- Friday 25th October 2024 10am (replays at 10pm on the same day + Sunday 27th October 2024 at 9am) NZ time, originally broadcast live on zeno.fm/radio/next-golden-age
- Quote: The function of freedom is to free someone else. — Toni Morrison (USA, 1931-2019)
- Short story reading: "The One Who Stay and Fight" by N.K. Jemisin (USA, born 1972)
- Haiku by Richard Wright (USA, "Seeing into Tomorrow" haiku public installation in Brooklyn), Crystal Simone Smith (USA) and Lenard Moore (USA)
- Introducing: (1) Book "Conversations with Lenard D. Moore” Edited by John Zheng, purchase here (2) Book "Lenard D. Moore and African American Haiku: Merging Traditions” by Ce Rosenow, purchase here (3) Essay “Black Haiku: The Uses of Haiku by African American Poets” by Charles Trumbull, published at the Modern Haiku journal issue 47.1, read here
- Music: (1) Matthias Hutter (Germany): Nocturne oublie - Robert Ashworth (viola) & Sherry Grant (piano), recorded by Franco Viganoni (2) "The Peacocks" (USA) played by jazz pianist Jezrael Lucero (3) Florence Price (USA, 1887-1953) “Evening Shadows”, the last of four pieces from her Thumbnail Sketches of a Day in the Life of a Washerwoman played by Sherry Grant (NZ) (4) Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act III: "Wache, Wala!" with the Bayreuther Festspielorchester under conductor Pierre Boulez, performed by Sir Donald McIntyre (born in NZ on 22nd of October 1934, an old Mt Albert Grammar Boy) who has sung in most major opera houses, and had his 90th birthday a few days ago (5) Bill Evans Trio: Waltz for Debbie (USA)
- News: (1) Raining Rengay Issue 4 publication at end of October 2024 (2) Books on Leanard D. Moore
- Artwork: Tar Beach (1988) – an iconic quilt by Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)
- Background photo: Toni Morrison (Photo © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
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