The Vergecast · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Comedian and writer Tim Heidecker discussed his new role as creative director for the revamped InfoWars, acquired by The Onion. He expressed excitement about the possibilities of building media networks and sees the acquisition as a chance to expand beyond The Onion's usual comedic constraints.
“Um, the first attempt for them, I reached out with, I think just to talk to them about what they were thinking.”
“Well, um, it would be fun to make fun of him for a little while.”
“And then you'd have all this, you'd have a media site. You'd have the infrastructure of of of uh, like a streaming site or a news, you know, anything, um, you wanted it to be.”