Wake Up With WURD 2024 Playlist

This week on WURD 08.02.24

Marc Lamont Hill is a City University of New York Presidential Professor and host of BET News, TheGrio, and Al Jazeera UpFront. He is the owner of Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books in Philadelphia and joins us to talk about the forced resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay.

Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones 1.3.24 - Marc Lamont Hill

State Sen. Art Haywood joins us to talk about his ethics complaint against Sen. Doug Mastriano, who participated in the January 6th insurrection.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.4.3 - State Senator Art Haywood

Linn Washington Jr., is a Professor of Journalism at Temple, where he is a co-founder of the award-winning Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab. In addition to his Temple degrees, Washington holds a law degree from Yale University. We discuss Nikki Haley, who is the latest politician of color to say America is not a racist country

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.17.24 - Linn Washington

Melanie Burney joins the show. Melanie is a reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer. She joins us to discuss her latest story on sexual abuse allegations against a prominent member of the Camden School Board.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.17.24 - Melanie Burney

Philadelphia City Council member Isaiah Thomas joins the show. As the chair of the education committee, he talks to us about the state of Philadelphia's public schools, when it comes to the budget, safety, and infrastructure.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.23.24 Isaiah Thomas

Matthew Heckles regional administrator HUD Mid-Atlantic and Bennett Hilley Senior Advisor, Housing and Sustainability Office of Multifamily Housing Programs joined Tonya Pendleton to discuss  the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program.

Reality Check 7.25.24 - HUD

Ashley Redfearn is the CEO of American Paradigm Schools (APS): a non-profit charter management organization that supports and serves four charter schools in North & Northeast Philadelphia. Ashley joins the show to further discuss the state of the education of our youth as it pertains to looking at schools beyond their test scores, and meeting students' basic needs. Ashley also discusses how APS schools serve as a community resource all year long.

The Source w/ Thera Martin | Ashley Redfearn -  7.30.24

Attorney Damon Tyner joins the show. He is a former Atlantic County Prosecutor and former Superior Court Judge. He is currently Managing Member of The Law Offices of Damon G. Tyner, LLC, an Atlantic County based law practice. Damon talks to us about President Biden's plans for term limits and ethics codes for Supreme Court Judges

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 7.31.24 - Damon Tyner

NABJ- Philadelphia chapter president Michael Days and Vice President Melanie Burney, a long with Wayne Dawkins Professor of Practice Morgan State University Baltimore join the show. They describe what it was like to be in the room during the controversial Trump Q&A at the NABJ convention in Chicago.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 8.1.24 - Michael Days, Melanie Burney and Wayne Dawkins

Dr.Yaba Blay director of The Whites of Our Eyes.joined Tonya Pendleton to discuss the screening of the film at The BlackStar Film Festival this weekend.

Reality Check 7.31.24 - Dr.Yaba Blay

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