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 5 Featured This week on WURD: “Secret” war with Venezuela, the rising cost of healthcare, Black progress meets white backlash todayOctober 24, 2025 5
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Remembering the Million Man March, legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples’ Day todayOctober 17, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: NJ city’s slavery reenactment request, activism through politics, the spiritual successor to “Love Jones” todaySeptember 26, 2025
insert_link Featured This week on WURD: Actress Starletta DuPois, Michael Coard’s fight to protect Philadelphia’s Black history, DA Larry Krasner on the National Guard todaySeptember 19, 2025
insert_link Featured Let’s All Go Back to School: Why Learning Is Our Greatest Act of Resistance todayAugust 28, 2025
insert_link 2 Featured This week on WURD: DC police takeover, mental health at work, Black immigrant rights todayAugust 15, 2025 2
