Mormon Talk

***Mormon Talk*** is a weekly live call-in show hosted by professional wrestlers Carson Owen Kimball and Brett O. Call. The show primarily focuses on allowing viewers from around the world to call in to discuss The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but the hosts have also said they are there "to be a listening ear for those that need someone to talk to," often allowing any type of family-friendly conversation on their show. From June 2019 to May 2020, the was aired on the popular streaming platform Twitch, but since Memorial Day 2020 the show has moved to YouTube Live.

### **IMPORTANT LINKS**

* **Mormon Talk Official Links**
	+ Mormon Talk Official YouTube Channel
	+ Mormon Talk Official Twitter
	+ Mormon Talk Official Twitch (old)
	+ Buy Carson's Book!
* **Mormon Talk Fandom Links**
	+ Mormon Talk Subreddit (OFFICIAL FAN PAGE)
	+ Mormon Talk Archive

### Format & Synopsis

*Mormon Talk* usually airs on Monday nights at 8PM MT, with Carson and Brett usually airing from what appears to be one of their homes in Lehi, UT. The show usually runs for a little over two hours. Regular episodes (not including special episodes such as *Talent Talk*, General Conference specials, or holiday specials) usually follow the same format: Carson and Brett field anonymous "family-friendly" calls from people around the world that often pertain to (a) the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (b) Carson's book, Window To His Love, or (c) other various topics that have been chosen by the hosts.

#### Rules

*Mormon Talk* had a number of standing rules:

1. No Rough and Tumble talk.
2. No discussion about the Temple, rituals, or the "second anointing".
3. No Doxing

#### Frequent Callers

*Mormon Talk,* being a call-in show, has experienced several callers that have stood out for their zany testimonies. Among the most zany have been Randy O. Call Jr. and his father Randy O. Call Sr.

### Specials

Mormon Talk is noted for having special episodes, some that are organized on a recurring basis and some that coincide with LDS events or holidays.

#### Talent Talk

*Talent Talk* usually airs on the first Monday of each month. Throughout the previous month, callers are encouraged to submit videos or recordings of themselves exhibiting their "talents." During *Talent Talk*, the first hour of the show is devoted to Carson and Brett showing and reacting to the submitted talents, while the second hour follows the more usual Mormon Talk format with viewers calling in to discuss either the talents previously shown or the regular topics as usual.

Talent Talk episodes have been either postponed or delayed due to what Carson deems as "filth" being submitted instead of talents. Recurring themes of this "filth" often included anti-Mormon literature, videos of dogs copulating, or "Trojan Horse" videos that start out seemingly "family-friendly" but suddenly change to filth.

Carson and Brett's 'Sing Star' competition was promoted as the internet's answer to American Idol, and indeed the quality was at times unsurpassable and indubitably of comparable comparison to American Idol if not better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QShkYjBiNo&t=2645s).

#### Bi-annual General Conference Episodes

The first General Conference episode took place on October 5, 2019. The episode included readings by Carson, Brett, and special guest Brock N. Richards, former President of the Elders Quorum. Subjects discussed included: *The Road to Eternal Marriage*, *Releasing the Grip of Pornography*, and *Our Patriarchal Duty to God*.

The second Mormon Talk General Conference episode on 11 April 2020 typified the inanity of the program.:

-- The first speaker threw up.

-- Then Brock N. Richards told a story about how he wasn't allowed to go to a party because he didn't clean his bedroom.

-- Then when Carson Kimball spoke, the screen behind him repeatedly collapsed while Kimball told a story about making masks from old cloth and giving them to "homeless". As "homeless" approached Carson, he warned them to stop approaching and keep a 12-foot distance. His wife, filled with the spirit, threw masks at the "homeless". Kimball continued: "Tears welled up in our eyes knowing that their faces would be protected." Mr and Mrs Kimball also threw torn chunks of bread at them. Seriously.

