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Red Eye Radio

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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.

Location:

Arlington, TX

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Contact:

13725 Montfort Drive, Dallas, TX 75240 Studio - 866-90-REDEYE 972-991-9200


Episodes
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12-05-25 Part One - Gary's Stuck

12/5/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, yeah Gary is stuck with Jasmine Crockett (at least for another year) as he technically remains in her district as voters will likely galvanize her position as she climbs the democratic ladder. (He covets your prayers). Also NY Governor Kathy Hochul changes her tune on raising taxes after Zohran Mamdani wins the NY mayoral race, overall tax increases' effect on consumer goods and services, more on the Minnesota Somalian scandal and a culture of fraud and Gary returns to his acting role. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:08

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12-05-25 Part Two - Profiling a Bomber

12/5/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro revealed insight into the personal life of the suspect in connection to pipe bombs planted in Washington, D.C., on January 6th 2021 and what the FBI found in his home on "The Ingraham Angle." Federal authorities arrested 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. of Virginia on Thursday morning after a nearly five-year-long investigation involving "millions of pieces of data." Also SCOTUS allows Texas to use Trump-pushed redrawn congressional redistricting map favoring Republicans and a US Navy admiral testified that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give the order to "kill them all" during a controversial second US military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:37:53

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12-04-25 Part Two - The Holiday Season

12/4/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we discuss the generalization of what was once a traditional holiday season with "holiday trees" and other non-traditional celebrations as families observe Thanksgiving and Christmas in their own fashion. Also the Thanksgiving day game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs was the highest viewed regular season football game in history, President Trump does away with cafe standards in the automobile industry and the practicality and affordability of battery charged devices. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:02

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12-04-25 Part One - The Cancel Culture

12/4/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, with the Minnesota Somalia scandal in the news, we examine the whole "cancel culture" movement as critical race theory is discussed and racial tensions once again infuses back into society. The democrats simply can't play the race card anymore. The guys reflect on the movie "The Village" as a modern day reference. Also actress Halle Berry stuns crowd by criticizing Gavin Newsom by saying he 'probably should not be our next president' and the trans-gender movement cancels women's lib. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:06

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12-03-25 Part One - Tennessee Seat Stays Red

12/3/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Eric returns to the show after being under the weather for a few days. The big story this morning .. Republicans will hold onto a GOP-controlled vacant congressional seat in ruby-red Tennessee after winning a hotly contested special election that grabbed plenty of national attention. Republican nominee Matt Van Epps on Tuesday defeated Democratic rival Aftyn Behn in the high-stakes race to succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private sector job. Also more on Minnesota governor Tim Walz' absence on the Somalian voting base in his state, AI and tech jobs shaping the Gen Z workforce and President Trump scolds the media questioning his health. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:04

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12-03-25 Part Two - Trump's War on Income Tax

12/3/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump suggested Tuesday that Americans may "not even have income tax to pay" in the near future, saying tariff-driven revenue could allow for the historic elimination of the federal income tax under his tenure. Trump told a press gaggle after his cabinet meeting that "at some point in the not too distant future you won’t even have income tax to pay," arguing that revenue the government is collecting under his administration is now "so great… so enormous." "Whether you get rid of it or just keep it around for fun or have it really low, much lower than it is now, but you won't be paying income tax," Trump added. Also tax credits for those who have children, how future generations will manage their finances and California governor Gavin Newsum trolls President Trump's near perfect MRI results. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:01

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12-02-25 Part One - Hit or Miss

12/2/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the White House confirmed and defended conducting a second strike against alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean in September, amid the Trump administration’s crusade targeting the influx of drugs into the U.S. The White House’s statement comes after the Washington Post reported Friday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth verbally ordered that a Sept. 2 attack kill everyone on board the alleged drug boat, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers who are requesting additional oversight into the strikes. The Post reported that a second strike was conducted to take out the remaining survivors on the boat. Also comedienne Kathy Griffin does an about face and now supports President Trump, Ellen DeGeneres decides she wants to move back to the U.S. and the TSA imposes a fee if you forget your I.D. at the airport. Also the insanity of the forced use of pronouns with the disillusion of Generation Z and the government needs to get out of the mortgage business. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:03

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12-02-25 Part Two - The Stupidity of Jasmine Crockett

12/2/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, here we go again with this moron. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) continues to be trotted out on the LIB cable news outlets as the mouthpiece of the DNC, and it's turning out to be a dream come true for the RNC ,MAGA and Red Eye Radio. During a Sunday appearance on MSNOW (MSNBC's new channel name), Crockett was asked, again, about how she claimed a Trump White House official took money from "a" Jeffrey Epstein, which was an insinuation that Trump officials did dirty work with the pedophile. The only problem is that Lee Zeldin, the White House official, took money from another Jeffrey Epstein. This Epstein guy IS NOT a pedophile. Hellooooo? Also more on the Somalia fraud story out of Minnesota and how Governor Tim Walz is absent on the issue, the fiscal health of the country and a round of golf with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and President Trump draws criticism from Canadians. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:04

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12-01-25 Part One - Maduro's Last Stand

