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: Vaccine Misinformation, Voting Rights, DEI Backlash & Middle East Conflict todayMarch 13, 2026
insert_link Featured In an era of media suppression, Black history reminds us why we must protect the truth todayFebruary 6, 2026
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 2 Featured This week on WURD: The fight over Warner Bros., equitable access to AI tools, the toll of mass incarceration todayDecember 12, 2025 2
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: ICE and immigration, “The Coroner’s Silence,” abortion as a human right todayNovember 26, 2025
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Grammy and Tony Award winner Heather Headley, DA Larry Krasner on crime in Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s porch pirate issue todayNovember 21, 2025
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Passage of Pennsylvania’s state budget, NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, visual artistry through self-regard todayNovember 14, 2025
insert_link Featured This Week on WURD: Democratic sweep in nationwide elections, Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, Kevin Powell on Black masculinity todayNovember 7, 2025
