A few years ago Alejandro Monteverde started writing a fictional story about child trafficking. Around that time he met Tim Ballard and it caused him to scrap the script... since then he has been finishing "The Sound of Freedom" based on the tr

Light in the Darkness with Lindsey Stirling

Jul 30th, 2019 24m 34s

You may know Lindsey Stirling as "the dancing violinist" with over 2 BILLION youtube hits. But after this episode you may know her as a warrior for freedom and collaborator on the score for the upcoming feature film, "The Sound of Freedom". Tim

Special on School Shootings

Jul 18th, 2019 47m 10s

Special guest, Dave Acosta, is an expert in active shooter scenarios. His approach to stopping shooters is empowering and effective. What is it? Simply put, it's to fight back. In this special episode, Dave outlines a tactical approach to fight

Tim's visit with the President

May 16th, 2019 53m 40s

We've all heard soundbites of White House meetings, but how much behind the scenes have you heard? Well, today that's what we're delivering. Last month Tim Ballard was asked (with not much notice) to meet with President Trump, Ivanka Trump, and

Glenn Beck on Fighting ISIS, trafficking, and genocide in Iraq and Syria

Mar 25th, 2019 49m 49s

There's an attempted genocide underway that has largely gone unmentioned in the American press. ISIS is systematically killing the Yazidi people and Christian groups in Iraq and Syria. Those that are not killed are being trafficked for sex, lab

The Underground Railroad Today

Feb 26th, 2019 44m 41s

Have you ever thought about what you would have done in the early 1800's to help end slavery? If you're thinking, "I would have fought to end it." Great News! Here's your chance. Slavery (aka Human Trafficking) is more pervasive today than even

The Wall

Jan 23rd, 2019 21m 33s

As an HSI Agent, Timothy Ballard worked in Calexico. His office looked into Mexico and he gets wall politics. Tim is pro wall, BUT not for the purposes that are being touted. He's also pro DACA. Please listen to this completely new take on the

Emmy Award Winning Director Nick Nanton

Jan 10th, 2019 38m 43s

If you haven't seen the newest documentary about Operation Underground's efforts to end child sex trafficking, then drop everything and sprint to your Amazon Prime account to stream Operation Toussiant. Then listen to Nick Nanton talk about mak

023 ROSE

Oct 30th, 2017 5m 36s

If you have listened much at all to the Slave Stealer Podcast you know what a support Glenn Beck has been to the anti trafficking cause over the last few years. A while ago Glenn agreed to narrate a few of these stories for us. Please help us

022 PEDRO

Oct 23rd, 2017 6m 6s

021 NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

Oct 16th, 2017 4m 41s

020 FERNANDA, OUR FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE

Oct 9th, 2017 4m 54s

019 SIGNS OF MUTINY

Oct 2nd, 2017 5m 20s

If you have listened much at all to the Slave Stealer Podcast you know what a support Glenn Beck has been to the anti trafficking cause over the last few years. He has helped raise into the tens of millions of dollars to fight it locally and gl

018 RECOVERY AND HOPE WITH JESSICA MASS

Aug 24th, 2017 35m 22s

Jessica gives us new perspective about children born, trafficked, rescued, and rehabilitated in America. Warning: Her first story, while not explicit, is kind of a kick in the stomach. It involves a little girl who was trafficked since she was

017 Former Marine Interrogator now Journalist Jason Buttrill

Jul 28th, 2017 38m 50s

In the realm of Anti-trafficking we run into Godly men and women frequently. In the ranks of the good, is Jason Buttrill. Toward the end he opens up about how he almost blew the operation in order to punish a trafficker on the spot. How did he

016 INTERVIEWING GARDY'S DAD

Jul 6th, 2017 1h 11m

For those of you that are new to this, Tim founded Operation Underground Railroad in part because his job at The Department of Homeland Security didn't give him the leeway to keep his promise to find a young boy in Haiti, Gardy. Tim and his te

015 "WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE SELL KIDS?"

Jun 13th, 2017 20m 46s

What's it like to be in the home of a trafficker? How do traffickers talk about their own families? In this episode Tim shares face to face encounters with some of the guys helped put away.

014 HOW TO EXPLAIN TRAFFICKING TO A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD

Jun 5th, 2017 32m 57s

Slave Stealer cohost, Mark Mabry, admits none of his kids (ages 16 down to 7) have seen the documentary "The Abolitionist". Mark talks about the difficulty of explaining something as sensitive as sex trafficking even after going on numerous ope

013 RECENT OPERATIONS IN HAITI AND THAILAND

May 23rd, 2017 24m 20s

We have discussed that slavery has never really left the world. That's the bad news. But here is something good... such great evil reveals great heroes. Everywhere in the world there are good people with freedom imprinted on their soul. Recentl

012 "SLAVERY CALLED ME"

May 16th, 2017 35m 11s

It's been a good year for anti-trafficking causes in general. We're continually amazed at the connections we make. Today we're going to talk about the first time slavery was beaten back and the parallels. We'll revive the memory of William Wilb

011 MEET GARDY

Jun 1st, 2016 46m 20s

Tim gives the emotional back story of Gardy, the currently missing son of a friend, in Haiti. He talks about recent efforts to rescue him and a little about how Gardy helped start Operation Underground Railroad. Interview w/ Tim Ballard Mark

010 BECOMING AN ABOLITIONIST

May 27th, 2016 15m 29s

Mark Mabry talks to Mark Stott, an O.U.R. veteran, about the miraculous meetings that made the production of "The Abolitionists" possible. Because of the financial contributions of two very important donors, O.U.R. created and promoted the fi

009 FAILURE IN COLOMBIA

May 18th, 2016 22m 26s

In this episode of Slave Stealer, Tim Ballard and Mark Mabry talk about the first trip to Colombia that did not go according to plan. Despite this setback, which is portrayed in "The Abolitionists" - coming to theaters Monday May 16th - the tea

008 MISSING: ELIZABETH SALGADO'S FAMILY SPEAKS

Apr 29th, 2016 19m 31s

Tim: Several months ago, a woman named Elizabeth Salgado was last seen walking down the center street in one of the safest cities in the United States - Provo, Utah - and she went missing. Somebody apparently took her, and that left a family

007 MONTEL WILLIAMS VISITS WITH TIM

Apr 24th, 2016 26m 22s

Tim: Welcome to Slave Stealer podcast! This is Tim Ballard and Mark Mabry talking about the darkest plague that exists on this earth today and seeking the solution. We have a guest on today that, I think, is part of the solution. I really beli