THE NEW NORMAL: SHREWD THINKING.

In 2023, the Paris Talks Ideas Festival curation team chose to introduce the annual theme with a poem entitled "We Don't Know Yet". This is a narrated version of the theme's trailer. The 2023 edition of the Paris Talks Ideas Festival took place at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. For more details, please visit https://www.paris-talks.com/ and come attend the upcoming events if you're in town.

In her talk on the 2023 Paris Talks Ideas Festival's stage, Neuroimmunologist Aleksandra Deczkowska shared a fascinating story about her work. The question Aleksandra is interested in within the science of Neuroimmunology, and which we do not yet have an answer to, is how to employ the immune system to treat neurological diseases, like dementia or depression or the aftermath of a stroke. She argues that we don’t know that yet. And again, it is interesting that we don’t, because we do employ the immune system to cure other problems with our bodies all the time. Like infections or pain or recently even cancer! So what is so special about the brain? How come it took us so long to understand that we could employ the immune system to cure it? Well, it’s an interesting story, which she shared with Paris Talks participants. This talk was filmed and recorded in March 2023 at the Paris Talks Ideas Festival at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (France). For more information about Aleksandra's work, visit her lab, The Deczkowska lab (affiliated with the Institut Pasteur), that's is interested in better understanding the interactions between immune cells and the brain, and the role of these communication circuits in shaping the brain function in physiology, aging and disease: https://www.aleksdelab.com/ For more information about Paris Talks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com/

Before watching this Wani Iris Manly Paris Talks 2023 talk, we suggest you close your eyes, take a deep slow breath, and say to yourself, “ I love you. I love you. I really, really love you.” Repeat this two more times and notice how you feel. Now open your eyes, watch, and carefully listen to what this change expert had to share with the Paris Talks audience at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in March. In this talk, Wani argues that the thing we don’t know yet is how to love ourselves and, she adds that "this is no fault of our own." For more information about Paris Talks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com/ You can find Wani's work at https://www.wanimanly.com/

Looking to unlock the secrets of your DNA and discover who you truly are? For years, scientists and biologists believed that our DNA held all the answers to our future, including predicting diseases and other critical information. But in a riveting talk at the 2023 Paris Talks festival, Molecular Biologist and Research Director Germano Cecere blew the lid off this outdated notion. As he explains in this video, DNA alone can't fully explain our identities. This talk was filmed and recorded in March 2023 at the Paris Talks Ideas Festival at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (France). For more information about Germano's work, visit The Cecere Laboratory of Mechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance's website: https://www.cecerelab.com/ For more information about Paris Talks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com/

Dans son talk sur le stage du festival d'idées Paris Talks au printemps 2023 à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France à Paris, Marie Pushparajalingam, numérologue, facilitatrice en croissance harmonieuse et coach en harmonie, parle de son cheminement et de sa quête de sens. Pour plus d'informations sur Marie et ses services, visitez son site internet: https://www.marie-menaha.com/ Plus d'informations sur Paris Talks sont à retrouver sur https://www.paris-talks.com

In his 2023 Paris Talks Ideas Festival talk titled: Generative Artificial Intelligence - Human Partnership is Nigh: Embracing the Inevitable, artist, photographer and adman David RAICHMAN shows the way into the right approaches to adopt (on a societal level), in our partnership with Generative Artificial Intelligence. This talk was filmed and recorded in March 2023 at the Paris Talks Ideas Festival at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (France). For more information about David's work, visit his Instagram page and be amazed by his creative genius: https://www.instagram.com/davethepreacher/ For more information about Paris Talks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com/

Dans son talk sur le main stage de Paris Talks en Mars 2023, le champion de l'autonomisation de la jeunesse, Reince Trésor Gandou, raconte l'histoire de Luc et la fille Ghislaine, deux jeunes étudiants en quête d’intégration socio-professionnelle dans un environnement très hostile, compétitif et rempli d’incertitudes, à l’image de l’époque que nous sommes en train de traverser, une époque remplie d’incertitudes. Trésor argumente en lançant un appel pour l'accompagnement de la jeunesse car cela est une résponsabilité partagée. Ce talk a été enrégistré lors de d'édition 2023 du festival d'idées Paris Talks à la bibliothèque Nationale de France à Paris. Pour plus d'informations sur Paris Talks, rendez-vous sur https://www.paris-talks.com/

With her angelic voice and soulful melodies, Sumana is a speaker everyone wanted to see and hear on stage at Paris Talks 2023. The Paris-based India-born singer-songwriter found her calling in music by chance, after an unexpected encounter with a subway musician in the Parisian metro. Her mentor, @VanupieOfficiel inspired her to pursue her passion and start performing in the city's underground music scene. Despite having a promising corporate career ahead of her, Sumana's heart belonged to music. With unwavering passion, conviction, and courage, she took the leap of faith to become an independent artist. Her hard work paid off when she released her debut album titled Easy in June 2022, which showcases her unique blend of indie-pop and soulful sounds. Since then, Sumana has been captivating audiences with her mesmerizing performances at various venues in and around Paris. Her uplifting lyrics and catchy tunes are sure to leave you feeling inspired and energized. In her performance talk on the 2023 Paris Talks Ideas Festival's stage, the Paris-based singer and independent Songwriter @SumanaMusic talks about her journey through life's uncertain moments, her corporate working experiences and dreams, and her passion and professional experiences through the arts, and most importantly music. This talk was filmed and recorded in March 2023 at the Paris Talks Ideas Festival at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (France). For more information about Sumana's work, check out and subscribe to her YouTube channel and, if you're in Paris, don't hesitate to go see her live music performances at https://www.sumanamusic.com/ For more information about @ParisTalks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com ..................

"The day you stop dreaming is the day you kill your drive for success." In this talk, entrepreneur and leadership educator, Bernard Muhindo shares insights, inspired by real-world success stories, on ways to keep harnessing the art of creativity for success in business, stressing that entrepreneurs and business people are a force for good with the mandate to make this world a better place. This talk was filmed and recorded in March 2023 at the Paris Talks Ideas Festival at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris (France). For more information about Bernard's work, visit his website: https://bernardmuhindo.com/ For more information about Paris Talks, please visit our website: https://www.paris-talks.com/ This talk was filmed and can be found on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/NUDReKPDr8c?si=kUNDdHBr4OOhXXev

If we were to start a new normal, what and how should it be? The entire second season of the Paris Talks Podcast has been built upon this question. Welcome to the last episode of the second season of Paris Talks Podcast. This episode is called Shrewd Thinking. Today’s episode will take us through the path that led us to this “New Normal” theme of the Paris Talks Podcast and a few other lessons we’ve come to learn during the COVID-19 Pandemic and all its different lockdown phases and measures. This and the previous episodes have been produced by me, Michael BAHATI. Our theme song is Nipe story by Charmant Mushaga Additional music has been provided by Sumana Music and Pixabay. For any question related to this or any other episodes of this podcast, please reach our via Twitter @ParisTalks or send us an email to [email protected]