Episode 248: From the Cavortex Into the BallardZone
b"Jim Caviezel is the moist-eyed actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ \\u2014 and has since continued to do so in his own headcanon. He\\u2019s also a fan of QAnon, which is why we\\u2019ve covered him in the past: Episode 143, Enter the Cavortex, in which we found out how much of a nightmare he is on film sets, and Episode 238, Sound of Freedom, in which we explored his latest child trafficking summer blockbuster. The movie saw him play Tim Ballard, the head of tastelessly-named and questionably-run anti-child-trafficking non-profit Operation Underground Railroad ( OUR). But since the film was released \\u2014 and promptly vaulted to the center of the culture wars \\u2014 Ballard has stepped down from OUR, been accused of sexual misconduct, and was even denounced by the Mormon Church. We cover all of that in this episode with our guests: Vice journalists Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman, who\\u2019ve been covering Ballard and his organization for a while now. \\n\\nSubscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan,' 'Trickle Down' and 'The Spectral Voyager':\\nhttp://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous\\n\\nQAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com\\n\\nMusic by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.\\n\\nREFERENCES\\n\\nRecent Reporting on Operation Underground Railroad by Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman\\n\\n\\nMormon Church Denounces Tim Ballard\\u2019s \\u201cMorally Unacceptable\\u201d Activities\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjypz/mormon-church-denounces-tim-ballards-morally-unacceptable-activities\\n\\nTim Ballard\\u2019s Departure From Operation Underground Railroad Followed Sexual Misconduct Investigation\\n\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaqvn/tim-ballards-departure-from-operation-underground-railroad-followed-sexual-misconduct-investigation\\n\\n\\u2018Sound of Freedom\\u2019 Producer Felt the Naked Breasts of Apparently Underage Trafficking Victim\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mq5w/sound-of-freedom-producer-underage-trafficking-victim\\n\\nOperation Underground Railroad Child-Rescue Missions Were Based on Psychic Intelligence\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bpda/operation-underground-railroad-child-rescue-missions-were-based-on-psychic-intelligence"