Comedian and creative director of The Onion, Tim Heidecker, joins to discuss the rise of disinformation and the fall of Alex Jones. In this episode: (2:59) Alex Jones, Sandy Hook, and The Onion (14:48) Developing the Alex Jones impression (17:27) Taking over InfoWars (25:02) Fear of conservative backlash? (29:46) The Doomscroll: Don Jr.’s wedding (32:25) The Fox News mask (35:05) Thomas Massie (38:02) AI vs. the Pope (42:02) Gaza flotilla (44:56) Mark Zuckerberg Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Tim Heidecker Producers: Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Additional Support: Dae Shik Kim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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