Gilda Sahebi

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In conversation with author, freelance journalist, and podcaster Gilda Sahebi. A trained physician and political scientist, she exposes in her current Spiegel bestseller Verbinden statt spalten: Eine Antwort auf die Politik der Polarisierung how seemingly omnipresent polarization is politically constructed and amplified by the media. Using key conflict areas—from social policy to migration, war, gender, and COVID—she demonstrates why everyday life holds far more in common than divides us, how this reality is systematically distorted in public discourse, and explores ways to reorient both daily life and public debate toward what unites us.