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 ICYMI This week on WURD: DA Larry Krasner loses legal battle over SEPTA, Camden school board president alleged sexual assault, improving Black birth outcomes todayJune 20, 2024
insert_link Featured Legal cannabis likely won’t be in this year’s budget, but supporters say there’s a silver lining todayJune 20, 2024
insert_link Featured University of the Arts closing with one-week notice? This just isn’t done todayJune 20, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Philly’s $6 billion annual budget, access to abortion pills, unveiling the artistic achievements of Black Americans since the Emancipation Proclamation todayJune 13, 2024
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
