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 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 Featured The week on WURD: The rise of “Sinners,” the sound of Black Americana and the crisis of democracy todayMay 2, 2025
insert_link 2 Events Writing as Liberation: Honoring Black Writers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art todayFebruary 13, 2025 2
insert_link 1 Featured Power in Unity: Solomon Jones on Building the Black Agenda todayJanuary 28, 2025 1
insert_link Politics & Government Harris interview with NABJ explores what’s possible todaySeptember 18, 2024
insert_link Politics & Government When we fight, we win! Tim Walz accepts the Vice Presidential nomination on star-studded night todayAugust 22, 2024
insert_link 1 Politics & Government On Night Two of the DNC, The Obamas Brought Back Hope todayAugust 21, 2024 1
insert_link Politics & Government As DNC kicks off, protests and high-profile guests promise much to watch todayAugust 19, 2024
insert_link 3 Commentary If Biden steps off the ticket, there is only one person who should replace him todayJuly 19, 2024 3
