#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)