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The Vergecast · Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Tim Heidecker on Reinventing InfoWars: 'It would be fun to make fun of him'

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.

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Um, the first attempt for them, I reached out with, I think just to talk to them about what they were thinking.
Tim Heidecker
Well, um, it would be fun to make fun of him for a little while.
Tim Heidecker
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.
Tim Heidecker
Heard on The Vergecast — “Meet The Onion's new and improved InfoWars, published Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Tim Heidecker on Reinventing InfoWars: 'It would be fun to make fun of him' — Heardvine