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 When justice had a megaphone: The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life in full voice todayFebruary 19, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: State budgets, missing persons, global representation & systemic justice todayFebruary 13, 2026
insert_link Featured In an era of media suppression, Black history reminds us why we must protect the truth todayFebruary 6, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Press freedom, Black history, election threats & emotional healing todayFebruary 6, 2026
insert_link Featured Don Lemon became the face of the government’s overreach, but 50 federal agents showed up at her door first todayFebruary 5, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Faith, Oscars, monument removal & global shifts todayJanuary 23, 2026
insert_link Featured Refrigerator King: Our Leader’s Legacy in a Fractured Democracy todayJanuary 16, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Media accountability in politics, the holiday stress on mothers, environmental justice in Chester, and the legacies of Jimmy Jam and Laiya St. Clair todayDecember 19, 2025