12/1/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we return from the Thanksgiving holiday week and begin December with the news that President Trump delivered a stern ultimatum to Nicolás Maduro to leave Venezuela immediately before announcing the country's airspace should be closed. This is the decision from the President as tensions escalate after weeks of bombing Venezuelan drug boats and military operations are further considered against the country's drug cartel. Also massive fraud schemes are uncovered involving Somalian immigrants in Minnesota, dedicated Trump supporters still back the President on the economy and the cost of AI. Also a sharp decline in EV sales as the federal tax subsidy expires, James Carville urges democrats to "stop f***ing around" , the strongest woman in the world turns out to be a man and Gary's Thanksgiving mashed potatoes. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:52:15

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12-01-25 Part Two - Gen Z are Clueless

12/1/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a Rasmussen poll indicates Gen Z are clueless when it comes to moral and basic decisions and the dumbing down of the younger generation from liberal indoctrination. Also making health care affordable after ObamaCare, is college worth the cost and the nation's most sinful cities. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:02

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11-28-25 - The Red Eye Podcast Returns Monday!

11/28/2025
Gary McNamara and Eric Harley return from the long Thanksgiving weekend Sunday night/Monday morning to catch you up on all the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:01:13

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11-27-25 - Happy Thanksgiving! The Podcast Has The Day Off

11/27/2025
The next new podcast returns this Monday December 1st along with Gary and Eric! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:01:13

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11-26-25 Part One - Insanity Up For Election In Middle Tennessee

11/26/2025
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part one, the Dec. 2 special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District has Republican Matt Van Epps running against Democrat Aftyn Behn, who has said she hates everything about Nashville. A Behn win would further cut the Republican's House majority / In Geneva, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there has been some progress in the Ukraine peace plan / The evaporated American dream / U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on fixing the economy / The U.S. Department of Labor's "Project Firewall" enforces the H-1B visa program to combat abuse. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:15

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11-26-25 Part Two - Biden Turkey Pardons Null And Void

11/26/2025
Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part two, more on the the December 2 special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District that pits radically insane Democrat Aftyn Behn against Republican Matt Van Epps to replace retiring Rep. Mark Green / Trump jokes that he has nullified last year's Biden turkey pardons because the former President used an auto-pen / As seen on CNN: Polling shows Trump is not losing support with Republicans. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:07

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11-25-25 Part One - The Peace Plan Leaker

11/25/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, this Thanksgiving traveling season, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy would like passengers to stop wearing pajamas and slippers on the plane / Who leaked the 28 point peace plan for ending the Ukraine-Russia war / AOC reportedly gearing up to run for President in 2028. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:16

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11-25-25 Part Two - Dems Sowing Seeds Of Doubt

11/25/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Senator Mark Kelly is under investigation by the Pentagon for participating in a video that encourages U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders / Here's the headline: "Your Thanksgiving Leftovers Are Harming The Planet" / New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill may stop her state from paying federal taxes as a way to protest Trump policies. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:07

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11-24-25 Part One - The Motivation of MTG

11/24/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the "ShamWow guy" has reportedly filed to run for Congress in Texas as a Republican / The motivation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene with her resignation from Congress / DOGE is officially over / The case of Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) who was recently indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million from FEMA to fund her 2021 congressional campaign. Marjorie Taylor Green surges in the 2028 presidential betting odds. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:15:59

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11-24-25 Part Two - Mamdani Meets The President

11/24/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Senator Elissa Slotkin admits there were no illegal military orders by Trump. Bill Maher talks about Michelle Obama's claim the country is not ready for a woman president. At the White House Mayor elect Mamdani is asked if he still thinks President Trump is a fascist. A poll shows the younger generation is souring on democracy. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:09

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11-21-25 Part One - A Grown Up Mayor

11/21/2025
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson said now that she has been elected mayor and is earning more money as a result, she no longer needs to ask her parents for help to pay the bills. The 43 year old Wilson, who recently told CNN she thought embracing the help she got from her parents made her more "relatable" to Seattle voters, quipped on social media that, "after much deliberation and a grueling interview process," she was "pleased" to announce that her higher salary as mayor will mean she no longer needs financial support from her parents. Also, audio from The View on Jasmine Crockett's "walk back" on referring to a different Jeffrey Epstein, Lee Zeldin on Jasmine Crockett's lies and President Trump's liability on affordability. Also September's jobs report shatters records and angry sports reporters. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:16:05

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11-21-25 Part Two - Presidential Poll Numbers

11/21/2025
In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, new poll numbers indicate which candidates for President in 2028 skew toward JD Vance, DeSantis, Rubio and Kennedy (in that order) for the GOP. For Democrats, Harris, Newsom, AOC, Buttigieg and Shapiro. The general election pits JD Vance vs. Gavin Newsom. Also Olivia Nuzzi – the US star political reporter known for her cozy access to top Republican figures – dropped an excerpt of her memoir, American Canto. In it, she detailed what she describes as an emotional affair with Robert F Kennedy Jr, who she calls “the politician”, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., announced on Thursday he is launching a campaign for California governor in 2026. 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 EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:38:03