WURD Radio “If you are the big tree, we are the small axe.” —Bob Marley Where we are now in America is perilously close to ...

WURD Radio My father, Walter P. Lomax Jr., M.D., was a rare breed – a talented physician with the spirit of an entrepreneur.

SEPTA Director of Media Relations Andrew Busch joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss SEPTA's structural ...

Share Alike 4.0 International Film critic Tim Gordon joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to reflect on the life and legacy of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, what his legacy meant to the Black community ...

This summer, celebrate freedom not just as a moment—but as a movement. Join WURD Radio's Summer of Freedom Cultural Series—a ...

Congresswoman Summer Lee represents Pennsylvania’s 12th district. Congresswoman Lee is the first Black woman from Pennsylvania to be elected to the U.S. Congress and has worked to get money out of ...

Featured This week on WURD: Philly teachers fight for more, Black federal workers under threat, the story behind Gladys Knight and the Pips today July 10, 2025 1 ...

Hosted by Tiffany Bacon, The Midday Break Room consists of community-conscious, soul-satisfying, information-infused conversations with a pinch of joy and nostalgia. Each day we speak with community ...

Foreign policy analyst Malcolm Nance joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to break down the ongoing ICE protests in Los Angeles. Nance explained how the paramilitary-style operation is being ...

Transit In Crisis: SEPTA, State Funding and Philly's Future With the state holding public hearings on the upcoming year's budget, WURD is bringing together expert Philadelphia business leaders to ...

Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones during competition. Photo by JD Lasica, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee and co-host of ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker joined Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to talk about the current state of the city. Parker addressed youth gun violence, affordable housing resources and the proposed and ...