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Line Life Podcast: Women on the Line, Part 4: Featuring Randi Blaser

June 15, 2023
Lineworker Randi Blaser recently topped out at Ameren Illinois and is the daughter of Susan Blaser, who was featured in Part 1 of our series.

For the first three parts of our Women on the Line series for our Line Life Podcast, we focused on the history of women in line work. Now we are looking to the future with Part 4, which features Lineworker Randi Blaser of Ameren Illinois.

With both a mom and dad in the line trade, Randi grew up in the industry and remembers watching lineworkers compete at the International Lineman's Rodeo as a child. It wasn't until she was in college, however, that she decided she wanted to pursue a career in the trade. 

After graduating from her mom's lineman training course at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, she hit the road for Illinois to start an apprenticeship at Ameren Illinois. After topping out, she is now sharing her story about the challenges and opportunities for women in the trade with T&D World's Line Life Podcast listeners. 

Randi is featured in our June 2023 Line Life podcast episode, which is sponsored by Huskie Tools. To listen to the interview, click here or on the icon below.


You can also listen to the other parts of the series by clicking on the links below. 

Part 1: Susan Blaser

Part 2: Alice Lockridge

Part 3: Joanne Ward

Make sure to subscribe to The Line Life Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting app to be notified when new episodes are available. You can also email us with your comments on this episode or suggestions for future guests. We'd love to hear from you. 

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade.  She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected]

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