Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zuberi is the writer and producer for African Independence, an award-winning feature-length documentary film that highlights the birth, realization, and problems confronted by the movement to win independence in Africa.

Tanya T. Morris is the Founder & CEO of Mom Your Business, which she started in 2017 to help professional women, entrepreneurs and organizational leaders. Ms. Morris serves as the Mentor Mogul of Mom Your Business to help black female entrepreneurs through education, resources and capital, and since 2021 Mom Your Business has helped founders raise over $500,000 in capital.

She joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss more about Mom Your Business and if the current administration government funding freezing or its perspective of DEI affected entrepreneurs.

Dr. James Peterson and Sara Lomax hosted the "Heart To Heart: Mind, Body and Spirit Approaches to Heart Health" show on Evening WURDs. They were joined by fitness expert David Miller to discuss the importance of physical activity and how it's imperative for heart health.

Councilwoman Dr. Nina Ahmad joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the City of Philadelphia filing a lawsuit against JUUL Labs Incorporation for creating the e-cigarette epidemic among youth in Philadelphia.

Dr. Delana Wardlaw and Dr. Elana McDonald join the show. They are board certified physicians and they are twins. The Doctors talk to us about measles outbreaks happening in areas across the country, including the Philadelphia suburbs. What’s causing them, how can you tell if your child has measles, and what can parents do to keep their child from getting infected?

Debu Gandhi is the Senior Director of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress. He has past experience as a chief counsel for immigration for the US Senate Judiciary Committee, and guided the Democratic caucus on immigration law, legislative strategy and vote recommendations. In his role at the Center of American Progress, Mr. Gandhi currently leads the organization’s efforts to fix the badly broken immigration system.

He joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs to talk about immigration during the current Trump Administration.

Pamela Rich-Wheeler is the Executive Director for The Business Center. Latoya Johnson is the Owner of Natural Body Essentials, and Winner of TBC’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award; Participant & Winner of the 2024 Healthcare and Beauty Cohort;

Ricco Ross is an American actor best known for his role as Private Frost in the 1986 sci-fi horror film Aliens, directed by James Cameron.

Ricco joins the show to discuss his Role in a new TV series produced by Tyler Perry, Beauty in Black. This drama series follows Kimmie, a young woman working in a strip club, as she navigates her life and dreams of escaping her challenging circumstances. The series explores themes of self-discovery, empowerment, and resilience as Kimmie is presented with opportunities that could change her life.

Gayle Mendoza is the Clinical Program Manager in the Division of Disease Control at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. She is a public health professional and nurse with extensive experience in infectious disease prevention, outbreak response, and health communications.

Gayle joins the show to further discuss the ongoing measles outbreak in the US, an update on the victim with measles in Montgomery County, PA, what people can do to further combat the outbreak, and how people should go about taking vaccines in order to achieve optimum health standards.

Chris Norwood joined Dr. Peterson for the weekly Critical Commentary with Cousin Chris segment on Evening WURDs to discuss Trump's state of the union speech and the impact of Fannie Lou Hamer.