-- By this time in the program, Kimball was yelling at Brett O Call, thinking that Brett was sabotaging the screen that kept falling down ("a tragedy that kept spiraling out of control" as Brett later described the situation). We would learn on a later episode that Brock Richards had sabotaged the screen before they began!

-- Then the screen fell over again and fell on Brock's pizza. Brock was not pleased. They cut to a break while all three were yelling at each other.

-- After the break, they took calls. One caller revealed that he had been kidnapped by Carson and was being held in his basement. Then Brock made a joke about how he was fapping by himself (he meant masturbating, but the other Mormons understood him to be saying 'fasting and praying'). Then Brock told the fapping joke again but Carson had looked it up and understood the double meaning. Carson yelled at Brock during the break.

-- A caller told Carson he was being rude, and another caller did the same. Then Carson called in to the program, having left the building, and said he wasn't coming back. Then Carson returned and he complained that he had spent three days preparing this train-wreck of a show.

-- Carson said Brock was being rude to him before the show. Brock said he said something funny to Carson before the show "and I'm sorry Carson has to be such a little bitch about it." Then Brock hit Carson, the screen fell down for the umpteenth time, and Brett said Brock would never be allowed back on Mormon Talk.

#### Christmas Special

The Christmas Special took place on December 23, 2019 to coincide with Joseph Smith's birthday. The episode included a testimonials from Mormon Talk fans about what Christmas means to them. The episode also included readings by Brett, Carson, returning guest Brock Richards and a new guest and friend of Mormon Talk, Fredrick A. Phillips. The show ended on a controversial note when Fredrick *assisted* Brock N. Richards on completing the Eggnog Challenge. During the Eggnog Challenge, Fredrick's hand *slipped* which made the eggnog to spill over Brock's face and subsequently caused him to choke. Brock jumped out of his seat, ejaculated an F♯ and left.

#### 2023 and the Glorious Return

After a bit of a haitus, Mormon Talk had returned on July 8th, 2023, in which Carson decided to interview a man named Bryan from @true\_mormon\_quotes on Instagram. However, much to his dismay, trolls were able to splash the donation box, causing Carson get rather upset. On July 27th, an LDS filmmaker named Jacob Wykes had joined Carson as a guest on the show, and yet again callers decided to use filth language to rile Carson up. On August 3rd, Carson had decided to abandon having guests on, possibly of a fear of being deemed unworthy to be a show host, and decided to go off into left field and talk about aliens. Of course, callers had flooded the show using filth, making jokes about aliens, and one even pretending to be an alien. August 10th would be a day to go down in the history books. Carson had used this show to highlight the dangers of gaming addiction, even playing the popular YouTube video "Greatest freakout ever", which was about someone who had thrown an massive tantrum over their mother cancelling their World of Warcraft account, to prove his point. This is the final episode of Mormon Talk as we knew it, as Carson announced that the show would take place...

#### Call Carson

On August 11th, 2023, the world was taken by storm when Carson decided to rebrand Mormon Talk and turn it into a gaming addiction hotline which is now called Call Carson. In this new show, Carson would play various video games, most likely to draw people in to watch his channel, and talk to various callers about gaming addiction and how to better their lives. However, the first episode, in which he had played Super Mario 64, had taken a turn for the worst. Such mishaps included donation box filth, troll calls, technical issues, and Carson's lack of knowledge of one of the greatest video games of all time. Carson was also tricked into playing modified versions of popular Mario games called "rom hacks", to which Carson did not acknowledge to exist and thus blamed Nintendo themselves for having innappropriate content in Mario games. As of this time, the last game Carson has played was Mario Kart 64, and since that time he has gotten into an automobile accident while riding his electric scooter without a helmet. He claims that his pelvis was shattered and that his life was altered. Could this be karma for indulging in gaming? Could this be the last episode of Call Carson? Will Wilson be able to hang up on calls faster to avoid filth? The world may never know... until Carson puts an update on twitter after his "break from the internet".