Rebecca Hector
All Things Considered HostRebecca Hector is the host of All Things Considered at Michigan Public. She also co-hosts Michigan Public's weekly language podcast That’s What They Say with English professor Anne Curzan.
After earning degrees in English and American Studies from Michigan State University, Hector began her radio career as a newsroom intern at WKAR in East Lansing. She completed additional news internships at WBEZ Chicago and KAJX Aspen.
Hector first came to Michigan Public in 2014 as a producer for Morning Edition. She served as a general assignment reporter and fill-in host before becoming the station’s full-time Weekend Edition host in 2016. She became the All Things Considered host in 2023.
When she’s not on the airwaves, Hector enjoys hiking, Korean food and hunting for vinyl records. She’s also Bruce Springsteen’s number one fan.
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The Declaration of Independence could readily have been the Declaration of Independency. -
We can be bereaved, we can be bereft, and sometimes we can be both bereaved and bereft.
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There are a few different ways to be wonky, some of which are positive and some of which, not so much.
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The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.
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If we’re involved in a hurry-scurry retreat or a harum-scarum dash, perhaps things are also helter-skelter.
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If you’re not up to snuff, you’re not up to scratch and maybe you don’t get a cigar.
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This week’s question has not been a recurring one, by which we mean it has occurred once and not reoccurred.
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If it seems unlikely that crotchety people are related, at least etymologically, to those who do crochet, stay tuned.
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Given how much we’re talking about AI right now, it’s no surprise that AI-related words featured prominently in this year’s word of the year vote.
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Sometimes we don’t realize that we’re using a trademarked term differently from those around us.
