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 3 Featured This week on WURD: Remembering Assata Shakur, Ali Velshi on shutdown and democracy, gridlock in Harrisburg todayOctober 2, 2025 3
insert_link Featured The week on WURD: Black teachers in Philly, Overbrook High shooting, Kensington mobile services face regulation after City Council vote todayMay 9, 2025
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: Sen. Casey on Kensington and the Israel-Hamas war, Mike Africa Jr. runs for MOVE bombing victims, Leon portrays historic Blues musician todayMay 10, 2024
insert_link ICYMI Jackson, Mississippi, is the latest Black community facing an unprecedented water crisis todaySeptember 14, 2022