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Red Eye Radio

Cumulus Podcast Network

300 episodes

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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  1. 07-20-26 Part Two - Free Hugs With Socialism!

    · 38 min

    Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Eric Harley and Gary McNamara. In part two of Monday's Red Eye podcast, A mom in Tennessee has been arrested for murder after officers found a man dead on her front lawn. She…

  2. 07-17-26 Part One - Wildfires and Election Fraud

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, officials and health experts expressed growing concern on Thursday about dangerously poor air quality across much of the northeastern United States and…

  3. 07-17-26 Part Two - A Generation of Mental Illness

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a 2024 study reveals a section of Generation Z self- identifies as mentally ill. It comes as no surprise as this young sector of the population is under…

  4. 07-16-26 Part One - Not All Men Are Created Equal

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with an article from The Atlantic on the return of the "manly man". It begs the question "what is a manly man" in a world where men identify as…

  5. 07-16-26 Part Two - A Socialist Utopia

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we replay the audio from Democratic Socialist McKayla Brangan describing an utopian society, where there are no bills to pay and no responsibilities. The…

  6. 07-15-26 Part One - The Sunshine Protection Act

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Americans got a break on inflation last month, with better deals at the gas station and cooler price increases across much of the economy. Consumer…

  7. 07-15-26 Part Two - Happy Anniversary Red Eye Radio!

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the guys celebrate and reflect on the past 21 years of being together on the show. From the many memorable events over the years to the events of today,…

  8. 07-14-26 Part One - The Left Are Back On X

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the liberals are back on X / What is the Iran strategy going forward? / Fox's Brit Hume asks "The question now is whether our military can make the…

  9. 07-14-26 Part Two - A CNBC Survey Mocked

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, CNBC ranks the top 10 worst states to live in / The daylight savings bill is approved by a Congressional House committee / The comparisons of the Maine…

  10. 07-13-26 Part One -Remembering Senator Graham

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio, Gary McNamara and Eric Harley are back from their summer vacation and take a look at what happened while they were away / Senator Lindsey Graham died Saturday night / Social media's push…

  11. 07-13-26 Part Two - Selling Communism

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Wesketg Yang writes on substack "transgenderism is an uncontroled society scaled experiment in conformityand obedience" / Thoughts on Graham Platner's…

  12. 07-10-26 Part One - Iranian Plot Against Trump

    · 1 h 16 min

    Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Gary McNamara and Eric Harley. In part one of the Red Eye podcast, Israel shared intel with the U.S. on an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump / Are mainstream Democrats…

  13. 07-10-26 Part Two - Life Under Democrat Rule

    · 38 min

    Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) fills in for Eric Harley and Gary McNamara. In part two of the Red Eye podcast, a look at what daily life would be like if the Democrats take over / Democrats would like to repeal the Trump…

  14. 07-09-26 Part One - Returning to War

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning talk show host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin by discussing the failed cease-fire with Iran. The war is…

  15. 07-09-26 Part Two - An Update on Senator McConnell

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning talk show host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin this hour with concerns for ailing Kentucky Senator Mitch…

  16. 07-08-26 Part One - Iran's Violates the Cease-Fire

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning talk show host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin by discussing Iran. U.S. Central Command on Tuesday said…

  17. 07-08-26 Part Two - Replacing the Graham Cracker

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Marconi award winning talk show host Dan Mandis fills in for the guys this week and we begin this hour by discussing Graham Platner. The implosion of his…

  18. 07-07-26 Part One - Concern for Senator Mitch McConnell

    · 1 h 16 min

    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 conflicting reports of Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell…

  19. 07-07-26 Part Two - The Woman on the Bus

    · 37 min

    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 emerging details about the woman on the bus. On…

  20. 07-06-26 Part One - The Red Trump Card

    · 1 h 16 min

    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 late night speech from President Trump on July 4th…

  21. 07-06-26 Part Two - Crossdressers and Flag Burners

    · 38 min

    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 begins this hour with a viral video of a flag burner taken down by a…

  22. 07-03-26 NO PODCAST TODAY ~ HAPPY JULY 4th WEEKEND!

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  23. 07-02-26 Part One - Happy Birthday USA!

