No Gods No Mayors Podcast

Sam Yorty (with Noah Suarez-Sikes)

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 Insan...

Michael Applebaum

After the departure of Gérald Tremblay, Montreal had a corruption problem. Who else to call in but the unicycling shriner hypnotist that cannot speak french who by the way is also corrupt? That's right. We've got those Apple BAUM jeans! Uh, bribes (?) with the fur! We also encounter yet another magical Tony and think about how fun it would be to be in the Wizard Mafia. It's the bonus episode!

Gérald Tremblay

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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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. That's right, we're talkin' Ed Lee, London Breed (we sure hope it do!) and upcoming guy and Jeans Heir Daniel Lurie.

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.

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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. Start mopping that carpet, rich boy.

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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!

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. So this is really an episode of The Boney Island Whitefish, featuring November and Mattie from No Gods No Mayors.

Why not "dive in" to a classic episod...

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 ...

Eric Adams, Part 2

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.

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Eric Adams, Part 1

WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. NOT FOR A WHILE. But those haters, the fates, have forced our hand.

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.

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Boris Johnson Part 2

It's the (right file this time) for Boris Part 2! Expect, among other things, the 2012 Olympics, the Garden Bridge, and the slow pupation of Britain's laziest Prime Minister. Many good wishes and salaams!

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Nova, Mattie, and Riley

Boris Johnson, Part 1

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.

Rob Ford, Part 2

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.

Rob Ford, Part 1

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. Part 2 will be right here on the Patreon, next Thursday.

(FYI the thing Mattie was trying...

Rudy Giuliani, Part 2

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.

Rudy Giuliani, Part 1

For our very first episode, we cover America's Mayor on his rise to the mayoralty of da big apple. This one's got everything: a baby who manages a bar. A boxer who needs glasses very badly. A wedding of cousins! Who wouldn't love this guy.