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Politics & Current Affairs
"Election" "Day" Minus Nine
Programming note: Because Britain and Europe have fallen back to winter while the Americas remain sprung in summer, today's edition of Steyn's Song of the Week airs at 5.30pm Greenwich Mean Time/6.30pm Central European - but an hour later than usual on the western side of the Atlantic - 1.30pm North American Eastern. You can listen from almost anywhere on the planet by clicking the button at top right here. ~THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: From my former National Review comrade John Derbyshire on his weekly podcast: My advice to Trump would be to hire himself some really first-class private security and not rely on government employees. Even such precautions might not be enough, though. They don't have to shoot the candidate. Trump's doing ...
Mark's Week in Review
A Se'nnight of Steyn: October 20-26
In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark...
Rick's Flicks
Pure Spirits: The Uninvited and the Ghost Story
Rick McGinnis on supernatural cinema...
Politics & Current Affairs
Of Screwdrivers and Biscuits
Nothing to do with Islam, over and over and over...
Politics & Current Affairs
What Comes Next (cont.)
The Permanent State is telling you they're gonna be taking it to the next level...
The Mark Steyn Audio Show
What's Coming Next
Steyn answers your questions on the US election, Keir Starmer's political prisoners, BRICS and the Commonwealth, and sundry topics in between...
Clubland Q&A
Live Around the Planet: Wednesday October 23rd
Steyn fields questions from listeners around the planet...
Politics & Current Affairs
Here We Go Again...
The worst election system in the developed world cranks into gear...
Politics & Current Affairs
Kamala Lightens Up
Is it me or is Kamala's personality becoming even more appealing as she enters the final stretch?
Topical Take
The Last Copier in the Woods Arrives Sooner than Expected
The fourth anniversary of Hunter Biden's "Russian" laptop...
Politics & Current Affairs
Kamala's Belt & No Road Initiative
A hurricane? Says FEMA: Hey, what's the rush?
One Year Ago
An Act of War, One Year On
One year after a catastrophic Israeli "intelligence failure", and a grim day of Hamas atrocities...
Topical Take
Droning Clichés in a Burning Theatre
The line that makes Steyn want to burn down the theatre himself...
Politics & Current Affairs
"Underwater" in North Carolina ...and Michigan
How many American states have to be underwater before it makes the news?
The Mark Steyn Show
The Politicization of American Justice
A rare stage appearance by Steyn, as he returns to America's diseased and depraved capital city for address a Hillsdale College audience on Post-Constitution Day...
Politics & Current Affairs
The Mounting Toll
Steyn on the continuing insult and injury to the vaccine victims...
Politics & Current Affairs
Drifting to Armageddon
The gradual escalation of a one-sided proxy war...
The Mark Steyn Show
RFK Jr Endorses Trump
On the day a Kennedy breaks with his party, Mark's full-length interview with RFK Jr...
Politics & Current Affairs
As Steyn Goes, So Goes the Deep State?
Is the CIA getting its plot twists from The Prisoner of Windsor?
Steyn's Song of the Week
Witchcraft
If you enjoy Steyn's Song of the Week at SteynOnline and on Serenade Radio, please note that there will be a live stage edition during the 2025 Mark Steyn Cruise - along with many other favourite features from SteynOnline and The Mark Steyn Show. More details here. ~In these days before Halloween and other looming horrors, here's the SteynOnline premiere of a timely Serenade Radio edition of our Song of the Week. Mark tells the tale of a bewitching song by two of his favourite songwriters, including a conversation with the composer, the late Cy Coleman. Plus: the singing voices of Frank Sinatra, Anita Baker, Robert Palmer and Bart Simpson. Click above to listen. ~This airing of our Serenade Radio Song of the Week is a special presentation ...
On the Town
One O'Clock Jump Up!
On this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town, we have some music to put your clocks back to, plus, with Halloween looming, the Dracula Cha-Cha and the Spooky Sinatra. Also: music from Italy and Jamaica, and Tim Rice on the song title that never was. To listen to the programme, simply click here and log-in. ~Last week's 007 special attracted a lot of comment. Susan says simply: Café Continental was great!!! No argument there, Susan. I'm thinking we should just play all the Euro-versions of Bond songs. Teresa, a Californian Steyn Clubber, appreciated the programme more generally: This show brought back memories of sneaking into the Alex Theatre on Brand Boulevard in Glendale, CA with my HS boyfriend to see a movie forbidden by our ...
Steyn's Song of the Week
Lullaby of Broadway
If you enjoy Steyn's Song of the Week at SteynOnline and on Serenade Radio, please note that there will be a live stage edition during the 2025 Mark Steyn Cruise - along with many other favourite features from SteynOnline and The Mark Steyn Show. More details here. ~For those who missed today's Serenade Radio edition of our Song of the Week, here's a chance to catch up. It's the tale of a composer who wrote three Oscar-winners and many more nominees - yet always wanted to be back in New York working on a Broadway show: Mark celebrates Harry Warren, with some help from (among many others) Bing and Beyoncé. Click above to listen. Anita, the wife of Steyn's longtime producer Brian Savin, said she thought this was one of the best Song of the ...
