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

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Chris Ryan returns for another “doomscroll” with Jason and Tyler.

In this episode:

(2:58) Hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks

(15:23) CIA and the Tecámac car bombing

(22:14) RFK Jr. and tanning restrictions

(30:52) Missing Maldives divers

(38:11) Cuban military drones?

(43:56) Fun insurance fraud schemes

(49:23) ‘The Feed is Fake’

(1:03:17) Top five conspiracy theories

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Chris Ryan

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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Host of Higher Learning and the Midnight Boys, Van Lathan, joins to discuss leaked recordings that allegedly reveal U.S. and Israeli interference in Central America, and the unsealing of government UFO files.

In this episode:

(3:08) A ‘Honduras-Gate’ explainer

(11:43) Latin America intervention

(28:12) Israel’s involvement

(37:23) UFO files unsealed

(47:23) The Doomscroll: Bieber and tech CEOs

(50:24) Plague ship update

(55:11) China’s leader purges generals

(1:03:00) Clavicular and influencing the youth

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Van Lathan

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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Host of The Press Box and Ringer Tailgate, Joel Anderson, returns to discuss the latest in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

In this episode:

(4:16) Epstein's suicide note

(19:14) How real is this note?

(24:59) Maxwell Hill is Ghislaine Maxwell?

(40:33) Predicting a pardon for Ghislaine

(43:30) The Doomscroll: AI preying on old people?

(49:00) The plague ship

(53:38) Area 51 earthquakes

(55:42) U.S. low on gas and ammo

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Joel Anderson

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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Host of The Press Box, Bryan Curtis, returns to help dig into the conspiracy theories around the shootings at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and in Butler, Pennsylvania.

In this episode:

(3:27) The believers and the “evidence”

(21:56) The Butler, PA attempt

(46:56) The Doomscroll: Russini’s playlist

(51:20) Michael Tracey vs. Jim Acosta

(57:15) U.S. soldier arrested for Polymarket bet

(59:13) Scientology speed runs psyop

(1:01:49) Remains of Titan submarine victims

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Bryan Curtis

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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Wosny Lambre joins to discuss the surveillance machine of Madison Square Garden, and the NBA gambling ring.

In this episode:

(2:51) James Dolan’s surveillance machine

(14:44) MSG’s petty moves

(28:07) Facial recognition in sports

(31:37) What would David Stern do?

(35:27) NBA gambling ring

(53:30) LUSID score

(58:34) The Doomscroll: Russini and Vrabel

(1:05:06) The Onion buys InfoWars

(1:07:17) Kash Patel vs. The Atlantic

(1:10:26) Missing scientists and UFOs

(1:15:01) RFK and raccoons

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Wosny Lambre

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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Chris Ryan returns for a full “doomscroll” episode with Jason and Tyler.

In this episode:

(3:13) The mystery of the missing scientists

(17:15) Coked-up sharks

(20:25) The collapse of the Atlantic current

(26:17) Anthropic’s Mythos

(39:17) The Geese psyop debate

(55:41) Serbian ghost truckers

(1:02:22) Listener emails

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Chris Ryan

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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 

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This week, Jason and Tyler welcome comedian Jena Friedman to question the circumstances around the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

In this episode:

(4:57) Reactions to the news of Epstein's death

(6:30) Julie K. Brown’s investigation

(19:14) Biden, Obama and of course: Trump

(50:01) LUCID score

(56:49) The Doomscroll

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Jenna Friedman 

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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This week, Jason and Tyler welcome producer Justin Sayles to dig into a medical condition that the government claims doesn’t exist.

In this episode:

(3:08) Havana Syndrome

(18:29) Reasons to cover up

(27:05) Explaining the weapon

(35:51) Let’s talk about "The Chef"

(42:15) The Norwegian scientist

(46:03) Other energy-directed weapons

(49:27) Ranking military inventions

(1:00:44) Is Havana Syndrome real?

(1:07:16) LUSID score

(1:10 :50) The Doomscroll

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Justin Sayles

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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This week, Jason and Tyler welcome Joel Anderson, cohost of The Press Box, to discuss the end times.

In this episode:

(4:49) Dealing with the dread

(16:53) Predicting the war in Iran

(24:19) The Rapture

(34:50) The AI apocalypse

(48:53) Four Horsemen bracketology

(1:15:51) The LUSID Score

(1:17:54) The Doomscroll

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Joel Anderson

Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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This week on Wait a Second…, Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker are joined once again by Chris Ryan. They cover the JFK assassination, the CIA's potential involvement, the conspiracy theories that followed, and their myriad cultural ripple effects since 1963. Later on in The Doomscroll: The guys evaluate Benjamin Netanyahu's evidently AI-enhanced proof of life video, scrutinize a UFO sighting in Queens, and debate whether the disappearance of an American aviation expert could actually be a clandestine defection to a rival superpower.
04:09: A look back at the JFK investigations and potential cover-ups
14:34: A Lee Harvey Oswald timeline
21:34: Jason's JFK assassination theory
29:37: Chris's visit to the Book Repository
32:28: The zany ways the CIA tried to kill Castro
54:16: The LUSID Score
01:00:06: The Doomscroll: UFOs, disappearing aviation experts, and Netanyahu's "death"
Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker
Guest: Chris Ryan
Producers: Cory McConnell, 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

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