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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. 06-12-26 Part Two - Sharing SpaceX

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, SpaceX officially priced its initial public offering at $135 per share, raising $75 billion and making it the largest public offering in stock market…

  2. 06-11-26 Part One - Liar Liar, Now You're Fired

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as more details surface about the firing of '60 Minutes' veteran correspondent Scott Pelly, we begin to see the outright lies perpetrated to interviewers…

  3. 06-11-26 Part Two - FIFA, Rush & Platner

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, with the World Cup beginning today, we discuss interest vs. non-interest, ticket sales and venue mispronunciations. Also, speaking of venues, Rush…

  4. 06-10-26 Part One - Maine Wants a Commie-Nazi

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, voters in Maine have spoken. Liberal upstart Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday night, defeating Maine Gov. Janet Mills…

  5. 06-10-26 Part Two - The Seven Year Ache

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, tens of millions of retirees and other Americans could see smaller monthly Social Security checks in six years if lawmakers don’t act to shore up the…

  6. 06-09-26 Part One - 60 Minutes Assassinated

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, from The Babylon Bee to The NY Times, the demise of CBS' 60 Minutes is in full post-analysis by the media. In particular the firing of veteran journalist…

  7. 06-09-26 Part Two - If We Could Bottle This Up

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a Washington state school district removed testosterone vials from a high school Pride display after administrators determined they had been added…

  8. 06-08-26 Part One - California's Flawed Election System

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as California continues to tally election results, state leaders are urging patience as President Trump again complains about the use of mail-in ballots…

  9. 06-08-26 Part Two - Scott Pelley's Gaslighting Exit

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Scott Pelley’s firing came after Bari Weiss dismissed several of his colleagues and hired a new “60 Minutes” boss, Nick Bilton, whom Pelley then clashed…

  10. 06-05-26 Part One - A Gestational Gamechanger

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a bill surrounding state child custody and parental laws passed the State Assembly and Senate this week and now heads to the governor's desk. The…

  11. 06-05-26 Part Two - Video Killed the Radio Star

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the guys discuss a recent interview with Classic Rock Star and Producer Todd Rundgren on Billy Corrigan's 'Masterclass' podcast. Todd delved into his…

  12. 06-04-26 Part One - Rubio's Shoes

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Wednesday's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing "a circus" after Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., questioned him…

  13. 06-04-26 Part Two - The War Powers Act 101

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Trump as…

  14. 06-03-26 Part One - Adios Scott Pelley

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a look at election results so far (ballots were still being counted at the time of this recording) in the California governor's race and Los Angeles…

  15. 06-03-26 Part Two - American Idle Men

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the letter the new 60 Minutes producer sent to Scott Pelley that informed him he has been fired / The Wall Street Journal's opinion piece " The Exxon…

  16. 06-02-26 Part One - Bad Ink

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with more fallout from Graham Platner's infamous Nazi tattoo, fueled now by his "sexting" scandal. Audio from MSNOW and NPR indicates Dems are…

  17. 06-02-26 Part Two - The Murder of 60 Minutes

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, veteran correspondent Scott Pelley has accused CBS News executive Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ 60 Minutes. “She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been…

  18. 06-01-26 Part One - A Commie-Nazi Update

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin June with an update on Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, who struck a defiant posture on Sunday in…

  19. 06-01-26 Part Two - Breaking Down Graham Platner

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we delve into who and why Democrats are even considering the Nazi Tattoo wearing radical candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Senate election…

  20. 05-29-26 Part One - Freedom 250 Dropouts

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Martina McBride is one of many artists who have now canceled for President Trump’s ‘Freedom 250' concert this summer. In part of an initiative planned by…

  21. 05-29-26 Part Two - CBS, Talarico and Iran

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, CBS News fires '60 Minutes' correspondents and their top producer in sweeping shakeup of the storied program. Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia Vega, and executive…

  22. 05-28-26 Part One - Knicks Knacks

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Gov. Kathy Hochul's attempt at dunking on President Trump's New York Knicks fandom backfires. The Chicago Bulls won the 1993 NBA title, not the Knicks,…

  23. 05-28-26 Part Two - Defining the Far Right

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we discuss the comparison of the far left vs. the far right. Issues supported by the leftist extreme are quite obvious, yet there are some dogmatic views…

  24. 05-28-26 Part One - MAGA Triumph in Texas

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump's ally Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn in a long and bitter Texas GOP primary war. Paxton now faces Democrat James Talarico in a race that…

  25. 05-27-26 Part Two - Trump's Demands for Iran

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump’s demand that more Muslim-majority countries join the Abraham Accords and recognize Israel as part of efforts to end the Iran war is…

  26. 05-26-26 Part One - Left In The Nuclear Dust

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump claimed Monday that Iran’s enriched uranium, or "nuclear dust", will either be surrendered to the U.S. or destroyed as the two countries…

  27. 05-26-26 Part Two - The Race for '28

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, with JD Vance rumored not to run in 2028 and Kamala Harris gaining ground as a potential Democratic front-runner, what will the general election look…

  28. 05-25-26 The Red Eye Podcast Has The Day Off Today

    · 1:13

    Gary and Eric return Tuesday to get you caught up on everything that happened over the Memorial Day weekend. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday…

  29. 05-24-26 Part One - Can We Trust Iran?

