The Seanachai was a podcast I started in 2005. It was born out of a feeling of tremendous creative frustration. And in the blackness of blocked despair I decided I would write, voice and produce an episode a week for an entire year. It was daring. It was dramatic. It was a lot of friggin’ work. 
    
But it’s really one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. 
The name, in addition to being impossible to spell, comes from a Celtic word which means storyteller. The podcast itself is filled with funny little stories and essays and the series that would eventually become How to Succeed in Evil. 

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Getting Shot

A Wake for the Seanachai — March 24th 9PM EST

The 14 Eskimo Names for Snow

The Toughest Trees Ever

The Vampire in My Face Pt. II

The Vampire in My Face Pt. I

The Vampire Remastered

Cinco De Harwood

Azizullah’s Vault

How to Succeed in Evil Novel Announcement

3 AM and writing

The HenryMan List

Sabotage

Shooting an Elephant

Floor Piranha

A Defense of Writing Longhand

Pinflation

Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, Part IV

Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, Part 3

A Podcast for the Winter Solstice

Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, Part 2

Flinchy and the Mexican Show Truck, Part 1

Fun with the Bird

A Cracker After All

Actually, Absolutely

I Voted?

Halloween

Laughing File Cabinet

A Conversation with a Friend

The Re-Beginning

On My Way Back

Always, always the Truth

The Old Dog

Dried Cherries

Headcold

A Road Trip

Scott of the Antarctic

How to Succeed in Evil – El Justiador Part II

How to Succeed in Evil – El Justiador Part I

Holy NPR!

Yeah, yeah — but who’s flying the plane?

St. Patrick’s Day (again)

A Good Morning

St. Valentine’s Day?

Better odds than a bullet

Rerun – the War with Santa Part IV

Rerun – The War with Santa Pt. III

Rerun – The War with Santa pt II

Holiday Rerun – The War with Santa

V for Victory

The Vampire in My Attic (video)

How to Succeed in Evil #12

Nazi Car Trouble

Rock, Paper, Scissors

How to Succeed in Evil #11

Blame Abraham

Three Stories

How to Succeed in Evil – Cheap Labor pt. III

How To Succeed in Evil – Cheap Labor pt. II

How To Succeed in Evil – Cheap Labor pt. I

A Change in Orbit

Outsourcing a Chicken

New Site, Patron Saint and Rebroadcast

How I Got My Voice Back, Part II

The Day After

How I Got My Voice Back, Part I

MLK Commentary

There’s no such thing as Santa

The War with Santa, Part IV

The War with Santa, Part III

The War with Santa, Part II

The War with Santa, Part I

A Talk with Tony

Autumn Day

Lather, rinse, repeat.

How to Succeed in Evil #10

A Cask of Amontillado

The Instant of Eternity

Good-Hearted Hospitable Creature

The Redneck Expeditionary Force

Tearing up the Street

3rd Place

Faith

Death of a Dishwasher, Part IV

Death of a Dishwasher, Part III

A perfect day

How to Succeed in Evil #9

Better Days

A Scary Story

Shameless Self Promotion

How to Succeed in Evil #8

Death of a Dishwasher, Part II

Death of a Dishwasher, Part I

How to Succeed in Evil #7

Truth is

The Han Solo Theory

Driver’s Re-Education, Part II

Driver’s Re-Education, Part I

A Poll in the Field

Mabku 31-A

Bright Lights, Part II

Bright Lights, Part I

How to Succeed in Evil #6

My Brutal Drunken Uncle

How to Succeed in Evil #5

A Wolf in the Park

A little housekeeping

How to Succeed in Evil #4

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Death in B Flat

How to Succeed in Evil #3

A Shooting in a Mall

How to Succeed in Evil #2

Candy

How to Succeed in Evil #1

A Very Slow Getaway

The Queen of Spades

How I gave up Roulette

A Round on Werner

The King of the Lendu

The Vampire in the Attic