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Episode 248: From the Cavortex Into the BallardZone

QAA Podcast

Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Jim Caviezel is the moist-eyed actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ — and has since continued to do so in his own headcanon. He’s also a fan of QAnon, which is why we’ve 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 — and promptly vaulted to the center of the culture wars — 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’ve been covering Ballard and his organization for a while now. Subscribe 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': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz. REFERENCES Recent Reporting on Operation Underground Railroad by Anna Merlan and Tim Marchman Mormon Church Denounces Tim Ballard’s “Morally Unacceptable” Activities https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjypz/mormon-church-denounces-tim-ballards-morally-unacceptable-activities Tim Ballard’s Departure From Operation Underground Railroad Followed Sexual Misconduct Investigation https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaqvn/tim-ballards-departure-from-operation-underground-railroad-followed-sexual-misconduct-investigation ‘Sound of Freedom’ Producer Felt the Naked Breasts of Apparently Underage Trafficking Victim https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mq5w/sound-of-freedom-producer-underage-trafficking-victim Operation Underground Railroad Child-Rescue Missions Were Based on Psychic Intelligence https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bpda/operation-underground-railroad-child-rescue-missions-were-based-on-psychic-intelligence

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0:00.0

Welcome listener to the 248th chapter of the QAA podcast, the From the Cavourtex

0:22.3

into the Ballard Zone episode.

0:24.3

As always, we are your hosts, Julian Fields, Jake Rakotanski, and Travis View.

0:29.5

Jim Caviesel is the moist-eyed actor who played Jesus in the Passion of the Christ, and

0:34.9

has since continued to do so in his own head cannon.

0:37.7

He's also a fan of QAnon, which is why we've covered him in the past, episode 143,

0:43.1

Enter the Cavourtex, in which we found out how much of a nightmare he is on film sets,

0:47.3

and episode 238, Sound of Freedom, in which we explored his latest child trafficking

0:52.0

summer blockbuster.

0:53.5

The movie saw him play Tim Ballard, the head of tastelessly named and questionably run

0:57.7

anti-child trafficking non-profit Operation Underground Railroad, or OUR.

1:03.6

But since the film was released, and promptly vaulted to the center of the culture wars,

1:07.9

Ballard has stepped down from OUR, being accused of sexual misconduct, and was even denounced

1:12.7

by the Mormon Church.

1:13.7

We'll be covering all of that in this episode with our guests, Vice Journalists, Annamor

1:18.7

Land, and Tim Marchman, who have been covering Ballard and his organization for a while now.

1:23.5

Before we jump into the Ballard Zone, I thought I'd catch you up with his handsome

1:27.3

doppelganger, Old Jimmy Kaviesel, who's been up to all kinds of QAnon-related shenanigans

1:32.9

that have landed him in hot water with just about everybody, including the director of

1:37.2

Sound of Freedom Alejandro Monteverde.

1:40.2

When asked by the LA Times whether in retrospect he thought Kaviesel was the right man for the

1:44.2

role, Monteverde answered, the lead actor needs to really believe that the atrocities

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