On the Town
When Jimmy Met Clarence
On this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town, we explore some byways of Bond. James Bond, that is. David Arnold (007's composer from Tomorrow Never Dies to Quantum of Solace) and Don Black (who's written more 007 lyrics than anybody else) chip in with a few thoughts, and, musically, we hear from Count Basie, Dusty Springfield, Herb Alpert and more. Plus: a 1908 spelling bee, and a presidential campaign song. To listen to the programme, simply click here and log-in. ~Last week's show attracted a lot of comment. Fraser writes: What with the shortening days, thank God for the antidote of Steyn's luminescent show. What a marvel of Kristofferson celebration, the strongest Sinatra Sextet yet, a Cypriot-North London-Café Imperial ...
Steyn's Song of the Week
Lilac Wine
If you missed today's Song of the Week on Serenade Radio, here's a chance to hear it in a SteynOnline premiere broadcast. Mark explores an eerie revue number by a one-hit songwriter that somehow managed to become a favourite of four generations of female vocalists from Eartha Kitt to Miley Cyrus. Joining Steyn to discuss the song is the multitalented Mike Batt, who aside from all his work with the Wombles, Art Garfunkel et al also managed to produce the biggest-selling version of the number - with an orchestral ornamentation that has since become part of the song. Click above to listen. ~Thank you for your kind responses to this series. Of last week's presentation of "The Way You Look Tonight", Jackie, a Pennsylvania member of The Mark ...
On the Town
Fresh!
On this week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town, we have hit songs with non-singing parts - plus pigtails, freckles, Cypriots, and eminent composers from Cole Porter to George Michael. Also: Frank Sinatra says his prayers. To listen to the programme, simply click here and log-in. Last week's show attracted a lot of comment. Linda, a Kansas member of The Mark Steyn Club, says: I absolutely loved today's On the Town ~ so entertaining and informative. The music made me smile, and the bits and bobs, like the Bardot piece, were delightful. Thanks again, Mark, for the joy of this program and your sharing your vast knowledge of the music world. Nancy writes: Every Saturday I wonder how Mark can top each musical offering and then he pulls off a ...
A Clubman's Notes
Nonplussed and Terrified
Welcome back to our latest Tale for Our Time. Listeners seemed to enjoy Part One of our story, so herewith the concluding episode. The Unparalleled Invasion was written by Jack London in 1910, and, although off on some of the specifics, was remarkably prescient on the big picture. Tonight, following the awakening of China and its advance around the world, the western powers decide to - oh, go on, take a wild guess - that's right, call a conference: China was appealed to and threatened by the United Powers, and that was all the Convention of Philadelphia came to; and the Convention and the Powers were laughed at by China. Li Tang Fwung, the power behind the Dragon Throne, deigned to reply. "What does China care for the comity of nations?" ...
A Clubman's Notes
The Rise of China
Programming note: Join Steyn tomorrow, Saturday, for a another edition of his Serenade Radio show, On the Town. This week's broadcast features Number One records, French and Nigerian songwriters, dictaphones, and a bigtime rocker's favourite cover version. The fun starts at 5pm British Summer Time - which is 6pm in Western Europe/12 midday North American Eastern. You can listen from almost anywhere on the planet by clicking the button at top right here. ~Welcome to the sixty-sixth audio adventure in our series Tales for Our Time - and our seventh venture into the work of Jack London, author of our popular serialisation Burning Daylight and of one of the world's greatest short stories, To Build a Fire. The Unparalleled Invasion is another ...
Steyn's Song of the Week
The Way You Look Tonight
Mark tells the story of one of the greatest songs of all...
On the Town
Here's to You, Glenda!
Mark presents sixty minutes of Number One records, songs from France and Nigeria, a bevy of ladies, a number for dictaphone, a very marmitey song, and a memorable ride over the 59th Street Bridge...
On the Town
Danke schön, Caterina
Mark remembers the multi-talented Caterina Valente, and passes on one of the greatest anecdotes he has ever been told...
Steyn's Song of the Week
Avalon with Carol Welsman and Russell Malone
Mark remembers a dear friend of the Steyn Show musical family, the guitarist Russell Malone...
A Clubman's Notes
Never Before Seen on the Soil of England
The concluding episode of Mark's serialisation of G K Chesterton's The Flying Inn...
A Clubman's Notes
Islam on the Beach
Welcome to the sixty-fifth audio adventure in our series Tales for Our Time - and our second venture into G K Chesterton...
Tales for Our Time
The Prisoner of Windsor
A remote fantastical kingdom far from Europe's chancelleries of power... An unpopular monarch on the eve of his coronation... A ruling class of plotters and would-be usurpers... ...and a gentleman adventurer on holiday. No, not Ruritania in the nineteenth century, but the United Kingdom in the twenty-first...
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