Meet The Onion's new and improved InfoWars
· 38 min
Episode Meet The Onion's new and improved InfoWars
The Onion's takeover of conspiracy show InfoWars isn't officially complete — but comedian Tim Heidecker, who's serving as creative director, won't let that stop him from building out a slate of comedy programming. Before the new InfoWars launches July 2, The Verge's Mia Sato interviews Tim about what drew him to the project, how long he can (or wants to) maintain an Alex Jones parody, and whether it's worth doing an interview with The Verge when you've already done one with Wired.
Further reading:
• The Onion’s rebooted InfoWars is coming July 2nd
• The Onion’s acquisition of Infowars was blocked by a judge
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