Fredrick A. Phillips

Fredrick Arthur Phillips is a friend of Mormon Talk who premiered on the Christmas Special. For that show, he read the timeless classic Mormon Christmas story, A Wise Elder: The Christmas Tree Tale. He is notorious for having administered the overdose of eggnog that caused Brock N. Richards to splash the show with foul language.

Defending the LDS Church to an A. Scholl

During the infamous Christmas Special, Fred A.P. made a forceful attempt to defend the charitable giving of the church to caller A. Scholl during a rough and tumble portion of the show. The caller demanded to know about the $100 billion in assets that the LDS Church holds and opined that very little of it (.04%) was being used for charitable purposes. Fred argued forcefully that the church is "not stockpiling" its money but is "honest and diligent" with its use of funds. He defended the church for using the money to build temples and the City Creek mall, as these serve worthy goals. The caller tried to frazzle dazzle Fred by asking him to read from the Book of Mormon, Mormon chapter 8 verses 37-38, which reads:

37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

''38 O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ? Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness than that misery which never dies—because of the praise of the world?''

Fred argued that "We have thousands and thousands of missionaries. The underlying message of the church is the most important."

During this call, Brock cried, Carson stormed out, and Brett tried to find the Book of Mormon as well as Carson, both of which were missing. Meanwhile, Fred stayed laser focused on setting the A. Scholl caller straight, until Carson returned and insisted that the call be terminated.

Triumphant return to Mormon Talk

Although initially banned from Mormon Talk due to his involvement in The Eggnog Incident, Frederick was later forgiven and allowed to return and co-host a portion of the July 20, 2020 show--which he did with Brock N. Richards, no less.