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: Project 2025, How to stay cool through the heatwave, Philly’s summer street cleaning todayJuly 11, 2024
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: Supreme Court broadens presidential immunity and punitive measures on homelessness, an organization striving for Black youth in STEAM fields todayJuly 3, 2024 2
insert_link 2 8 Featured More funding could be coming to a Pa. affordable housing program todayJuly 2, 2024 8 2
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: John Legend on the importance of voting, a Black town gets to vote after 60 years, Black Americans speak on institutional racism todayJune 27, 2024
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 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 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
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
