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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There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad. -
Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.”
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We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping
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Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.
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Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead.
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If you know how the sound "f" worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the "f" in "leaf" turns into a "v" in the plural form "leaves."
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If I say I’m gonna do it, I don’t necessarily mean I’m headed out the door right now to do it.
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2025 had lots of people talking about sixes and sevens, but not in the loose ends kind of way.
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Next time you’re hanging out with friends, you can debate just how slangy the phrasal verb ‘hang out’ is.
