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 This week on WURD: U.S. military officials leak war plans, Trump’s cuts for the Department of Education, SEPTA addresses fatal teen shooting on bus todayMarch 28, 2025
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insert_link Featured Flying Horses and White Lights: The American Merry-Go-Round of History todayMarch 11, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: City council condemns “King” Trump narrative, R.I.P. Angie Stone, DA Krasner address leadership critiques todayMarch 7, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Philly budget, mass firings, cancer disparities in Black women and continued attacks on DEI todayFebruary 28, 2025