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: The fight over Warner Bros., equitable access to AI tools, the toll of mass incarceration todayDecember 12, 2025
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
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Philly teachers on strike, SEPTA’s funding issues, Sankofa through farming todayJune 20, 2025
insert_link Featured The week on WURD: Trump budget bill, AI setting rent prices, Mark Dial mixed verdict todayMay 30, 2025
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: What future Black homeowners should know, Sheriff Bilal addresses recent controversy, Penn holds Black skeletal remains with no communal input todayFebruary 8, 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 News This Week On WURD: Speaker of the House ousted, Tupac murder suspect indicted, Hakim’s Bookstore makes history and more todayOctober 6, 2023
insert_link News This week on WURD: Cherelle Parker, safe injection sites, Aaron Neville, affirmative action and more todaySeptember 25, 2023
