Wake Up With WURD 7:00 am - 10:00 am more_vert Wake Up With WURD Hosted by award-winning journalist Solomon Jones, Wake Up With WURD is a news and entertainment talk show that promotes dialogue and debate on today's hottest issues, and does so from a black perspective. Our guests include journalists, politicians, leaders, academics, and pop-culture icons. We seek to share news and information interactively, to engage our listeners in meaningful and compelling dialogue, and to use information as a basis for action. close
insert_link Featured Paid family leave draws bipartisan support as good for the economy, but some oppose cost, lost control todayJune 8, 2024
insert_link Featured Nurse practitioners say they could ease rural health care shortage with more authority, but doctors say it won’t work todayJune 8, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Two officers recall the trauma on Jan. 6 insurrection, Trump’s Georgia Case Halted Amid Fani Willis Scrutiny, investigating a Haitian Ponzi scheme todayJune 6, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Trump found guilty on 34 charges, Biden-Harris Philadelphia rally for Black voters, SEPTA “bus revolution” changes for commuters todayMay 30, 2024 1
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Philadelphia’s first Reparations Task Force meeting, Missy Elliott launches first headlining tour, how Diddy’s domestic abuse impacts victims todayMay 23, 2024
insert_link Finance Costs for Pa. prison system are soaring despite facility closures, putting officials in the hot seat todayMay 21, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: A history of protest movements in Philadelphia, A controversial triage center proposed in Fairmount, NAACP endorsement of 76 Place at Market East slammed todayMay 16, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Sen. Casey on Kensington and the Israel-Hamas war, Mike Africa Jr. runs for MOVE bombing victims, Leon portrays historic Blues musician todayMay 10, 2024
