The Onion Wears The Infowars Skinsuit feat. Ben Collins (E370)

The Onion Wears The Infowars Skinsuit feat. Ben Collins (E370)

From QAA Podcast by Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

April 29, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

The episode discusses The Onion's deal to take control of Infowars and its implications.

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. The Onion Print Edition https://membership.theonion.com/ Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! Spectral Voyager Season 2 is releasing now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by…

People in this episode

Hosts: Travis View, Jake Rockatansky, Julian Feeld

Guest: Ben Collins

Topics covered

  • satire
  • media
  • conspiracy theories
  • Infowars
  • Sandy Hook
  • creative vision

Keywords

  • The Onion
  • Infowars
  • Ben Collins
  • Alex Jones
  • Sandy Hook
  • media
  • satire

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Onion, Infowars, NBC News

Books & works: Cursed Media, Spectral Voyager Season 2, Truly Tradly Deeply, Science in Transition

Places: Texas

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