
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
- Minnesota House gets back to work. Minneapolis council delays plan for George Floyd Square
- Minnesota House leaders reach agreement. Walz calls special election for open seat
- Republicans push for recall petitions for missing Democrats. Best Buy CEO talks tariffs
- Power dynamic shifts to DFL in Minnesota Senate by one seat
- Jury selection begins for Feeding Our Future. DEI assistant dean search for U's Law School halted
- Minnesotan DFL Ken Martin top contender for national chair, Minnesota Republicans file lawsuit to move session forward
- Minnesota students still struggle in math and reading after pandemic
- DFL candidate wins special election, Dems regain Senate
- Special election for Minnesota Senate seat today. O'Hara calls Trump's pardon 'slap in the face'
- No Pride for Target, DFL stays out of House, Trump's order halts refugee resettlement