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3 unusual facts about Randi Rhodes


Randi Rhodes

On Fridays, Rhodes opened the show with the song "Bounce Your Boobies" by Rusty Warren.

For many years, "Bounce Your Boobies", by cabaret singer Rusty Warren, was played following the show's opening on Fridays, with some commentary and sound bites during the song; this was discontinued after December 9, 2011.

Mark Green, President of Air America Radio, said, "Her abusive, obscene comments obviously crossed the line of what talent at a media company could say," and added that the comments "were in the Imus league," referring to radio host Don Imus, who was fired by CBS in 2007 after making racial remarks about female basketball players.


Sirius XM Progress

It launched on March 31, 2004, and the lineup included hosts like Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes, Al Franken, Marty Kaplan, Janeane Garofalo, Alan Colmes, Lizz Winstead and Chuck D. At the time, both Sirius and XM had centrist/progressive talk channels featuring talent from Air America Radio.


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