Hitler's Addictions & Depression: Jerry Stahl Reveals Parallels From History To Today – Ask Dr. Drew – Episode 101

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 92 minutes

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[Broadcast on 7/12/22] • While battling lifelong depression after his father's suicide, Jerry Stahl toured Nazi concentration camps in Poland & Germany – places of historical despair that could help him put his personal struggles into perspective. He recounts his journey in the new book "Nein, Nein, Nein!" and joins Ask Dr. Drew LIVE to discuss bigotry, Hitler's addictions & historical parallels with our current political climate. Jerry Stahl is a novelist and screenwriter. His latest book "Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust" recounts Stahl’s group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany in which he confronted personal and historical demons. He retells the story with sympathy and humor. Follow Jerry at https://twitter.com/SomeJerryStahl Read Jerry's book at https://www.amazon.com/Nein-Depression-Psychic-Torment-Holocaust/dp/1636140254/?tag=drdrewtv-20 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (http://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. SPONSORED BY • GENUCEL - Using a proprietary base formulated by a pharmacist, Genucel has created skincare that can dramatically improve the appearance of facial redness and under-eye puffiness. Genucel uses clinical levels of botanical extracts in their cruelty-free, natural, made-in-the-USA line of products. Get 10% off with promo code DREW at https://genucel.com/drew GEAR PROVIDED BY • BLUE MICS - After more than 30 years in broadcasting, Dr. Drew's iconic voice has reached pristine clarity through Blue Microphones. But you don't need a fancy studio to sound great with Blue's lineup: ranging from high-quality USB mics like the Yeti, to studio-grade XLR mics like Dr. Drew's Blueberry. Find your best sound at https://drdrew.com/blue • ELGATO - Every week, Dr. Drew broadcasts live shows from his home studio under soft, clean lighting from Elgato's Key Lights. From the control room, the producers manage Dr. Drew's streams with a Stream Deck XL, and ingest HD video with a Camlink 4K. Add a professional touch to your streams or Zoom calls with Elgato. See how Elgato's lights transformed Dr. Drew's set: https://drdrew.com/sponsors/elgato/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. We'll be taking your calls off the Twitter spaces and of course
0:04.3	Restream and Rumble Rant. Today the guest is Jerry Stahl, a novelist and screenwriter.
0:09.1	His new book is 999. Not the number 9 in EIN. There it is. One Man's Tale of Depression,
0:16.0	psychic torment, and a bus tour. And when I think about elevating one's mood, I immediately, my mind goes to
0:22.5	touring death camps in Germany and Poland. Nothing more uplifting than that, but Jerry did exactly
0:28.0	that, and he has got some interesting insights into our current political climate and what happened
0:32.2	back then. And I guess in point of fact, it did have an interesting impact on him, but we'll get
0:37.1	into all of that.
0:38.4	Another quick aside, I saw that some weird Twitter feeds were saying that we didn't mention Dr. Zelenko's passing, which we categorically did.
0:47.5	And as I said at the time, he had a very severe cancer.
0:51.7	And it's remarkably lived as long as he did.
0:53.6	And his intention was to serve and to do
0:55.5	good and we will we will miss him um but yeah susan susan says terribly and uh indeed if anybody would
1:03.5	like to make comment or talk about him uh from the critters pace are happy to do so but we'll get the
1:07.7	right to jerry stall after this our laws as it pertain to substances are draconian and bizarre.
1:15.1	The psychopaths start this fact.
1:16.3	He was an alcoholic because of social media and pornography, PTSD, love addiction.
1:21.1	Fentanyl and heroin.
1:22.1	Ridiculous.
1:23.3	I'm a doctor for a second.
1:24.8	Where the hell you think I learned that?
1:26.6	I'm just saying, you go to treatment
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