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the guys begin the show by showing appreciation for just how great our country is and remembering the lives of their parents by making comparison of…

  24. 07-02-26 Part Two - Celebrating A/C

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we are not celebrating AOC, but A/C. Air Conditioning. Willis Carrier has been conditioning air for decades and as a heatwave blankets the country and…

  25. 07-01-26 Part One - Birthrights Rule

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, in a major landmark ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, ruling…

  26. 07-01-26 Part Two - An Angel Mother's Public Outcry

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the mother of a Loyola University freshman who was shot and killed in March delivered tearful testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Jose Medina is…

  27. 06-30-26 Part One - My Vote Is In The Mail

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump on Monday blasted a Supreme Court opinion upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election…

  28. 06-30-26 Part Two - True or False Patriotism

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, a new poll finds Republicans and Democrats sharply divided on patriotism, flag displays and the…

  29. 06-29-26 Part One - A Successful Super Rigs

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with Eric sharing his weekend at Shell Rotella's annual Super Rigs convention at Bristol Hills in Tennessee. He shared many success stories of…

  30. 06-29-26 Part Two - Iran So Far Away

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, after yet another breach in the cease fire agreement with Iran over the weekend, disappointment looms as President Trump is faced with the hard decision…

  31. 06-26-26 Part One - You Can Be In When You're Out

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a look at the various decisions by SCOTUS on Thursday. The Justices ruled against Hawaii, handing concealed-carry permit holders a major victory in a 6-3…

  32. 06-26-26 Part Two - Polling on Democratic Socialists

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Republican candidate running for New York Governor promises the state will no longer be a sancturary state and a middle class tax cut / Rahm Emmanuel…

  33. 06-25-26 Part One - Rubio Does Damage Control

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, in a media interview Democrat Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester couldn't identify where socialism has worked / Senate re-votes on the War Powers Act / Democrat…

  34. 06-25-26 Part Two - Tucker Out

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Tucker Carlson remounces the Republican party / The latest on the 2 massive Venezuelan earthquakes / The View has some thoughts on the socialists who won…

  35. 06-24-26 Part One - The Barefoot Rabbi

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a prominent Democrat running for a critical U.S. Senate seat in Texas told a self-identified transgender, queer, "Latinx" podcast host that he "hates…

  36. 06-24-26 Part Two - Antifa Ruling in Texas

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, eight protesters accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa were sentenced Tuesday to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a…

  37. 06-23-26 Part One - The DSA Aims for Congress

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the election of Zohran Mamdani was just the beginning, Democratic socialists are back in the spotlight after notching two high-profile mayoral primary…

  38. 06-23-26 Part Two - The COVID Cover-Up

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, last week outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a massive trove of declassified files alleging that Dr. Anthony Fauci…

  39. 06-22-26 Part One - Muddy Waters

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump says he has "inspected" the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC, and that "work will begin immediately" to repair the American landmark.…

  40. 06-22-26 Part Two - Democratic Socialists of America

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, earlier this month, the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee—its governing body—approved a new platform that commits the…

  41. 06-19-26 - The Red Eye Podcast Has The Day Off

    · 1:13

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  42. 06-18-26 Part One - A Steady Fed

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and officials readied for higher borrowing costs, as inflation fears dominated Kevin Warsh’s first meeting…

  43. 06-18-26 Part Two - Signing Off on the War

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump personally signs the Iran deal at Versailles in a major diplomatic breakthrough. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also signed the…

  44. 06-17-26 Part One - The MoU Under Review

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with audio from Senator John Kennedy on Iran and being home schooled by a "day drinker". His opinion on the Memorandum of Understanding is…

  45. 06-17-26 Part Two - Confusion in the Classroom

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Washington Free Beacon reports Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological Meltdown. "Forty-seven…

  46. 06-16-26 Part One - The Art of Iran's Deal

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the U.S. and Iran came to an agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, launching further talks regarding Iran's nuclear program…

  47. 06-16-26 Part Two - Who Wants To Be a Trillionaire?

    · 37 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we pose the question: Does Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire take dollars out of America's economic cash-flow? Actually it's the opposite effect.…

  48. 06-15-26 Part One - The War, The Games & The Dutch

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the famous Dutch Orange Bus, a double-decker bus painted a vibrant orange that has become an emblem of Dutch fans, arrived at Dallas Stadium in…

  49. 06-15-26 Part Two - The 1 Trillion Dollar Man

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Elon Musk has become the first person to cross the trillionaire threshold, at least on paper, after SpaceX priced its blockbuster initial public offering…

  50. 06-12-26 Part One - A Random Memorandum

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump announced that the United States has reached a "very strong, but a little conceptual "Memorandum of Understanding" to end the ongoing war…

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