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

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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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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October 17, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, during Thursday's NYC mayoral debate, moderators asked candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa who supported mayor Kathy Hochul and none of them raised their hands or offered an immediate endorsement. Also ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday with 18 counts of the improper handling of classified docum...
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October 17, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders took part in a CNN town hall on Wednesday where the New York City representative was asked whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should be worried about a primary challenge from her. AOC and Sanders quickly pushed back on the question, raising their voices as they criticized its premise and took aim at Repub...
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October 16, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Supreme Court's conservative justices signaled their willingness on Wednesday to undercut another key section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 federal law enacted by Congress to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Also a Republican chat room turns racial with death threats over voting issues, audio from Tom Homan on allegations of receiving $50,000...
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October 16, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Government shutdown is beginning to affect federal workers like air traffic controllers. Audio from Stephen A. Smith ranting and blaming Washington demonstrates how Democrats should take a close look at why they are refusing to re-open the Government. Also audio from James Carville giving the President credit for ending the Israel-Hamas war and audio from Californ...
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October 15, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we start with comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson laying all blame at House Minority leader Chuck Schumer for allowing the government shutdown to go into it's third week. Also over the past few month's select blue states have quietly pulled back healthcare for illegal immigrants and asking the federal government to pay instead, the President's hair seems to disap...
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October 15, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, lost in the importance of the Government shutdown and the success in Israel, former VP Kamala Harris' book tour is not only failing but drawing protests from her own party. We featured audio from Fox News host Kennedy who summed it up best. Also re-districting and the seat availability to benefit the GOP, a decrease in transgenderism especially in elite institutions...
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October 14, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we start with an Italian "thank you" to President Trump as former President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken both claimed some credit for President Donald Trump’s Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement on Monday. On X, Biden – who is undergoing treatment for cancer – said that he was "deeply grateful and relieved" that the Gaza war is approaching its e...
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October 14, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Donald Trump’s administration has secured the release of more than 70 U.S. hostages held by foreign governments since taking office in January, according to the State Department. By comparison it took the Biden administration four years to release that many. The Democrats are begrudgingly having to give President Trump full credit for bringing peace in the M...
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In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE EDITION as the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is officially underway with Red Cross convoys seen moving through Gaza early Monday as part of the operation to transfer hostages and prisoners. The International Committee of the Red Cross is coordinating the handover, transporting several Israeli hostages from Gaza to Israeli custody...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE: It's a day to be remembered in world history as hostages are being released to their familes in Israel some two years after the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7th, 2023. Prseident Trump landed in Tel Aviv joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other dignitaries to greet hostages and their familes as phase one of the President's peace ...
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October 10, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Lawmakers reacted sharply Thursday to the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on bank fraud charges, with Democrats calling it a politically motivated act of revenge by President Trump. A federal grand jury in Virginia charged James with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. Also a discussion on mortage rates and propert...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears came out swinging against what she called former Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s dodges the issue of transger sports and on calls for fellow Democrat Jay Jones to drop out of the attorney general contest after texts envisioning the murder of a Republican leader came to light. Also the latest deficit numbers are out including net intres...
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October 9, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Hamas has agreed to a peace deal pushed by President Trump to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages, two years and two days after the terrorist network attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparking not only the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust, but a deadly war and a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip. The President's 20-point peace plan begins toda...
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October 9, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a county in California wine country is beefing up its vaccine recommendations and instituting a mask mandate, citing a "greater risk" of contracting COVID-19 amid the start of the annual flu season. The Sonoma County Department of Public Health's Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order Monday requiring anyone entering certain healthcare facilities in th...
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October 8, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, during a contentious appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected when grilled by Sen. Dick Durbin about the legal rationale for the deployment of National Guard Troops to Chicago saying "if you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump, you wouldn't have these problems". Also Dick Durbin releases false information abo...
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In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Eric Trump recently defended his father and attacked the Biden administration in a Newsmax interview that addressed James Comey. Eric Trump's comments came in response to accusations that his father has weaponized the Department of Justice against Comey and other political opponents. Also political bumper stickers are making driving hazardous and CBS News staffers ups...
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October 8, 2025 76 mins
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg suggested that Americans darken their skin and adopt Latin American accents to test whether they would be racially profiled by ICE agents as undocumented immigrants. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed that ICE agents "will be all over" the upcoming Super Bowl. This year’s event will feature Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican regg...
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October 7, 2025 38 mins
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as with politically minded artists from the 60s and 70s who use their lyrics and performances to convey their political positions, artists from all genres continue to do the same. Taylor Swift's newly released album is replete with hints of her position on the current cultural and political environment. Also a police union calls on Jay Jones to quit after claim more d...
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