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: Actor Richard Lawson, prostate cancer awareness, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina todayAugust 29, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Comedian Luenell, more SEPTA woes, deadly explosion at PA steel plant todayAugust 22, 2025
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: DC police takeover, mental health at work, Black immigrant rights todayAugust 15, 2025 2
insert_link 2 1 Featured This week on WURD: firing of Philadelphia DEI official, former Disney star shines, community input on Philly schools todayAugust 8, 2025 1 2
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s legacy, centering Black educators, examining Breonna Taylor’s case todayJuly 24, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Philly’s mental health crisis, attack on civil rights, new student loan law todayJuly 17, 2025
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 4 Featured This week on WURD: Trump’s “mega bill,” Medicare cuts, U.S.-Iran tensions todayJuly 3, 2025 4
