#262 - Jerry Stahl on NEIN, NEIN, NEIN

Bestselling author and screenwriter Jerry Stahl chats with Trey Elling about NEIN, NEIN, NEIN: ONE MAN'S TALE OF DEPRESSION, PSYCHIC TORMENT, AND A BUS TOUR OF THE HOLOCAUST. Topics include: Why he decided to go on a Concentration Camp bus tour a few years ago (0:25) Coming to terms with his own depression many years ago (1:12) The added challenge of placating Hollywood while on the bus tour (3:23) Investing in digitally hip luggage before the trip (5:15) Keeping it real on Spielberg’s Schindler’s List while in Kraków (8:18) Feeling a “heavy peace” throughout the trip, including at a Kraków synagogue’s cemetery (10:49) Nazi porn fetish rabbit holes, no pun intended (12:13) One of the many endearing characters on the tour bus through Poland and Germany (15:09) An annoying, hipster influence at Auschwitz (17:59) Modern Auschwitz’ cafeteria scene (20:08) A Dresden, Germany restaurant that would keep kids in line with a fake executioner (23:00) A pit stop in Munich, during Oktoberfest (26:51) The “Bitch of Buchenwald” (29:27) The Nuremberg courtroom being climactic and anti-climactic at the same time (38:36) Concentration Camp fatigue syndrome (40:23) Unique elements at Dachau’s Concentration Camp (41:19)