Zabeth Teelucksingh is the President of Global Philadelphia Association, a non-profit designed to raise awareness of Philadelphia as a global city. Zabeth specializes in Marketing, Communications and Branding with a global vision, and serves on several boards including Philadelphia250, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Advisory Committee, Temple CIBER Business Grant, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and Women for Greater Philadelphia.

She joins Dr. Peterson to discuss Global Heritage Week, celebrated across Philadelphia from May 18th - 24th.

Jasmine Wright is the National Political Reporter from the Allbritton Journalism Institute. She joins Dr. Peterson to discuss her thoughts on RFK's comments about not taking medical advise from him and more.

Chris Norwood joins Dr. Peterson for the weekly Critical Commentary with Chris Norwood segment on Evening WURDs to discuss the arrest of Ras Baraka and more.

“Wake Up With WURD” host Solomon Jones joins Dr. Peterson to talk about the “Know Your Rights” Building the Black Agenda event happening at Center In The Park - 5818 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144 from from 6PM - 8PM on Thursday, May 15th, 2025, with the President of the Barristers’ Association - Courtney Richardson; and WURD Radio’s “Radio Courtroom host and defense attorney Michael Coard.

PA Speaker Joanna McClinton joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss a Philadelphia Citizen article: "Washington Is in Shambles...," her impact throughout Pennsylvania and the country, and more.

Attorney Keir Bradford-Grey leads Marrone Law Firm’s Civil Rights Litigation Department. Utilizing the depth of experience she earned as a trial attorney; Keir provides an in-depth legal perspective to help resolve complex cases. She joins Dr. Peterson to discuss the MOVE Bombing that occured in May 13th, 1985.

Dr. Jelani Cobb joined the Columbia University Journalism School faculty in 2016 and became Dean in 2022. Dr. Cobb is an author, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015. He received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS Frontline film "Whose Vote Counts?," he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 2018, and has been a political analyst for MSNBC since 2019.

He joined Dr. Peterson to discuss the arrest of Newark, NJ mayor Ras Baraka and the new movie Sinners.

Isaac Avilucea is a reporter for Axios Philadelphia and a frequent contributor to the show, where he gives WURD listeners pertinent updates on trending news stories.

On this show, Isaac talks about West Chester University of PA paying up for an "AI-free" graduation, The Philadelphia DA Race between Larry Krasner and Pat Dugan, and much more.

Deion Payton is the Community Special Projects Manager of the Mann. Paige Carlson-Helm is the Head of U.S. Social Impact at TD Bank.

They both join the show to talk about a HBCU College fair that is taking place in Philadelphia at The Mann Center. The festival will take place Saturday, May 17, 2025. Deion and Paige talk about what the HBCU College fair will entail, what schools will be present, and what people can expect.

Kameren Whigham is a Fort Lauderdale native, who began dance training at eight and attended performing arts schools. A Dillard High graduate, he earned a BFA in Dance from UArts, performed with PHILADANCO!, and appeared in Tyler Perry’s A Jazzman’s Blues.

Kameren joins the show to talk about his career as a dancer, and to also talk about the upcoming production of "The Wiz", at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on June 3rd-15th, 2025.