Casey Morell
Casey Morell (he/him) produces the NPR Politics Podcast.
He joined NPR in February 2019 as a producer and director of All Things Considered, where he covered everything from Kraftwerk to vexillology. He also served as the program's main live broadcast director, and still occasionally directs NPR's special coverage of live breaking news events.
Before coming to NPR, he spent four years at Nevada Public Radio in Las Vegas, Nevada, serving as coordinating producer of the daily newsmagazine State of Nevada. From 2012 to 2015, he worked at KBIA in Columbia, Missouri, where his documentary reporting on a religious community in northeast Missouri won a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award and two RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards. During that time, he also served as executive producer of Global Journalist, a weekly public television and radio program focusing on free press issues and international affairs.
A graduate of New College of Florida (B.A. '12) and the University of Missouri School of Journalism (M.A. '14), Morell is an avid soccer fan who loves to travel.
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The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training. -
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files. -
Christie is still a Republican – after all, he's running for that party's presidential nomination. But his views on Ukraine, abortion and other issues put him out of step with many in the party. -
How did the attack on the U.S. Capitol come together? What did President Trump know and why did he take so long to respond? And who will be held accountable? -
The modern environmental movement and the far-right movement might appear to be on opposing sides of the political ideology spectrum. But overlap does exist and researchers say it's growing. -
Principal Seth Lavin says even after the omicron surge ends, the crisis for children will continue. -
NPR's Asma Khalid talks with Principal Seth Lavin on how COVID-19 has impacted his Chicago school. The school district canceled class for 5 days in January when teachers protested working conditions.
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The Biden administration has delivered a plan to Russia offering a diplomatic way to resolve the crisis over Ukraine. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with State Dept. spokesman Ned Price about the situation.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ambassador Oksana Markarova on relations between the two countries and increased pressure from Russia.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic to preview the College Football Playoff and upcoming bowl season games.
