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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.
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Episodes

2-24-25 Part Two - Trump Takes On Media

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, more fallout from the left as President Trump enters his fifth week in the Oval office. Also the best of Joy Reid as she exits from MSNBC, fun from the Babylon Bee plus much more. 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...

Feb 24, 202538 min

2-21-25 Part One - Stephan Miller Trolls The Media

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, The White House backs away from Zelinsky started the war; Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller gives the media a civics lesson; and a brilliant answer on deporting illegal aliens; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy receives boos from protesters after saying California's high speed rail project is wasteful and unaccountable; CNN comments on the HHS definition of sex, saying it offers a narrower definition than the ones used by many...

Feb 21, 20252 hr 28 min

2-21-25 Part Two - Worst Media Take In The Past 24 Hours

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, Mark Halperin and his guest discuss the worst media take of the week; The brutal reality of today's Democratic party. A Social Security buyout...what amount would be acceptable? Deputy Chief Of Staff Stephan Miller tells the media democrats don't believe in democracy. Two ousted squad members get their own show on an independent news network. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Mo...

Feb 21, 202538 min

2-20-25 Part One - Trump Endorses House Budget Plan

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the federal government has a say in the New York City congestion tax; Trump needs massive tax cuts to cover the economic impact of his proposed tariffs; A former Democrat advisor says the party is failing the common sense test when it comes to DOGE cuts; Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin says labor secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer is misunderstood; CBS's Gayle King talks to Delta's CEO and doesn't get an answer she was hoping for...

Feb 20, 20252 hr 28 min

2-20-25 Part Two - Major Pentagon Spending Cuts Ordered

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, Trump agrees with Elon Musk on the idea to send 20 percent of DOGE savings to tax payers and 20 percent to the federal debt; Defense Secretary Hegseth tells the Pentagon to cut their budget 8 percent for the next five years; The question is does it have a chance of coming to fruition and what is in the plan for budget cuts? For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5a...

Feb 20, 202538 min

2-19-25 Part One -The Crumbling DOGE Media Narrative

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, from The Hill: Democrats lack a message and a messenger; In their own words, Democrats like Obama and Biden supported cutting wasteful spending but did nothing about it; A majority of Americans believe federal judges abusing their power is a threat to democracy; Democratic billionaire backers are trying to create their own Joe Rogan; A federal judge still claims Elon Musk has unchecked authority; Suppression of free speech by Democ...

Feb 19, 20252 hr 28 min

2-19-25 Part Two - CIA drones over Mexico

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, the CIA is flying drones over Mexico to spy on drug cartels; Senate GOP leap frogs over House Republicans in the battle of the competing spending bills; Comedian Jon Stewart on the over top rhetoric that Trump is a fascist; Tom Slater at the Cambridge Union debate talking about Trump and fascism. 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-3a...

Feb 19, 202538 min

2-18-25 Part One - Blaming Free Speech For The Holocaust

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, James Carville points out the racism in the Democrat party; now there's talk on the left of getting rid of President's day; Bill Mahar says Trump has gone too far declaring there are only two sexes; CBS's Margaret Brennan believes free speech caused the Holocaust...Secretary of State Rubio responds; Actor Tom Hanks mocks MAGA on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special; Federal judges have cleared DOGE to access student loan ...

Feb 18, 20252 hr 28 min

2-18-25 Part Two - Musk Is Not An Employee Of DOGE

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, a bill has been introduced to make President Trump's birthday a federal holiday; In a court filing Monday the White House says billionaire Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of DOGE with no decision-making authority; The House and Senate are racing each other to get their budget bills to the floor; The two dumbest things said over the...

Feb 18, 202538 min

2-14-25 Part One - Trump Reciprocal Tariffs

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Rep. Cleaver (D) to Elon Musk: “GO TO MOSCOW! YOU MUSTY, MOO, MOO, MOO!!”; Trump says he will study reciprocal tariffs before implementing them; More idiocy of Democrats comes from Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill; Uninformed protestors interrupt a house hearing on USAID; Thoughts on the Rob Blagojevich pardon; Some states are not cooperating with ICE on deporting criminal illegals; Trump border Czar Holeman to look at AOC impeding ICE; ...

