Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep
Inskeep at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born
Steven Alan Inskeep

(1968-06-16) June 16, 1968 (age 58)
EducationMorehead State University
Occupations
  • Radio host
  • author
Spouse
Carolee Gabel
​
(m. 1993)​
Children3
Presenting career
ShowMorning Edition
NetworkNPR
Previous showAll Things Considered

Steven Alan Inskeep (/ˈɪnskiːp/; 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. Earlier in his career, 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.

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).

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. His first professional experience in radio was a stint as a sportscaster at WMKY-FM in Morehead.

Career

NPR

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

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.

Notable work

Date Title Notes
2005Oil Money Divides Nigeriareceived a 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
with other members of NPR
2009Transcript: Obama's Full Interview With NPRBarack Obama
Michele Norris
2009Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few'Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Bijan Khajepour
2010Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And PakistanGrand Trunk Road
2012Revolutionary Road TripArab Spring
Arab Spring concurrent incidents
from Carthage to Cairo
2014Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico BoundaryMexico–United States border
2014Transcript And Audio: President Obama's Full NPR Interviewat United States Military Academy
after Commencement speech
2022Phone interview with former President Donald Trump

Bibliography

TitleYearPublisherISBN
Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi2011Penguin Press, NY 9781594203152
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab2015Penguin Press, NY9781594205569
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped The West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War2020Penguin Press, NY9780735224353
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America2023Penguin Press, NY9780593297865

Personal life

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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 (October 3, 2023). Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America. Penguin Press. ISBN 9780593297865. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "Inskeep bio at NPR.org". NPR. April 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 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 December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Steve Inskeep". NPR. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump". NPR. January 12, 2022. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Oil Money Divides Nigeria : NPR". NPR. 2005. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Transcript: Obama's Full Interview With NPR". NPR. June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ahmadinejad: Holocaust 'Opinion Of Just A Few'". NPR. September 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Transcript: NPR Interviews Mahmoud Ahmadinejad". NPR. September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Bijan Khajehpour released – an update". Reuters. October 1, 2009. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan : NPR". NPR. May 19, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Revolutionary Road Trip". NPR. July 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Borderland: Dispatches From The U.S.-Mexico Boundary: NPR". NPR. 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Transcript And Audio: President Obama's Full NPR Interview". NPR. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Remarks by the President at the United States Military Academy Commencement Ceremony". whitehouse.gov. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on January 21, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2014 – via National Archives.
  22. ↑ "NPR Host Steve Inskeep on His Two Adoptions". newsweek.com. February 19, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 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. July 3, 2020. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2023.