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 2 4 Featured This week on WURD: Philly teachers fight for more, Black federal workers under threat, the story behind Gladys Knight and the Pips todayJuly 10, 2025 4 2
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: I.C.E. in Los Angeles, “No Kings Coalition” march, Philly Black business market todayJune 13, 2025 2
insert_link 1 Featured The week on WURD: Trump’s Qatar jet gift, Black wealth disparites through land, Remembering George Floyd 5 years later todayMay 23, 2025 1
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
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: President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders, federal protection roll-back sparks fear in Philadelphia, PA politicians rally for communal resilience todayJanuary 24, 2025
insert_link 1 Featured This week on WURD: Racism in American healthcare, covering the upcoming Trump administration, Philly’s juvenile justice system todayJanuary 10, 2025 1
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Holiday service, Donald Trump’s presidential immunity, Black women enduring the crack epidemic todayNovember 27, 2024
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Donald Trump wins, Kamala Harris concedes, SEPTA union strike todayNovember 8, 2024
