Rebecca Kruth
All Things Considered HostRebecca Kruth 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, Kruth began her radio career as a newsroom intern at WKAR in East Lansing. She completed additional news internships at WBEZ Chicago and KAJX Aspen.
Kruth 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, Kruth enjoys hiking, Korean food and hunting for vinyl records with her husband James. She’s also Bruce Springsteen’s number one fan.
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Many of us were taught the rule that we shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition, and honestly this is a rule we should be asking questions about. -
It's undeniable that "Tupperware" has become a generic catch-all for plastic containers, regardless of shape, size, or brand. Not everyone likes this. -
When you stop to think about a verb like "batten," you may be struck by just how few objects it can take.
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The National Youth Tobacco survey finds high schoolers' use of tobacco and vapes dropped, but middle schoolers' use went up. An expert retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gives insights. -
Sometimes something you think is a slip or a mistake, perhaps a product of happenstance, is not that.
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Rails are thin, and so are rakes and pencils and many other things.
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While talking about sheep as a flock may sound unremarkable, a murder of crows sounds much more playful.
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Gross food is disgusting, but a gross error may not be. And our gross income is something else entirely.
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Very few of us are enamored with, of, or by potholes. If you’re among the aforementioned few, we’d like a word.
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There’s all the variation in pronunciation that we don’t judge, and then there’s the relatively small percentage of variation out there that we do judge.
