No Gods No Mayors

The Office of the Mayor
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No Gods No Mayors

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.

  1. PREVIEW: San Francisco Grab Bag with Shanti Singh

    6 DAYS AGO

    PREVIEW: San Francisco Grab Bag with Shanti Singh

    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

    5 min
  2. James Michael Curley

    NOV 28

    James Michael Curley

    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. Want more No Gods No Mayors? Head on down to our Patreon and for just $5/month you can get double the municipal action. See you there next week!

    1h 13m
  3. PREVIEW: Gavin Newsom, with Shanti Singh

    NOV 21

    PREVIEW: Gavin Newsom, with Shanti Singh

    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!

    7 min
  4. Phineas T. Barnum

    NOV 14

    Phineas T. Barnum

    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 you double the episodes! nogodsnomayors.com

    1h 22m
  5. PREVIEW: The Boney Island MAYORfish, with Andrew Law

    NOV 7

    PREVIEW: The Boney Island MAYORfish, with Andrew Law

    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.

    6 min
  6. Darryn Lyons, with Andrew Law and Ben McCleay

    OCT 31

    Darryn Lyons, with Andrew Law and Ben McCleay

    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!

    1h 12m
  7. PREVIEW: Eric Adams Part 2, with Alex Press

    OCT 24

    PREVIEW: Eric Adams Part 2, with Alex Press

    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

    6 min
  8. Eric Adams, Part 1

    OCT 17

    Eric Adams, Part 1

    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

    1h 13m
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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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