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: Democratic sweep in nationwide elections, Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, Kevin Powell on Black masculinity todayNovember 7, 2025
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 Let’s All Go Back to School: Why Learning Is Our Greatest Act of Resistance todayAugust 28, 2025
insert_link Politics & Government Harris interview with NABJ explores what’s possible todaySeptember 18, 2024
insert_link 3 Commentary If Biden steps off the ticket, there is only one person who should replace him todayJuly 19, 2024 3
insert_link News This week on WURD: Robert Woodson Sr. on activism today, healing after violence, Trump’s troubles in Georgia and more todaySeptember 1, 2023
insert_link Every Voice Every Vote A Place to Call Home: Philly’s Mayoral Candidates on Housing Challenges todayMay 11, 2023
insert_link 2 Politics & Government THE PHILADELPHIA MAYOR’S RACE COULD USE A BLACK VOTER INDEX RIGHT ABOUT NOW todayMay 5, 2023 2
