February 4, 2026 — Real Talk

The DISRUPTED SCIENCE Podcast · Feb 4, 2026 · 50m

Earlier this week, Ben Collins, the owner of The Onion, was interviewed on Kara Swisher’s “On” podcast. The interview raised some core questions about the digital information age and how we in scientific publishing are handling it so far.

Collins is from Massachusetts. His mother is a librarian, and he initially pursued a sports journalism career. In 2024, he became CEO of a company called Global Tetrahedron, which purchased The Onion. He wanted to rescue it from being purchased by Elon Musk and becoming “an AI slop farm.”

Collins is also attempting to buy InfoWars from Alex Jones, mainly to…