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 Dr. Uche Blackstock’s personal story at the intersection of racism and medicine todayJanuary 14, 2025
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: A look at the Penn Gaza Solidarity encampment, a center for Africatown residents, advocating for prison release after 49 years todayMay 3, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: The legacy of O.J. Simpson, the Philly Muslim community mourns on Eid, advocacy for a greener Philadelphia todayApril 11, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Delco DEI director dismissed, Mississippi torture case, what you need to know about AI and more todayApril 4, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Discrimination towards Black Professors at Temple, advocacy for a greener, cleaner Philadelphia todayMarch 28, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Laughs with actor Alfonso Ribeiro, Gov. Shapiro on his proposed budget, redlining and what you need to know about fibroids todayFebruary 15, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Prominent discussions on race, education and law with Ava DuVernay, Tony Watlington and Pedro Rosario todayFebruary 1, 2024
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: The death of an HBCU leader, building an empire while Black, Biden gets no love from younger voters and more todayJanuary 19, 2024
insert_link News This week on WURD: Moving to Ghana, juvenile justice reforms, a ban on tobacco and more todayNovember 5, 2023