Feb 14, 20252 hr 28 min

2-14-25 Part Two - USAID Helped Fund Russia Collusion Hoax

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, at a House hearing Michael Shellenberger says USAID helped finance the Russian collusion hoax and the first impeachment of Trump; Trump says there is no conflict of interest with Elon Musk; The audio cut of the week; New York Times says there is no proof of federal fraud; EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says he has canceled a BIden-era $50 million environmental justice grant. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on r...

Feb 14, 202538 min

2-13-25 Part One - Biggest Threat To Trump Is Inflation

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a list of possible 2028 Democrat primary candidates; The Obama Bros say you can't be against streamlining government; Consumer prices rose 3 percent over last year; Over regulating A.I. could hurt economic efficiency; Dem Rep Garcia of California calls for the use of actual weapons to fight the Trump administration; Texas Rep Brandon Gill (R) on the weaponization of the administrative state by the Democrats; White House Press Secre...

Feb 13, 20252 hr 28 min

2-13-25 Part Two - One Trillion In Covid Fraud

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, outdated government systems allowed one trillion in covid fraud; Harvard Medical school encourages pet therapy for students stressed over Trump NIH cuts; A hearing on the censorship industrial complex. 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 RedEyeRad...

Feb 13, 202538 min

2-12-25 Part One - Desperate Dems Turn To Cursing

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, there's a petition for Denmark to buy California; The desperate left turns to cursing; Democrats defending USAID is political suicide; An article on who might be the next leader of the Democratic party; Senator John Kennedy sums up what Democrats are for and Republicans are against; Elon Musk is posting clips of the late economist Milton Friedman; Elon Musk talks with reporters in the oval office; Babylon Bee headlines! Far left Ch...

Feb 12, 20252 hr 28 min

2-12-25 Part Two - More Unconstitutional Lawfare

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, Republican Senator Katie Britt addresses Democrats and their Musk is co-president narrative; House Speaker Johnson on the work Elon Musk is doing; Trump's border czar is not happy with the number of deported illegals; An article from National Review: The Lawfare Gang Strikes Again. 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...

Feb 12, 202538 min

2-11-25 Part One - Dems Scream Constitutional Crisis!

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, The Democrat/media talking point is out: "We're entering a constitutional crisis;" Yet the left won't describe what the constitutional crisis is; There is no legal basis for the lawsuits against DOGE; The View's latest bizarre Trump prediction; Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched TV show in history; Newsbusters worst media take of the week; The constitutional crisis is judges trying to control the executive branch's legitimate...

Feb 11, 20252 hr 28 min

2-11-25 Part Two - Trump Outsmarts China

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, Elon Musk's approval rating is on the rise in a new poll; Trump is weakest in the polls on lowering prices; Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum; A Wall Street Journal article on Trump outsmarting China on green energy; Fiscal hawks want two reconciliation bills. 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...

Feb 11, 202538 min

2-10-25 Part One - Activist Judges Acting Out

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a great audio clip from Rep. John Kennedy to start off the week; Trump's pre-game interview on Fox News; Trump needs to emphasize Elon Musk does not have the authority the liberal media claims he has; A Democrat Senator says Trump is causing the biggest constitutional crisis since Watergate; A new CBS poll shows Trump polling higher than he ever did in his first term as president; David Axelrod says it was a sign of trouble when Bi...

Feb 10, 20252 hr 28 min

2-10-25 Part Two - The Left Takes TDS To A New Level

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, a book reveals the assassination threat by Iran was much more serious than previously thought; James Carville wonders if there are Republican moles in the progressive wing of the Democratic party; Liberals are taking their Trump Derangement Syndrome to a whole new level; 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...

Feb 10, 202538 min

2-7-25 Part One - Trump's Tax Priorities

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a report on climate change says cutting pollution is warming the planet; A poll on men playing in women's sports; Trump's tax priorities including no tax on tips, overtime and social security... plus end tax perks for billionaire sports team owners; The war over DOGE; Democrats urging people to take it to the streets; Riley Gaines comments on Trump's executive order banning men from women's sports; Sanctuary city mayors to testify ...

