Randi Rhodes

Randi Rhodes (born Randi Buten; January 28, 1959) is an American progressive talk radio personality, formerly featured on Air America Radio and Nova M Radio and now on Premiere Radio Networks. Her eponymous program, The Randi Rhodes Show, airs live Monday through Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm Eastern Time.

Early life

Rhodes was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was brought up in a Jewish household, but does not discuss her religious views publicly. Her father Norman was a mechanical engineer and World War II veteran and her mother Loretta worked in a dress shop. She had one sister, Ellen, who died of breast cancer. Her sister had a daughter, Jessica, whom Rhodes and her husband Jim raised.

Rhodes grew up in the Brooklyn and Queens boroughs of New York, but her parents divorced when she was 15, and she and her father moved to Marina Del Rey, California. Her married name is Randi Robertson; Rhodes is a stage name chosen to honor Ozzy Osbourne's guitar player Randy Rhoads, whom Rhodes describes as "a consummate professional ... but he always practiced. I mean, he practiced eight hours a day. He lived to be the best."

Military experience

Rhodes enlisted in the United States Air Force and worked stateside at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey as an aircraft mechanic, achieving the rank of Airman First Class. She served two years in the Air Force and one year in the reserves. Rhodes...
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