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Steven Alan Inskeep[1] (/ˈɪnskp/; born 1968) is an American journalist who is currently one of the four rotating hosts of Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Before 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]

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 then-former U.S. President Donald Trump over the telephone. He asked questions on several topics, including COVID-19 vaccinations; the 2020 presidential election; and the future of the Republican Party in the 2022 midterm elections. When Inskeep pressed Trump about attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the 2021 United States Capitol attack, the former president suddenly hung up the phone.[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]

References

  1. ^ a b “WEDDINGS; Carolee Gabel, Steven Inskeep”. The New York Times. June 20, 1993. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ “Steve Inskeep”. NPR.
  3. ^ Inskeep, Steve (2011). Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-54793-9.
  4. ^ “History review: ‘Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab,’ by Steve Inskeep”. The Dallas Morning News. June 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Maslin, Janet (January 14, 2020). “The Man Who Mapped the West, and the Wife Who Made Him Famous”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Inskeep, Steve (2023-10-03). Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America. Penguin Press. ISBN 9780593297865. Archived from the original on 2023-08-20. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  7. ^ a b c “Inskeep bio at NPR.org”. NPR. 20 April 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  8. ^ Class of 1990 Spring Commencement. Morehead State University. 1990. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  9. ^ “Steve Inskeep : NPR”. NPR. 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  10. ^ “Steve Inskeep”. NPR. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  11. ^ a b “Read NPR’s full interview with former President Donald Trump”. NPR. 2022-01-12. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  12. ^ “Oil Money Divides Nigeria : NPR”. NPR. 2005. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  13. ^ “Transcript: Obama’s Full Interview With NPR”. NPR. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. ^ “Ahmadinejad: Holocaust ‘Opinion Of Just A Few’. NPR. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  15. ^ “Transcript: NPR Interviews Mahmoud Ahmadinejad”. NPR. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  16. ^ “Bijan Khajehpour released – an update”. Reuters. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  17. ^ “Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan : NPR”. NPR. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  18. ^ “Revolutionary Road Trip”. NPR. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  19. ^ “Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary: NPR”. NPR. 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  20. ^ “Transcript And Audio: President Obama’s Full NPR Interview”. NPR. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  21. ^ “Remarks by the President at the United States Military Academy Commencement Ceremony”. whitehouse.gov. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2014 – via National Archives.
  22. ^ “NPR Host Steve Inskeep on His Two Adoptions”. newsweek.com. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  23. ^ Inskeep, Steve (March 26, 2021). “Opinion | For 50 Years, I Was Denied the Story of My Birth”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
  24. ^ “Steve Inskeep”. KCRW. 2020-07-03. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-10-04.