Did you know this about Steve?
Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep records a pre-tape at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2024. (photo by Allison Shelley) Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption
Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep records a pre-tape at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 2024. (photo by Allison Shelley)
Allison Shelley/NPRIt's Steve Inskeep's 20th anniversary in the Morning Edition host chair!
The Morning Edition team toasts co-host Steve Inskeep on his 20th anniversary hosting the show. Isabel Lara/NPR hide caption
The Morning Edition team toasts co-host Steve Inskeep on his 20th anniversary hosting the show.
Isabel Lara/NPRTo celebrate the show aired a tribute where Renee Montagne made a guest appearance to revisit some of Steve's most memorable stories. Listen here.
We've also put together this list of Steve factoids:
- At Morning Edition, the staff sometimes jokes that we are on SIT, or Steve Inskeep Time.
- Morning Edition had a different theme song than it does now when Steve joined.
- Steve wakes up as early as 2:30a sometimes when he is hosting the show.
- Steve brings two cups into the studio: one for coffee and one for water; and he believes water is just as important as caffeine when you're tired.
- He's a loud typer.
- Steve just returned from reporting in China, where he's been before for Morning Edition.
- Steve loves "vox" reporting — that is —walking around an event or a city talking to dozens and dozens, sometimes hundreds of people just to tell a more thorough and accurate story.
- Sometimes, Steve cries when StoryCorp airs. (TBH, almost all the hosts have at some point. StoryCorp is weeper.)