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

January 9, 2026 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Trump offers up to $100,00 to Greenland citizens as a way to get their approval for the U.S. to acquire the territory / Extension of Obamacare subsidies passes in the House of Representatives / Stephan A. Smith responds to a caller who says Trump supporters are mentally ill / It was a good move for Trump to send out JD Vance to address the Minneapolis shooting / A Rep...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio, Gary McNamara and Eric Harley talk about an article from The New Criterion by James Piereson titled "Socialism Is A Hate Crime" / After two straight loses, Stacey Abrams says she will sit out the upcoming Georgia Governors' race / Chicago's police superintendent speaks on what to expect if you box in ICE agents / Audio of a liberal white woman who feels uneasy after she mourned the loss of Renee Go...
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In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, city leaders have identified the woman killed during an ICE operation in Minneapolis Wednesday as 37 year-old Renee Nicole Good and federal and local officials offered sharply different accounts of the shooting. The fatal shooting occurred during an ICE enforcement operation in south Minneapolis, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said agents were...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a discussion emerges about government intrusion in home ownership, specifically property rights and rental options for home owners and landlords. Also audio from Scott Jennings summing up political vigilance against law enforcement of any kind and the Democrats embracing fraud, waste and abuse. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio station...
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January 7, 2026 75 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with audio from ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith loudly reminding his democratic counterparts of how Joe Biden increased the bounty on now ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's head to $25M, saying "you can't promote the bounty and hate the capture". Also President Trump announces Venezuela is turning over millions of barrels of oil to the US governm...
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January 7, 2026 37 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Iran is on the brink of falling as protesters move to take two cities and desperately appeal to President Trump. Abdanan and Malekshahi cities reportedly taken over by people celebrating in streets chanting 'Death to Khamenei'. Similar accounts emerged from Tehran, where security forces were reportedly seen entering Sina Hospital, prompting fear among patients and fa...
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January 6, 2026 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, AG Pam Bondi says President Trump 'saved countless lives' in Venezuelan dictator Maduro's capture operation. She defends military operation as 'well within' presidential authority after Democratic criticism. Some Democrats have criticized the military operation as a violation of state sovereignty, comparing it to former President George W. Bush’s actions in Iraq. Als...
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In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Democrats in Minnesota are urging longtime Sen. Amy Klobuchar to jump into the blue-leaning state's race for governor in the wake of Monday's blockbuster move by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to end his 2026 re-election bid amid political fallout from a massive fraud scandal. Klobuchar is receiving calls urging her to run for governor and the possibility of appointing Walz...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is expected to bow out of the 2026 re-election race as he faces mounting national criticism over a massive Somali fraud scandal engulfing his state. “He’s likely to drop out of the 2026 #mngov race,” Minnesota political analyst Blois Olson posted on X Sunday night. The news comes as Walz’s office has scheduled a press conference for 1...
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In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Eric! Before the guys left for holiday vacation the US was sending criminals to Venezuela, and when they returned we are extracting a criminal from Venezuela. The latest is that Maduro's arraignment is expected today after helicopters flew the Venezuelan leader to New York City over the weekend. Operation "Absolute Resolve" now places...
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Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley who return Monday, January 5th. In Part one of the Red Eye podcast, it is now Mayor Mamdani of New York City / A.O.C. champions Mamdani at his inauguration/ The NYC working class will be hit financially / Fentanyl deaths are down 24 percent. Who gets the credit? Trump or Biden / A Somali fraud update / CBS News' new anchor Tony Dokoupil pledges to restore trust...
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Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley who return Monday, January 5th. In part two of the Red Eye podcast, the break-in at one of the Somalian day care centers looks staged / Mainstream media covering for Democrats in Minnesota / Elon Musk is all in on funding the GOP for the midterms / Trump needs to focus on America and affordability and not the Russia-Ukraine conflict / Secretary of the Treasury ...
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Best wishes in the new year from Gary McNamara, Eric Harley and the staff of Red Eye Radio to all our loyal listeners. A brand new podcast will be available 6am eastern tomorrow January 2, 2026. Happy New Year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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December 31, 2025 76 mins
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley this week. In part one of today's Red Eye Radio podcast, YouTuber Nick Shirley says he receiving death threats over his video exposing Somali fraud / The Trump administration says it's withholding childcare funds from Minnesota amid fraud allegations / A deep dive into the failures of California Governor Gavin Newsom / Dem Rep Ilhan Omar's ties to a murderous di...
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December 31, 2025 38 mins
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley this week. In part two of the podcast, NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has announced the nomination of Ramzi Kassem, an attorney who defended an Al Qaeda terrorist, as Chief Counsel of New York City / The Big Apple's new Fire Chief has never fought a fire / A Minnesota election policy allows a registered voter to "vouch" for up to eight people seeking same-da...
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December 30, 2025 76 mins
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part one of today's Red Eye Radio podcast, breaking news: Nashville Covenant school shooter used Federal aid to purchase her guns for the March 2023 attack / Dem Rep Ilhan Omar says she won't be intimidated by the alleged Somali fraud / Dozens of children trucked in to the "Quality Learing Center" after exposure on the Nick Shirley video / Vice President JD...
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December 30, 2025 38 mins
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part two of the Red Eye Radio podcast, Dan continues his discussion of potential Democrat presidential primary candidates including Gavin Newsom who has nothing good for California, yet some say he has the momentum / More on the alleged Somali fraud / The Minnesota Department of Children head Tikki Brown responds to Nick Shirley's fraud video as Democrats ru...
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Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley this week. In part one of the Red Eye Radio podcast, YouTuber Nick Shirley exposes Somali Day Care fraud in a viral video now with over 100 million views / The economy and your money / Portable mortgages and the housing market / Vice President Vance comments on the latest with illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia / The false narrative that ICE is arresting U.S. ...
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December 29, 2025 38 mins
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley this week. In part two of today's Red Eye Radio podcast, Governor of Minnesota Tim Waltz says you are a white supremacist if you bring up Somali fraud/ More audio from YouTuber Nick Shirley investigating Somali fraud in Minnesota / Student tased by Georgia cops after he allegedly refused to leave a school bus. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, l...
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Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part one Jimmy Kimmel bashes Trump in a United Kingdom holiday video and says Americans are not "bright" / Hear Democrats call into Chris Cuomo's show to praise the effectiveness of Trump / The DNC is drowning in debt and pointing fingers over the failed Kamala Harris campaign / U.S. military strikes on ISIS in Nigeria / Republican Congressman Tom Emmer on ...
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