Meet Phil Picardi
Phil Picardi is a newscaster for MPR News, and occasionally fills in as Morning Edition host when Cathy Wurzer is away. He also produces the MPR News Update, a daily podcast summarizing the top stories of the day. His duties include compiling, writing and delivering newscasts, and writing news banner headlines and news stories for air later in the day. He's been in broadcasting for 25-plus years, doing public radio news in Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin, and now, for the past decade, here in Minnesota. Phil grew up in St. Louis, Mo. and graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He reads non-fiction and knows all kinds of obscure facts about the American Civil War. He also watches way too much football. Phil likes most musical genres but cannot carry a tune or remember lyrics.
Recent Contributions
- Police: Fatal St. Paul shooting was an act of random violence. Anonymous donor saves Minneapolis shelter
- Lynx beat Mercury to move forward in WNBA playoffs. PUC taking up clean energy law
- Poll shows high trust in accurate vote count, low participation in now-legalized cannabis
- New poll shows opinions on Walz and Vance in Minnesota
- Presidential race is tight, Klobuchar has comfortable lead over White in new Minnesota poll
- Early voting begins in Minnesota. Stillwater prison workers hospitalized after exposure to unknown substance
- Minneapolis City Council considering funding for homeless shelter, ShotSpotter
- Minnesotans who lost homes to tax forfeiture may be compensated
- Assassination attempt on Trump thwarted. Police release details of fatal Minneapolis hit-and-run
- Senate confirms Minnesota’s newest federal judge. Minneapolis residents voice thoughts on Blue Line extension plan