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: Chávez allegations, DHS leadership, media threats, Target boycotts & Black womanhood todayMarch 20, 2026
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insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Press freedom, Black history, election threats & emotional healing todayFebruary 6, 2026
insert_link Featured Don Lemon became the face of the government’s overreach, but 50 federal agents showed up at her door first todayFebruary 5, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Faith, Oscars, monument removal & global shifts todayJanuary 23, 2026
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: ICE and immigration, “The Coroner’s Silence,” abortion as a human right todayNovember 26, 2025
insert_link 1 Featured This week on WURD: National Guard in Chicago, exhausted while Black, the resilience of Black women todayOctober 10, 2025 1
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: DC police takeover, mental health at work, Black immigrant rights todayAugust 15, 2025 2
insert_link 4 Featured This week on WURD: Trump’s “mega bill,” Medicare cuts, U.S.-Iran tensions todayJuly 3, 2025 4
