December 2025 – While October was absolutely insane for me, November was very busy but much more manageable.  I was able to comfortably balance work in TV and work in voiceover — primarily audiobooks, adding to my record year of titles recorded.

In November, I continued stand-in work on a new Liz Meriwether TV series, and also extended my decade+ of work as a stand-in on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. This past month I finished my 11th season standing in for the host (aside from a few first-season episodes). In December, I am set to continue stand-in work on the Liz Meriwether project and also do a little something for Last Week Tonight.

Turning to voiceover, I continued to maintain my regular VO clientele while also rampaging on with more audiobooks. Starting November, I finished production on the audiobook for The Divine Intervention: UFO Chronicles for Christ by Jason Ford. After then, my wife Rachel and I moved on to produce the audiobook for the second book in Benjamin T. Huang’s series: Benny: The Last Conscience … then moved on to produce the third in the series, CyberTar Forever: Artificial Conscience! There should be more titles to narrate in the future. Several other audiobook projects came my way: for Total Producer: Mastering the Modern Insurance Sales Game: From Producer to Trusted Advisor by Parker G. Stough, for The Boy Who Saved Recess by Orville R. Sweeney, and for In Touch with Laika by Robin Heester.

Queued up for December, I already have several audiobooks. I start the month producing From Homeless to Million Dollar Flippers by Cleadus & Erin Shelton, followed by Next Level Finances: Level 1: Positive Cash Flow by Terrance Guillory. Soon after producing those, I will move into narrating another audiobook for Glenn Somodi, this time his Olly & The Spores of Sapphire Creek (I narrated Book 1 in the series a couple years ago). Later in December I will be doing the audiobook for Elevated: My Journey to Co-Laboring with God by Kenneth Hill with Lanny Richardson. I have several proposals out there, so there’s a chance I may add more audiobooks into the mix.

Aside from the above titles, here are the audiobooks I’ve produced so far in 2025:

• Miracle on the Mountainside: A True Story of Tragedy Transformed into Life’s Greatest Gift by Stephen Thompson and Kym Coco
• DeepPunk: The Stealth Protocol (Book 1 in a Trilogy) by Benjamin T. Huang (co-narrated with my wife Rachel Sloane)
• Echoes of Fortune: Shadows Over Cozumel by David R. Leng
• Bug-Free Kitchen: The Ultimate Clean-Out & Pest Prevention Guide for Restaurants by Cartez Smith
• Selected chapters from Who’s There? by Samara Cove
• Action Agent Initiative: How to Serve Others and Get Shit Done by Adam Hayes
• The Strategic Guide to Employee Relocation for Executives by City Shift Finance
• Phil the Plastic Cup by Victoria Wintersberger
• Brains Like Books by Victoria Wintersberger
• Book’s Fieldtrip in the Custodian’s Cart by Victoria Wintersberger
• The God of Endurance: A Practical Guide for Incorporating Exercise and Nutrition into your Spiritual Journey by Dan Burke and Chase Crouse
• A Haunted Madness by Regina Wixon
• The Murder’s Application by Regina Wixon
• Twelve Step Integration Made Simple: A Quick Guide for Addiction Counselors by Dr. Melissa Milliken
• Selected chapters from Knock, Knock by Samara Cove
• A Man in the Field by Regina Wixon
• The Transhumanist Temptation: How Technology and Ideology Are Reshaping Humanity—And How to Resist by Grayson Quay
• God’s Presence in the Eucharist and in the World: Meditations for Union with God by Gerhard Cardinal Müller and translated from the German by Susan Johnson
• Rainbow Bill: A Cautionary Tale for Rascals by Adam and Rebecca Pecoraro
• The 1950s, 60s, and Beyond in Salt Lake City: A Catholic Boy Growing Up in the World Headquarters of the Mormon Religion (Book 1 in a Trilogy) by Mick Miller
• Embracing the Winds of Change: A New Wife, a New Faith, a New Life(Book 2 in a Trilogy) by Mick Miller
• Deathless, Unlimited and Forever: These are the Values of Akal Security (Book 3 in a Trilogy) by Mick Miller
• Believe in Yourself: A Self-Confidence Workbook to Overcome Self-Doubt, Heal Low Self-Esteem, and Build Inner Strength by David H. Carter
• Kohana: The Name He Earned by Rhiannon Martin
• Near-Death Experiences by Scott L. Smith, Jr.
• Believe in Yourself: A Self-Confidence Workbook to Overcome Self-Doubt, Heal Low Self-Esteem, and Build Inner Strength by David H. Carter
• Kohana: The Name He Earned by Rhiannon Martin
• From Clicks To Cash: 100 Ways To Build Wealth Online by Sophia Taylor
• Raise Children After Divorce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Create Stability and Strengthen Finances for a Healthy Co-Parent Relationship by Daniel McMahon
• How to Make Your Neighbors Disappear (selected chapters) by Samara Cove
• Decluttering One Person’s Rubbish is Another Person’s Treasure: A Journey Through Tidying Up and Garage Sales by Daniel McMahon
• Daddy’s Strawberry Farts by Daniel McMahon and Indyana Cole
• Decluttering: The Transition into a Teenager by Daniel McMahon

The list of all my audiobooks narrated to date is 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.

I still have not completed work on the audiobook for my 2012 book Long-Form Improv. The audiobook has been a side project on which I have put no time pressure to complete. (I suppose I can start calling its audiobook “long-awaited”!)

As for working out, it is very much a habit, but I have been quite streaky given my schedule. I’m not too bothered about that because my fitness has been stable — or even improving.  My VO2 max has climbed within the “excellent” zone when I had thought it was plateauing, and I seem to be working out enough to maintain strength. My speed is pretty fast, and jumping rope has been fun, too, when I get to it. I’m doing the best I can here!

-Ben