Steve Inskeep

Steven Alan Inskeep^[1] (/ˈɪnskiːp/; born June 16, 1968) is an American journalist who is currently one of the four rotating hosts of Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Prior to being a host of Morning Edition, Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the U.S. Senate, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was host of Weekend All Things Considered.^[2]

Steve Inskeep
Inskeep at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born	Steven Alan Inskeep (1968-06-16) June 16, 1968 (age 56)
Occupations	Radio host author
Spouse	Carolee Gabel ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	3
Career
Show	Morning Edition
Network	NPR
Previous show	All Things Considered

Inskeep is the author of four books: Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi (2011); Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab (2015); Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War (2020); and Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America (2023).^[3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

Inskeep was raised in Carmel, Indiana, graduated from Carmel High School and graduated Phi Kappa Phi from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, in 1990.^[7][8] His first professional experience in radio was a stint as a sportscaster at WMKY-FM in Morehead.^[7]

Career

NPR

Inskeep was hired by NPR in 1996. His first full-time assignment was the 1996 presidential primary in New Hampshire.^[9] Inskeep has been the host of Morning Edition since 2004.^[10]

In January 2022, Inskeep interviewed former U.S. President Donald Trump on many issues including COVID-19 vaccinations; the 2020 presidential election; and the future of the Republican Party, specifically in the 2022 midterm elections. When Inskeep turned to interrogating Trump in relation to attempts to overturn the election results and the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Trump hung up the phone interview.^[11]

Notable work

Date	Title	Notes
2005	Oil Money Divides Nigeria[12]	received a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award with other members of NPR
2009	Transcript: Obama's Full Interview With NPR[13]	Barack Obama Michele Norris
2009	Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few'[14][15]	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Bijan Khajepour[16]
2010	Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan[17]	Grand Trunk Road
2012	Revolutionary Road Trip[18]	Arab Spring Arab Spring concurrent incidents from Carthage to Cairo
2014	Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary[19]	Mexico–United States border
2014	Transcript And Audio: President Obama's Full NPR Interview[20]	at United States Military Academy after Commencement speech[21]
2022	Phone interview with former President Donald Trump[11]

Bibliography

Title	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi	2011	Penguin Press, NY	9781594203152
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab	2015	Penguin Press, NY	9781594205569
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped The West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War	2020	Penguin Press, NY	9780735224353
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America	2023	Penguin Press, NY	9780593297865

Personal life

Inskeep married Carolee Gabel in 1993.^[1] They have a daughter who was born in 2005.^[7] In 2012, they adopted a second child from China. Inskeep himself was also adopted.^[22][23] He and his family reside in Washington, D.C.^[24]