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)