Metrics Off, Just Deep-Listen👂
Episode 8 of the Alt-Social ~reconnecting social media with humanity~ podcast, hosted by Alt-Social Initiative, titled "Metrics Off, Just Deep-Listen👂" was published on September 14, 2025 and runs 10 minutes.
September 14, 2025 ·10m · Alt-Social ~reconnecting social media with humanity~
Summary
What if social media was beyond a scoreboard?Akky, host of alt-talk and a digital media specialist moving between film, media studies, and communications, keeps returning to one question: What if we paused the algorithm, silenced the index, and simply listened, to what truly resonates in the heart?This podcast is Akky’s tentative response. He is now studying at the Grief Care Institute, exploring 傾聴 (keichō, active listening), combining it with the methodology by American composer/accordionist Pauline Oliveros called deep listening👂These are the links for what Akky touched upon during thetalk.-50 Seconds of Breath-takinghttps://schoolofcommons.org/making-public/issues/2023/50-seconds-of-breath-taking-Aokage Projecthttps://linktr.ee/aokageproject
Episode Description
What if social media was beyond a scoreboard?
Akky, host of alt-talk and a digital media specialist moving between film, media studies, and communications, keeps returning to one question:
What if we paused the algorithm, silenced the index, and simply listened, to what truly resonates in the heart?
This podcast is Akky’s tentative response.
He is now studying at the Grief Care Institute, exploring 傾聴 (keichō, active listening), combining it with the methodology by American composer/accordionist Pauline Oliveros called deep listening👂
These are the links for what Akky touched upon during thetalk.
-50 Seconds of Breath-taking
https://schoolofcommons.org/making-public/issues/2023/50-seconds-of-breath-taking
-Aokage Project
https://linktr.ee/aokageproject