October 2024 – Something pretty cool happened in September. For the last decade, I’ve stood in for the host on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.  On the New York Times Podcast was an interview with the host, and he referenced my work on the show when talking about a fill-in host. Suffice it to say I was blown away. It was a nice addition to the Emmy Award wins the show gained earlier in September. I love working on this show.

September was a month mostly spent snagging stand-in work on various television series and doing voiceovers. I began production the audiobook for my 2012 book Long-Form Improv, which is effectively a side project as I get time here and there as I find a random day off. I have some authors circulating for audiobooks, but no audiobooks landed in September.

So far this year, these are other audiobooks I’ve produced:

• Life Lessons From 7 Miles High: The View That Captured My Heart by Jeff Senour
• The Kings Have Won: The Battle For The Wealth Of Our Nation by Adrien Gold
• Unlimited Heart: How To Transform Your Pain Into Purpose; by Jim Kaveney
• The Art of Coaching: Mastering the Power and Principles for Executive and Personal Coaching by Raymond Friedman
• Campaign Civility by Dr. Ruben West
• We’re Overdosed by Barry I. Gold, PhD
• Irwin’s Luck (ebook version) by Veeraj Lal
• Irwin’s Luck (development version) by Veeraj Lal
• We’re Overdosed by Barry I. Gold, PhD
• The Art of an Organizational Leader by Raymond Friedman
• From Turmoil to Triumph by Anton Dabbs
• My Invisible Father: Turn on the Light to See the Unseen by Jaer Armstead-Jones
• Princess Max Conquers the World by Kevin Cripe

The list of all my audiobooks narrated to date are compiled here on my voiceover website, Voiceoverpro.co.  That business is my related to my other voiceover businesses with my wife, Voiced By Us and PoliticalVoiceovers.com!

My fitness improved over September compared to August. I was able to get in workouts since I wasn’t as bound to sit while narrating.  Much of my fitness was weights and jumping rope. It will probably be a wild schedule this month, so hopefully I can keep getting in workouts — even if they’re in the 4am hour!

-Ben

PS – I’ve been having some web hosting issues, which has led to my sites recently going down. There are some missing images on Ben Hauck online. I’m trying to address it amid a busy schedule. So if things look a little off, I know! 🙂