From the Chicago Sun Times: Sunday Lunch with … Carl Kasell
Sunday Lunch with … Carl Kasell

This short, shallow interview with Carl Kasell, Morning Edition’s newsman since the beginning of the show, contains a few interesting pull-quotes:

“I think people miss [Edwards],” Kasell says. “I miss him. He’s a good friend. I miss having him on the air.”

Kasell’s morning routine used to include a daily visit to Edwards’ office, he says, but, now, he rarely sees Inskeep, whose office is in another part of the building, or Montagne, who broadcasts from the West Coast.

The two are doing “a fine job,” Kasell says and doesn’t elaborate.

He also refers to the NPR managers as, “the suits.” (I assume these are the same people I refer to as, “the pinstripes.”) I only wish someone with more…skill…would have interviewed this longtime newsman, the only thing about the show I miss, not listening to Morning Edition.

Maybe when he retires, XM can hire him?