and for a while it lived under the iron grip of a casino guy. Spooky!!!Head over to the NGNM Patreon to listen to the whole thing. Nogodsnomayors.com !
Feb 19, 2026 • 1h 24min
The Marquis de Morès
This week, mayor Riley takes us to the old west, where a French Italian guy buys the most expensive hat in the world and starts a town just to piss everyone else off as much as possible. And then he does....another thing.Hey did you know that you can get double the mayors by joining the Municipal Benevolent Feed on our Patreon? nogodsnomayors.com
Feb 12, 2026 • 14min
PREVIEW: The First Annual Goodies
It's our 76th episode spectacular! Time to give away some accolades. WHAT was the best ITEM? WHO was the best mayor (non-lusophone)? All your burning questions answered, and more! Grab your pinstriped suit and your olives the size of soccer balls, It's time to find out who will take home the Golden Martini at the Oscar Goodman memorial FIRST ANNUAL (?) GOODIE AWARDS.Listen to the whole thing over on the Patreon at nogodsnomayors.com! Awards music by Markus Little: https://www.marlimusiq.com/
Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 19min
Troy Thompson
This week on No Gods No Mayors, mayor Mattie takes us to the city of Townsville, Australia for an encounter with a man weak of spine and weak of spirit. SAS guy, Cancer survivor, self-described "business man," and Q-Anon if the A an Anon stood for "Australian." This is a FREE episode! If you like the show, pitch in 5 bucks a month on the Patreon and get double the mayors! https://nogodsnomayors.com
Jan 29, 2026 • 10min
PREVIEW: Benjamin Butler
After a London Fog update with Randall Weddle, mayor Nova takes the rest of the girls to post-Civil-War New Orleans, where one brave and slightly insane man had the right idea for how to do reconstruction, which was: to do it, at all! What a nice story. I hope he didn't enrich himself to a preposterous degree while doing it.This is a BONUS episode, listen to the whole thing on the Municipal Benevolent Feed at nogodsnomayors.com!
Jan 22, 2026 • 1h 29min
Jimmy Griffin (with Hesse Deni)
Buffalo: The town that killed Big Bill McKinley. Friend of the show Hesse joins us to talk about mayor and classic drunken guy Jimmy Griffin. Get all your rhyming-named henchman (Boots, Scanoots, et al) and listen up! Hesse is on the Bottleman now with Riley! The Bottlemen is back! It's called "Trouble in River City" now! Also this is a FREE episode – why not join the Mayoral Benevolent Feed for twice the mayors?Are you in London? Take the listener poll about our possible live show!
