# Michael Lentz

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Astronomers Found the Light That Switched on the Universe

Astronomers made a super cool discovery—they found the light that "switched on" the universe! This light comes from when the first stars and galaxies lit up the cosmos billions of years ago. It’s like finding the universe’s baby photos, showing us what things looked like way back then. They spotted…

This Ocean in Space Is 140 Trillion Times Bigger Than Ours

Scientists have found a giant ocean in space, and it's absolutely insane. 🌌 It's not just any ocean — it's 140 trillion times bigger than all the water on Earth combined! This massive cloud of water vapor is chilling near a black hole, billions of light-years away. Yup, there’s literally a cosmic b…

Harold read Schattenfroh

Sean returned from Japan, Harold read Schattenfroh (Deep Vellum, August 2025) by Michael Lentz, tr. Max Lawton. Full ep: https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

Schattenfroh with Michael Lentz and Max Lawton

In this special episode, we discuss Schattenfroh with author Michael Lentz and translator Max Lawton. This novel, originally written in German, traverses centuries of history to confront a personal loss. We talk about Lentz's Catholic upbringing, Lawton's detective work, and how their collaboration…

Episode 167 - It is 1993

We chat about baseball, Israel's final years, and Tom's take on Schattenfroh so far. Mentioned: Is Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap still banned from entering Canada? Were they ever? It's unclear by Raffy Boudjikanian (CBC): https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kneecap-ban-canada-questions-1.7645528 The…

When the Normans Defeated the Pope at Civitate | w/ Memory Medieval

Special guest Michael Lentz of Memory Medieval joins the show this week to discuss the landmark Norman victory over papal forces at the Battle of Civitate in 1053. -- MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE - Norman Documentary: https://youtu.be/cNzyHW6c_ME?si=xJ5KR1oAubtqquH- - [BOOK] Warrior Churchmen of Med…

Episode 121: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2025, Part I

In this first installment of our annual year-end wrap-up, we dive into the opening half of our top ten reads of 2025, counting down numbers ten through six and revisiting the books that surprised us, challenged us, and stayed with us throughout the year. Along the way, we’re joined by several frien…

161. American Optimism

Don Quixote, Candide by Voltaire, Schopenhauer, William T Vollmann, Motherdying by Michael Lentz, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago. https://www.patreon.com/c/1storypod

162. Beginnings w/ Max Lawton (44 min)

On Antonio Moresco's The Beginnings (1998, first English translation by Max Lawton from Deep Vellum), William T. Vollmann, and the vast maximalist novel no one can read, with translator and writer Max Lawton. Max has translated Sorokin's novels from Russian, Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz from Germ…

I Don't Want to Talk About My Poems: Finding Your Writing Voice, Novel Length, and How to Revise a Poem

A bottle of heretical French wine, a five-year taste arc, and a 1,000-page German novel put down out of sheer pettiness. In this episode, Josh and Dasha trace the evolution of a writing sensibility: from angular Hemingway sentences to something velvety and unnecessary, like a Californian Pinot Noir…