play_arrow

keyboard_arrow_right

Listeners:

Top listeners:

skip_previous skip_next
00:00 00:00
playlist_play chevron_left
Go to album
  • play_arrow

    WURD Radio

Blog masonry

Background
insert_link

Commentary

Racism against African students has me torn about the war in Ukraine

By Solomon Jones | InquirerI’ve tried to imagine going to sleep in a country where I live in relative safety and waking up in a place where the terror of war spills out onto city streets. I can’t. And that’s why my heart often breaks when I contemplate what’s happening in Ukraine.However, when I saw videos that appeared to show African students being pushed aside by Ukrainian security officials as the Africans sought to flee a conflict that was not […]

todayMarch 3, 2022

insert_link

ICYMI

ICYMI: Watch interviews from Black History Month live broadcast at PAFA

On Feb. 24, WURD Radio hosted a Black History Month live broadcast at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.Evening WURDs host Nick Taliaferro kicked off the event by interviewing Eric Pryor, PAFA’s first Black president in its 217-year history; Dr. Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan Curator of 20th Century Art and John Rhoden Collection; Deon Robinson, PAFA Associate Chair of Fine Arts; and PAFA student Athena Scott. Next, WURD President & CEO Sara Lomax-Reese interviewed “Wake Up With […]

todayMarch 2, 2022

insert_link

Commentary

Anita Hill: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Nomination to the Supreme Court Signals Historic Change

By Anita HillI watched anxiously as President Joe Biden approached the podium flanked by two Black women. President Biden was about to make history — yet again. With Vice President Kamala Harris by his side, the first woman of color to serve in the role, the announcement that was weeks in the making was finally spoken into existence. Within minutes of their entrance into the grand hall, a commitment that was over 200 years in the making was official. Judge […]

todayFebruary 28, 2022

insert_link 1

Commentary

Now She Walks “Wrapped In Rainbows”: Reflections on the Life of Writer/Editor Valerie Boyd

By Sara M. Lomax | WURD Radio "Listen more often to things than to beings. ‘Tis the ancestors’ breath." ~ Poem by Birago Diop; Music by Ysaye Maria Barnwell; Sung by Sweet Honey In the Rock Are you there, Val? It’s me, Sara. I’m envisioning you walking peacefully, upright, regally as you moved through this world just months ago. Powerful. Strong. Grounded. Wise. What’s happening on the other side? Are you chilling with Audre and Toni and bell and Ida? […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022 1

insert_link

ICYMI

Celebrating Black love, spotlighting Black business and discussing the ‘Power of Holy Sex’

ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio.‘Black City. White Paper’: Independent reporter Wes Lowery joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about his latest piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer, “Black City. White Paper,” which explores The Inquirer’s history, failed attempts at newsroom integration and current efforts at internal reckoning when it comes to race. https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-21822-wes-loweryRacist Remarks: Paul Graf, chief of Goodwill Fire Company in Darby Township, Delaware County, joined Wake Up With […]

todayFebruary 21, 2022

insert_link

ICYMI

Descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings discusses new docuseries

Also this week on WURD: Cheesesteak wiz 'D' Hayes discusses his journey (and that Essence cover) ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio. An Untold Story: Veteran TV host and author Shannon LaNier, a descendant of former President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, spoke about his family history and a new docuseries produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, “One Thousand Years of Slavery – The Untold Story.” https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-2-3-22-shannon-lanier  NJ mask […]

todayFebruary 11, 2022

insert_link

Sports

Play football trivia on WURD, win $25 gift card

Are you ready for some football? Get ready for the Super Bowl with some trivia!Play WURD Radio's Big Game football trivia contest every day this week, Feb. 7-11, during Wake Up With WURD from 7-10 a.m. Brown’s Family ShopRite will give trivia winners a $25 Brown’s Family ShopRite Gift Card.This contest is sponsored by Dietz & Watson, Herr's and Brown's Family ShopRite.   THE WURD WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Black Talk Media sent straight to your inbox. BECOME A MEMBER The forWURD Movement […]

todayFebruary 8, 2022

insert_link

ICYMI

This week on WURD: Black history lies underground, underwater

ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio. Kennett Underground Railroad: Tonya Thames-Taylor is an associate professor of history at West Chester University. She joined Wake Up With WURD to help kick off Black History Month by talking about the Kennett Underground Railroad in Kennett Square and social justice movements of the '60s. https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-2122-tonya-thames-taylor    Brian Flores v. NFL: Temple journalism professor Linn Washington Jr. spoke on former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores’ […]

todayFebruary 4, 2022

insert_link

ICYMI

This week on WURD: A Black Woman on Supreme Court and Biden’s Other Promises to Black Voters

ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio. Supreme Court Shakeup: Veteran political consultant Jay McCalla joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement and President Joe Biden's promise to elect a Black woman to the Supreme Court. https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-12722-jay-mccalla   Trump's Secret Plan: Dr. Timothy Golden, a professor of philosophy, legal studies program coordinator and founder of the Donald Blake Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and […]

todayJanuary 31, 2022

WURD CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Info@wurdradio.com
  • (215) 425-7875
  • 1341 N. Delaware Avenue, Suite 300,
    Philadelphia, PA 19125

LISTEN WITH YOUR APP

Skip to content