Podcasts Arts Books on Pod with Trey Elling #262 - Jerry Stahl on NEIN, NEIN, NEIN

#262 - Jerry Stahl on NEIN, NEIN, NEIN

Published: July 5, 2022, 9:40 a.m.

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:

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  • Why he decided to go on a Concentration Camp bus tour a few years ago (0:25)
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  • Coming to terms with his own depression many years ago (1:12)
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  • The added challenge of placating Hollywood while on the bus tour (3:23)
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  • Investing in digitally hip luggage before the trip (5:15)
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  • Keeping it real on Spielberg\u2019s Schindler\u2019s List while in Krak\xf3w (8:18)
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  • Feeling a \u201cheavy peace\u201d throughout the trip, including at a Krak\xf3w synagogue\u2019s cemetery (10:49)
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  • Nazi porn fetish rabbit holes, no pun intended (12:13)
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  • One of the many endearing characters on the tour bus through Poland and Germany (15:09)
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  • An annoying, hipster influence at Auschwitz (17:59)
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  • Modern Auschwitz\u2019 cafeteria scene (20:08)
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  • A Dresden, Germany restaurant that would keep kids in line with a fake executioner (23:00)
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  • A pit stop in Munich, during Oktoberfest (26:51)
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  • The \u201cBitch of Buchenwald\u201d (29:27)
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  • The Nuremberg courtroom being climactic and anti-climactic at the same time (38:36)
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  • Concentration Camp fatigue syndrome (40:23)
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  • Unique elements at Dachau\u2019s Concentration Camp (41:19)
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