    · 1 h 16 min

    Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) hosts a special Sunday morning edition of Red Eye Radio. In part one, there is plenty of speculation of a potential deal with Iran. With a lot to unpack, Dan has the latest on what we know…

  30. 05-24-26 Part Two - Trump Is Stuck

    · 38 min

    Dan Mandis (WTN-Nashville) hosts a special Sunday edition of Red Eye Radio. With a possible Iran deal that has not been verified yet, some high profile members of social media on both sides of the issue are fiercely…

  31. 05-22-26 Part One - The DNC Autopsy Report

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the DNC releases an autopsy report on the 2024 election. Among the findings, the Kamala Harris campaign went too soft on Trump, and the institutionalized…

  32. 05-22-26 Part Two - The Fear Of A.I.

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Trump approves more troops to be sent to Poland / Trump's $1.8B compensation fund for wrongful Biden DOJ prosecutions / Jeff Bezos says there will be a…

  33. 05-21-26 Part One - Normies, Biggers and Nipple Nazis

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with audio from 'Primetime with Jesse Watters' as he details what Democrats defend as their own, humorously referencing people like Graham…

  34. 05-21-26 Part Two - Colbert's Final Curtain

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, Byron Allen said there will be "no politics" on Comics Unleashed as the series takes over CBS' Stephen Colbert time slot. The final episode of The Late…

  35. 05-20-26 Part One - My AI Girlfriend Dumped Me

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, filmmaker and “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Paul Schrader revealed on Facebook that he “procured an online AI girlfriend,” but the chatbot ended the…

  36. 05-20-26 Part Two - UFOs .. The Second Coming

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the Trump administration is expected to release a second wave of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) files, with officials teasing the next batch of…

  37. 05-19-26 Part One - Who Created Who?

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, ahead of an all-day prayer event backed by the White House on Washington’s National Mall Sunday, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson doubled down on…

  38. 05-19-26 Part Two - The New York Times Unhinged

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, a civil war has erupted inside the New York Times over Nicholas Kristof’s explosive column alleging widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli…

  39. 05-18-26 Part One - Louisiana Saturday Night

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, headlines over the weekend were a bit unsorted as we start the week. College basketball overshadowed the World Cup, for example, but one important story…

  40. 05-18-26 Part Two - Blah-Blah-Blah

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we begin with audio from Stephen A. Smith loudly proclaiming that he's a "Moderate", begging the question "what is a Moderate?" Our answer: a wanna be…

  41. 05-15-26 Part One - Flooding The Market

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the trigger point for a controversial new tax on luxury second homes in New York City could be lowered from $5 million to $1 million of a property’s…

  42. 05-15-26 Part Two - Breaking Down Breaking News

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, from the "breaking news" of the raid on Tulsi Gabbert's office to the latest headlines on X, we take a hard look at the urgency of what truly "breaks the…

  43. 05-14-26 Part One - Solar 101: The Battery

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the secretary of the interior should presumably know how solar power generation works. On Wednesday, Doug Burgum showed that he does not. Burgum was…

  44. 05-14-26 Part Two - Trump, China and a COVID Cover-Up

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump concluded his tour of the Temple of Heaven, a historic 15th-century site, following a round of talks early Thursday with Chinese…

  45. 05-13-26 Part One - Out-Rage in Commie Land

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, as anti-billionaire AOC continues to spew stupidity each time she opens her mouth, she has has surged to the top of the latest 2028 Democratic…

  46. 05-13-26 Part Two - Van Hollen vs. Patel

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, FBI Director Kash Patel and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., clashed in a heated Senate hearing Tuesday, trading personal accusations over allegations of…

  47. 05-12-26 Part One - Venezuela Loves Trump

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, President Trump is eyeing oil-rich Venezuela as a potential 51st state as officials continue to court oil companies for investments in the South American…

  48. 05-12-26 Part Two - Obama's Power Promise

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we compare former President Barack Obama's energy promise before he was elected, to the current demonization of AI powered data centers and the future of…

  49. 05-11-26 Part One - The Virginia Vote Pushback

    · 1 h 16 min

    In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, Democratic lawmakers in the commonwealth…

  50. 05-11-26 Part Two - Persuing the Taxed Dollar

    · 38 min

    In part two of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, the search for the taxed dollar is on..especially in California. From billionaires to social media influencers to the homeless on blue state's sidewalks,…

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