Red Eye Radio

Red Eye Radio

Red Eye Radio is the pre-eminent syndicated overnight radio show hosted by radio vets Gary McNamara and Eric Harley airing Monday through Friday, Midnight to 5am Central. Targeted at long haul truckers, Red Eye Radio has broadened its mission to include virtually everyone living and working non-traditional hours. The audience includes shift workers, travelers, truck drivers and others who embrace the new 24/7 lifestyle, with many restaurants, retailers and other business establishments open round the clock. Red Eye Radio is the successor to Midnight Trucking Radio Network, a program whose roots go back 40 years. Each night the hosts of Red Eye Radio review the headlines, cover the issues that matter and keep listeners tuned-in with insight and perspective. Also on the agenda popular culture, family issues and detailed national weather forecasts.

Episodes

10-31-25 Part One - A Silent Woke Halloween

October 31, 2025 • 76 mins
Happy Halloween! In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Riley Gaines ignites the left with her simple statement of "a man is not a woman" / President Trump demands Senate Republicans invoke ‘nuclear option’ to end the government shutdown / Airlines, air traffic controllers and pilot associations call on Democrats to open the government / All is quiet on the politically correct Halloween costume front / NY...
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10-31-25 Part Two - Witches Against Fascism

October 31, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, California billionaires may be on the hook to help the state fund health care for low-income residents / Democrat Rep. Janelle Bynum claims the Republicans have poison pills in the clean resolution but won't back it up when asked about it / A National Review article "John Thune Is Sure the GOP Will Win the Shutdown Fight. The Real Question Is What to Do About Obamac...
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10-30-25 Part One - Saturday Morning Cartoons

October 30, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as Bari Weiss settles into her new role as head of CBS News, we remember a time when weekend news programming took a break and allowed kids to enjoy Saturday morning cartoons. Now in a world of on demand, news and other media content all have channels of their own. Also the cool down of the global warming narrative, Trump and Xi meet in effort to resolve trade tension...
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10-30-25 Part Two - A Healthy Halloween

October 30, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, with the possibility of SNAP benefits being affected by the government shutdown, ABC News suggests giving trick-or-treaters "nonperishable food" instead of candy this year. Also comparing hobos to drifters, audio from Senator John Thune frustrated about the government shutdown and the world's top scientists flat out lied about global warming. For more talk on the iss...
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10-29-25 Part One - Bill Gate's About Face

October 29, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is calling for a change in the fight against climate change by shifting the focus away from reducing carbon emissions to fighting poverty and preventing disease and hunger. In an essay published Monday, Gates, who has long pushed for policies to limit the rise in temperatures, said resources should be diverted to improve life in warming p...
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10-29-25 Part Two - Unions: Open the Government Now

October 29, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the head of the air traffic controllers union says "open the Government now. Air traffic controllers are not geting paid and it's not fair". The latest polls indicate the shutdown is damaging the Democratic party. Also Riley Gaines blasts AOC for snide and personal remarks about her athletic performance, audio from Senator John Kennedy on Democrats being sore losers a...
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10-28-25 Part One - Commie Mamdani's Promises

October 28, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the NY times published an article about NY mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's inability to keep his promises. Even promising as his run for VP in high school to offer fruit juice in vending machine from "locally grown fruit". Also Democrats want healthcare without paying for it, Ellen Pompeo on The View, flight delays at D/FW airport due to staffing shortages could be r...
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10-28-25 Part Two - America Feels Shut Down

October 28, 2025 • 37 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Republican leaders, union leaders and the federal workforce is losing patience as Democratic leaders continue to keep the Government closed. Federal employees who aren't getting paid are truly feeling the loss of income especially as inflation and the cost of living is on the rise. Also as Halloween approaches, scary thoughts on who may be going to CBS, layoffs at Ama...
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10-27-25 Part One - Ballroom Blitz

October 27, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the guys return from a week off to discuss ... the Big Beautiful Ballroom. The left continues to lose their mind over President Trump's renovation near the east wing of the White House to build what will soon be the Big Beautiful Ballroom. Also "Gamble Gate" with audio from Stephen A. Smith somehow blaming President Trump for causing the sports gambling crime, No King...
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10-27-25 Part Two - The Liberal Hypocrasy

October 27, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we continue to scratch our heads are what liberals are attempting to say in their sensless diatribes and hypocritical narratives that usually land them into conflicts of intrest. Also the changing demographics to different states and how financial commerce may shift to Texas, week 4 of the Government shutdown and it's affects on healthcare subsidies and the infamous ...
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10-24-25 Part One - U.S. Going Into Venezuala?

October 24, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for the guys this week and we begin with reports of the U.S. military patroliing offshore of Venezuala with some saying the U.S is getting ready to send troops into the country for a regime change. Others say it's about a drug crackdown or getting control of Venezuelan oil to weaken China and Russi...
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10-24-25 Part Two - Trump's Third Term

October 24, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for the guys this week. Steve Bannon says there will be a Trump third term. Callers into Red Eye Radio weigh in with their thoughts. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EY...
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10-23-25 Part One - The ICE Tracker

October 23, 2025 • 75 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin with the continued onslaught of attacks on federal ICE agents as they try to do their jobs. From bounties on their heads from drug cartels to accusations of leaving children on the side of the road and shooting dogs. Now an app is created called the "ICE Tracker" allowing people t...
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10-23-25 Part Two - A Violent Narrative

October 23, 2025 • 37 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin this hour with more discussion about the hate narrative from the left against conservatives and Republicans that has now turned to threats of violence. Also FEMA discriminating against homes with Trump supporter signs displayed and much more. For more talk on the issues that matt...
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10-22-25 Part One - The Government Held Hostage

October 22, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin with day 22 of Democratic leaders holding the government hostage as Americans begin to feel the pinch from healthcare to food prices. Also MSNBC host Jen Psaki was denounced for her "disgusting" comments Tuesday suggesting Vice President JD Vance's wife Usha is scared of him, Rile...
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10-22-25 Part Two - King Troubles the Watters

October 22, 2025 • 37 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Dan Mandis is filling in for the guys and discusses a photo posted by CBS host Gayle King taken on a flight with Fox News' host Jesse Watters drawing hateful comments from Trump haters. Also the head count of "no kings" protesters is widely exaggerated, The President pardons a January sixer who then threatens to kill Hakeem Jeffries and the latest on the war in Gaza a...
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10-21-25 Part One - No Blue Wave

October 21, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin with the failure of the No Kings protests to create what they hoped to be a "blue wave" across the country. As they wasted their time with their costumes and silly dances, President Trump was busy getting the business of government done Monday by cracking down on crime, securing p...
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10-21-25 Part Two - Living With The Left in LA

October 21, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin this hour with callers from California, Chicago and other blue states talking about how they mitigate living life as a conservative surrounded by the left. Also don't count on a "blue wave" in the mid-terms. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations...
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10-20-25 Part One - The Return of No Kings

October 20, 2025 • 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning radio host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin with the "No Kings" protests over the weekend. Also Ted Cruz and other Republican leaders want to stop the funding for these types of protests, the secret service discover a tree stand in Florida with a line of sight where President Trump boards Air Force One, more trouble in the ...
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10-20-25 Part Two - "Are You Talking To Me?"

October 20, 2025 • 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, actor Robert De Niro surprised MSNBC’s "The Weekend" panel after dropping an f-bomb during Sunday’s show while describing Democratic pushback against President Trump. De Niro appeared on the show to discuss the recent "No Kings" protests that took place nationwide on Saturday and the Democratic Party’s messaging strategy. The "Taxi Driver" actor largely complimented m...
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