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: $5 million URL Media grant, tensions in Venezuela, Black farmers and the government shutdown todayDecember 5, 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
insert_link Politics & Government As DNC kicks off, protests and high-profile guests promise much to watch todayAugust 19, 2024
insert_link 19 Women & Gender These Black female lawyers were attending a convention when Roe was overturned. What they plan now todayJune 30, 2022 19
insert_link ICYMI This week on WURD: A Black Woman on Supreme Court and Biden’s Other Promises to Black Voters todayJanuary 31, 2022
