Cologne Talks

In the organizer's words:

How do you bring people (back) into contact with each other?

This question kicks off our new series of events: COLOGNE talks.

Because we live in a time when people talk a lot - but rarely with each other.

Where bubbles divide instead of connect.

Where conversations often turn into debates

-Where fronts harden.

We believe it's time we listened more again. To understand more.

And, above all, ask more often.

That's why we bring people on stage who answer this question in very different ways - from the reality of their lives, with their story, from their attitude.

Together with you. Without a show. Without a script. But with real encounters.

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🌀 Philemon Schibli

Innovative entrepreneur, martial arts trainer, ceremony leader.

He is the head and heart of a movement that creates new spaces for awareness, expression and community in Cologne. As a central figure in the psychedelic scene in German-speaking countries, he organizes formats that go far beyond the usual: Ecstatic dances, rituals, social experiments - always with the aim of bringing people back into feeling and into community.

His approach is not rational, but radically optimistic and lively.

Community is not a concept for him - it is an experience and for him as normal as the air we breathe.
Influenced by his own exciting biography in a strictly religious extended family, he knows how deep cohesion can go - and how tight it can sometimes become, in order to then unfold anew, go his own way and take people with him.

"Welcome to the moment" is not just his motto, it is his invitation to us all.

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🧠 Stefan Hofele

Licensed psychotherapist, supervisor and expert in human dynamics.

He brings scientific depth to the stage - understandable, tangible, approachable, real.
In his daily work, he accompanies a wide variety of people and researches the questions that affect us all:

Why do we distance ourselves from each other - even though we want closeness?

What role do protective mechanisms, fears and imprints play?

And what does it really take to get back into real contact?

Stefan knows the space between people - not just from books, but from countless conversations and experiences at the deepest level.

He shows us where distance arises - and how we can overcome it to create connection.

In conversation with Lotte, he takes us on a journey through psychological perspectives - calm, reflective, surprisingly clear.

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✨ Also:

An inspiring newcomer surprises us with a short keynote - an impulse, a change of perspective, a moment to take a deep breath.

Then we - we, Lotte & Shirin, together with our guests - sit down on our cozy living room stage and open up the space for a conversation with you.

Questions from the audience, panel, perspectives.
No frontal talk, but a real exchange at eye level.

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An evening full of thoughts to take away.

Without an ego show. Without political talk.

But with attitude, heart and the desire to talk to each other again.

Cologne Talks
#socialnotpolitical.

#profoundbutwithlightness.

And open to everyone who wants to have a real exchange.

🎟️ Admission: 6:30 pm

🎤 Start: 19:00 hrs

📍 Die Wohngemeinschaft, Cologne

💰pay as much as you can - for a Soli Ticket write us an email to:
colognetalks@web.de

Price information:

17-25€