The Onion Wears The Infowars Skinsuit feat. Ben Collins (E370)
The parent company of the satirical publication The Onion has a deal to take control of Infowars, the conspiracist media machine built by Alex Jones for the past 26 years. It is a proposed six-month licensing arrangement, pending approval from a Texas judge, with an option to renew. That is expected to be approved this Thursday, April 30th.
Travis and Jake speak to former NBC News reporter and The Onion CEO Ben Collins about the deal, the new creative vision for Infowars, what it means to Sandy Hook parents who were victimized by Jones, and comedian Tim Heidecker's role as creative director for the venture.
Before that, Julian joins us to unpack theories related to Cole Tomas Allen, the Torrance man who was charged with attempting to assassinate the president after attempting to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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Comments (61)
It's wild that one of the hosts of the conspiracy theory skeptical podcast is pilled.
I feel like we're going to see Julian in headlines at somepoint
Poor travis
Had the privilege to watch Sex House in theaters- it is truly terrifying
Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works
Nothing is more eye rolly than Julian using the word “liberals”
Been awhile since I've checked in.... feels like home. (not sure just what that means, but still...)
RIP Knowledge Fight.
Thank you. I was devastated by the end of KF. I hope QAA can start folding Dan in somehow.
2026 WHO update for people who thought Covid is 'over', 'mild', 'endemic', 'only affects the immunocompromised' etc: "Myth-busters: debunking long COVID myths and misconceptions 30 January - 31 March 2026 Long Covid has not disappeared. People continue to develop the condition after new COVID infections" https://www.who.int/europe/event/myth-busters--debunking-long-covid-myths-and-misconceptions Direct link to image slides: https://who.canto.global/v/P238EIPA70/album/G84NU?display=list&viewIndex=0&referenceTo=&from=list&column=image&id=1mcul7dnu97rbdsf98omp6vs61&origin=classic Content idea for Infowars. Literally where is this info in these info wars.
Down for a goose psyop
I've been brainstorming ideas for shows they can make Alex Jones do, now that they own his company. Here's the best I got so far: Alex gets to host his show as normal, except there's a fact checker who will cut off his mic and correct him every time he says something false. Also, every time the fact checker needs to correct him, they pour out a shot of Alex's favorite whiskey on the floor. Really make him suffer while trying to do his show. I'd tune in to watch that. I bet Alex storms out after 15 minutes.
I know the tone of the podcast is "dirtbag left-adjacent with humor dusted in," but there really is nothing like spending 20 minutes listening to a bunch of absolute amateurs (in a military sense) critique another obvious amateur like they're fans watching the latest Bruins game.
I want to understand what you are saying here
The Coca Cola Caliphate, that's a setting in Fury Road, right?
Count me in the I think it was faked group.
First I heard of InfoWars was in 2013, I was in a supportive living program after getting out of rehab. I went to go ask one of my roommates a question one day and he was gluing a bunch of magnets to a bike wheel while listening to Alex Jones. I asked him "what are you doing?" "I'm building a perpetual motion machine" ".... oh okay" and then I walked a way
Jake, I got back from Japan two days ago!
🚨 SEX HOUSE MENTIONED 🚨
"No one's giving up on you" beautiful sentiment ❤️
Stupid idea in my opinion but good luck Ben
Jake said Tim H appeared on QAA? Yes he did. I chased it down on SoundCloud (e 100). What’s most striking is just how un-jaded and young these boys sound. Julian is positively bubbly.
Ben Collins sounds like Jim from the Office. This talk was much better than the one on Pablo Torres although it’s probably because my brain is smooth after years of this pod/reality
Unpopular opinion, but I’m skeptical about whether the Onion can make this work. How do you parody a man who is way beyond parody
Jake needs to understand that time travelers are constrained in what they can do and tell people. it's like the butterfly effect: they only need to make a small change, easily done without tipping off too many of the opposition.
+1 for Shadow of War/Mordor reference! LMAO
Did Collins really say they didn't expect Alex to respond by calling them all demons and pedophiles?
satire can always be taken at face value
Julian compared Cole Allen to Ryan Routh for having similar politics but I was reminded of another dc shooter, Elias Rodriguez. Dude drove across the country and didn’t even end up in the building until after he killed two randos leaving
I'd do anything to be allowed to optimize that info wars website. Looking at it now and it doesn't load anything for shit.
If you haven’t yet; Sign up for the physical onion paper. Every single issue is an absolute banger. And having a physical paper is such a satisfying feeling
Grabbing Kash’s face like the wraith in Shadow of Mordor as his eyes bug out and he starts telling you about his girlfriend cheating on him
I fucked her first.
Can't wait to see Santa conspiracies on the onion this coming holiday season
Cole is a time traveling super soldier. He was trying to dash through his portal. Naked. That's not a crime. Time travel is not a crime.
The dating show was Blind Date hosted by Roger Lodge, the finest clown show on television at the time. I was in college and we used to do hot knives & 40’s to get in the zone to watch.
I can’t wait to get a full pride themed Info wars outfit and wear it to a march
I like how we figured out how to do MKUktra to ourselves with short form video. Of course it would be too cool for LSD to be effective, had to be Reels
We’ve waited so long to hear Julian recite the activation words to Jake. At last our prayers are answered.
If there was ever an episode that should've had a Jake story it was this one.
bro tried to any% the correspondents dinner without even practicing his run
The AI time travel to help build itself sounds like the side/b plot of Terminator : Sarah Connor Chronicles where skynet has infiltrated a company to direct its construction.
I forget the details but there's a time-traveling evil AI plot line in Star Trek Discovery, s2
39 minutes, Thank you soo much Jake for saying something I actually needed to hear!
So does Santa have a pet named Bubbles by any chance?
I think this and the way people have mocked the memory of charlie kirk reminds of how Mel brooks wanted to create comedy to trash the nazis for the rest of time. These people would love for you to find them scary when they are just pathetic and weird
"Pissing out of one nut?!?" Does he not know where urine is stored in the body?
Everyone knows piss is unequivocally stored in the balls.
Ill only take a lib assassin seriously if they shout “je te pisse a la raie” before they open fire
What a crazy world where an uber-talented investigative journalist like Ben feels this is the way he can best affect some positive change. I hope he’s right.
أذهب إلى صالة الألعاب الرياضية، ثم أذهب إلى هناك، وبعد ذلك يمكنني أن أفعل ذلك.
I need you guys to explain the Scientology rush thing to me
https://bsky.app/profile/ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social/post/3mkbfg2a7hk2k
He Leroy Jenkins-ed that shit.
In case anyone else is wondering: the Coca-Cola G Shock that Jake wants is a Casio watch
G shocks are great watches, Casio goes hard
#RetirementByCop
Nobody ever said the collapse of industrial civilization would be fun. Get the popcorn.
Has Collins reached out to the Knowledge Fight boys yet?
I actually want to hear them interview Richard Linklater, who introduced a lot of people to Jones with Waking Life and A Skanner Darkly.
Oh yay!