The Philadelphia Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and The German Society of Pennsylvania cordially invite you to a discussion with Nadine Lindner, Journalist, Deutschlandradio on “Polarization and Populism in an Election Year: Insights on the Alternative for Germany.”
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Join us for a timely and thought-provoking conversation with Nadine Lindner, political correspondent in the Berlin studio of Deutschlandradio, as part of her U.S. speaking tour organized in partnership with the Goethe-Institut and the American Council on Germany.
In this special Philadelphia event, Nadine Lindner will share insights from the front lines of German political reporting and reflect on the current state of democracy in Germany, the United States, and beyond. Her work has focused extensively on German domestic politics, including coverage of the AfD, transport policy, and the rise of Pegida in Saxony.
With years of experience reporting on political developments and democratic challenges in Germany, Lindner brings a sharp journalistic perspective to questions of polarization, public discourse, and the evolving transatlantic political landscape.
This event offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from one of Germany’s leading public radio journalists and to engage in a broader conversation about democracy in 2026.
Nadine Lindner has been a Correspondent in the Berlin studio of “Deutschlandradio” since early 2016. Among other things, Ms. Lindner is responsible for the news coverage of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the German parliament. Ms. Lindner studied Political Science at Leipzig University in Saxony and discovered her enthusiasm for radio at the training station “mephisto 97.6.” After graduating from university, she worked as a freelance journalist for “MDR sputnik” and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well as Deutschlandradio. She completed her journalistic training at Deutschlandradio in Berlin. In 2013, Ms. Lindner moved back to Saxony as a regional correspondent for Deutschlandradio, where she covered the early evolution of the AfD and the anti-asylum movement Pegida. In 2024, she received the prize from the Bundespressekonferenz, the association of capital studio journalists, for her reporting about the AfD and Eastern Germany.
With support from the Goethe-Institut USA