Feb 07, 20252 hr 28 min

2-7-25 Part Two - Transformation Of The Media

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, author J.K. Rowling makes a great point that gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, women's privacy and dignity plus more; Ford Motor Company has reported a 5.1-billion-dollar loss on EV's in 2024; The destruction of the mainstream media and the rise of X. 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 RA...

Feb 07, 202538 min

2-6-25 Part One - Democrats Keep Making It Worse

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the liberal freak out over Elon Musk conitnued Wednesday; Even late-night comedians know that what the Democrats are doing is not working; USAID funding subscriptions to Politico; Trump signs an executive order barring men from competing in women's sports; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz falsely accuses Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem of calling Venezuelans dirt bags; It wasn't a good first two weeks for Democrats; The Whit...

Feb 06, 20252 hr 28 min

2-6-25 Part Two - Sanctuary City Funding

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, a report says AG Bondie has ordered federal funding to sanctuary cities be paused; A CNN panelist unknowingly makes the case that liberal institutions need DEI because they're racist; Senator Josh Hawley still wants a 10% interest cap on credit cards;. In December the army hit it's best recruitment numbers in 15 years; Joe Rogan fires back at false claims by the Harris campaign. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, liste...

Feb 06, 202538 min

2-5-25 Part One - Trump And Gaza

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump says the U.S. should take over the Gaza strip and economically revitalize the area; Democrats cannot win their USAID argument; The late economist Milton Friedman was DOGE before there was DOGE; Reaction to USAID cuts by Democrats including Senator Chuck Shumer and Rep. Maxine Water; DNC Vice-Chair David Hogg will not solve the Democrats' problems; NFL removes "end racism" from Super Bowl end zones; The Governor of N...

Feb 05, 20252 hr 28 min

2-5-25 Part Two - The Big Game Choses Love

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, new end zone messages at the Super Bowl includes "choose love"; DOGE is causing Democrats to lose their minds; AOC's Elon Musk rhetoric has no substance; Democrats are upset federal spending is being reviewed...and Senator Kennedy as some thoughts on that; Trump is asked about Biden signing with a Hollywood talent agency. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am ...

Feb 05, 202538 min

2-4-25 Part One - Trump Blinks First

In part one of Red Eye Radio Gary McNamara and Eric Harley , the lengthy gender rules for picking the new DNC chair; The media implies Elon Musk has the authority to make federal cuts when he is only an advisor to the administration. The first blink came from Trump in tariff war; Both sides tried to save face. The history of income tax and tariffs; Trump criticizes media and those who don't support tariffs; Senator Susan Collins supports Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence; Forme...

Feb 04, 20252 hr 28 min

2-4-25 Part Two - Cartels Testing Trump?

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, according to the New York Post, in a bid to stop the crackdown at the border an internal memo shows Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives; CBS news mulls settling a lawsuit brought by President Trump claiming election interference by the network. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday ...

Feb 04, 202538 min

2-3-25 Part One - Tariffs On Canada And Mexico

In part one of Red Eye Radio Gary McNamara and Eric Harley offer their observations on the newly imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump finally admits his tariffs will raise prices for Americans; Callers respond to the tariffs discussion; Except for Tesla, a surprising list of the most American made cars. 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 ...

Feb 03, 20252 hr 28 min

2-3-25 Part Two - The Medical Transport Jet Crash

In part two of Red Eye Radio with Eric Harley and Gary McNamara, the DNC picks two white males as their chair persons this past weekend; Donna Brazile has an "intelligent" take on gender and aviation; A Medical transport jet crash in Philadelphia: More thoughts on Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico. 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 smar...

Feb 03, 202538 min

1-31-25 Part One - Everyone Is Speculating

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, NTSB spokesperson says everyone is speculating about the collision of the American Airlines jet and the black hawk helicopter; Trump says DEI has caused problems within air traffic control; 2023 audio from Biden's nominee to lead the FAA who had to back out because of his lack of aviation knowledge; British actor Idris Elba suggests kitchen knives be blunted, others banned to prevent stabbings; California lawmakers cancel the vote ...

Jan 31, 20252 hr 28 min
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