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Future Cain is a social-emotional leadership and workplace wellness expert who is the CEO and Founder of Future of SEL and the host of Healing Our Future videocast. She is an international speaker who has been featured in Forbes and the New York Times. Future is a certified culture facilitator, is one of LinkedIn’s Top Black Voices to follow, and a trusted consultant for a variety of organizations...

Rebekah Caruthers is President & CEO at Fair Elections Center, a national voting rights organization. She served as Vice President for four and a half years. For 20 years prior, Caruthers worked on issue and electoral campaigns, candidates, and organizations like MoveOn.org, Everytown for Gun Safety, the National Democratic Training Committee, Equal Justice Works, and the National Network for Arab...

Marcus Barney, known across the financial world as Him500, is a self-made multimillionaire, financial educator, and founder of Recession Proof—the world’s largest private financial literacy community. Marcus entered the world with two heavy weights on his shoulders: His father was sentenced to life in federal prison for trafficking over 150 kilos of cocaine. His father, Mark Barney, returned home...

Kadida Kenner is the CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project which focuses on voter registration and rights. She joined Dr. Peterson to discuss Chester County’s expansion of 24/7 dropboxes, how its impacts voters and why it's important for voter access.

Delano Squires is the Director of the Center for Human Flourishing at The Heritage Foundation. He joined Dr. Peterson to discuss his new book “The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable”.

Tia Oso is a culture strategist, activist and Executive Director of Media 2070. She joined Dr. Peterson to discuss the National Media Reparations Town Hall on Thursday, October 15th, The Media Reparations movement and the importance of Black media ownership.

Sophia Strother is the co-founder of ExhalePath™, a free & bilingual survivor-informed digital platform designed to help survivors of sexual violence, trauma, and the people supporting them find clearer next steps and relevant resources. Sophia’s commitment to domestic violence and sexual assault awareness is deeply personal: she is a survivor of date rape. The man who assaulted her was convicted,...

Mark Haertzen is the author of Stay Thirsty: A Serial Entrepreneur’s Tale of Success & Failure, a memoir that chronicles Mark’s 60-year entrepreneurial journey. After leaving a secure banking career at 32, Mark built Rocket Man, Inc. from a garage prototype into an international company serving customers in 65 countries- all while navigating failures, setbacks, and major pivots. Rocket Man Inc. is...

Kenny Garrett is a Grammy Award-winning American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer born on October 9, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan. Widely celebrated as one of the most important and influential alto saxophonists of his generation, he first rose to prominence as a youthful member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and through his intensive four-year tenure with Miles Davis from 1987 to 1991. To K...

Danielle Belton is a media contributor for URL Media’s ‘We the Many’ Newsletter, which offers sharp, conversational analysis of the 2026 midterms through the lens of multiracial democracy, representation, and accountability. Belton is also an accomplished writer and former Editor-in-Chief of both The Root and HuffPost. Danielle will join the show to discuss her latest news stories: A desperate GOP...

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Terence Washington is a resident of the Florence Gardens apartment building. He joined Amadee Braxton to discuss the Citywide Tenants Union action against landlord junk fees.

State Representative Chris Rabb joined Amadee Braxton to discuss the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would make Presidential elections in the US based on the popular vote, not the electoral college.

Darisha K. Parker is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She represents District 198, which encompasses parts of Philadelphia County, including the neighborhoods of Nicetown, Germantown, Logan, East & West Oak Lane, and Olney. First elected in November 2020, she assumed office on December 1, 2020. Rep. Parker joined the show to talk a...

Belle Sherwood is the Clean Energy and Climate Advocate at PennEnvironment. She joined the show to talk about the growing number of data centers and proposed gas-fired power plants in Pennsylvania. New analysis projects a 15% increase in the state’s gas capacity by 2030. She discussed the potential impacts on air quality, public health, climate, and local communities.

Julian Makarechi is apart of The Lighthouse Inc. He joins the show alongside Justina Thompson of the City of Philadelphia Office of Sustainability. They joined the show to talk about environmental justice, energy burden, and heat resilience. Through the Community Resilience and Environmental Justice Fund, local organizations are working to address neighborhood challenges and build healthier, more...

Kasey Meehan joins the show. She is head of the "Freedom to Read" team. Kasey talks to us about book bans. Public schools banned nearly 12,000 books during the 2025-2026 school year, according to a new report released from PEN America.

Senator Nikil Saval joins the show. He talks to us about the Introduction of the PA Universal Healthcare Act, which would establish a universal, publicly administered single-payer healthcare system available to everyone who lives or works in the Commonwealth.

Councilwoman Nina Ahmad holds one of the 7 At-Large seats on City Council, and is currently the Chair of Philadelphia's Health Services. She joined WURD Radio's Sara Lomax and Dr. James Peterson to discuss the impact of the Healthcare Redetermination bill.

Darlene Robinson is a senior on welfare who wants to make sure seniors and Medicaid patients for 2027’s Healthcare Redetermination. She joined WURD Radio's Sara Lomax and Dr. James Peterson to discuss the impact of the Healthcare Redetermination bill.

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh is the Secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Crystal Yates-Gale is the Deputy Managing Director Of Health and Human Services in the City of Philadelphia’s Managing Director’s Office. They joined WURD Radio's Sara Lomax and Dr. Peterson to discuss the impact of the Healthcare Redetermination bill.

Dr. Richard Wender is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Denise Wynne-Baker is a Board-Certified Pediatrician, President of the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, and Chair of the MSEP Pipeline to Medicine Program. Amy Hennessy is the Vice President of Strategic Communicat...

Faran Savitz is a Zero Waste Advocate for PennEnvironment and the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center, where he has worked on staff since 2019. He joined the show to discuss new research about the microplastics on the Delaware Watershed, and how it's affecting its water quality.

Larissa McFall is the co-lead of the Black Girl Environmentalists Philly Hub. She joined the show to talk about what Black Girl Environmentalists is, as well as it various initiatives.