Alyssa Mitchinson

Audio:

• “You Can’t Stay Here” by spinningmerkaba licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0.

Visuals:

• “orange black and white butterfly on spider web during daytime” by Andreas Haslinger licensed under Unsplash.
• “a man sitting in a window” by Alex Durynin licensed under Unsplash.
• “low angle photo of city high rise buildings during daytime” by Sean Pollock licensed under Unsplash.
• “man in black formal suit jacket and pants carrying black bag while walking on pedestrian lane during daytime” by Ryoji Iwata licensed under Unsplash.
• “white cloudy sky” by Road Trip with Raj licensed under Unsplash.
• “woman standing outdoor surrounded by bobbles during daytime” by Alex Alvarez licensed under Unsplash.
• “an office with a lot of desks and chairs” by Bernd 📷 Dittrich licensed under Unsplash.
• “long table with Eiffel chair inside room” by Pawel Chu licensed under Unsplash.
• “gray folding chair near white window blinds” by Zoran Nayagam licensed under Unsplash.
• “woman leaning against wall close-up photo” by Minh Ngọc licensed under Unsplash.
• “a person laying in the grass with a frisbee” by Aedrian Salazar licensed under Unsplash.
• “a shadow of a person riding a skateboard across a street” by Wolfgang Rottmann licensed under Unsplash.
• “man holding phone sitting on chair” by Rashid Sadykov licensed under Unsplash.
• “Woman Looking Through a Glass Window” by ArtHouse Studio licensed under Pexels.
• “a bed with a white comforter and a light on the wall” by Aishah Rahman licensed under Unsplash.
• “Businessman on the Phone” by Thirdman licensed under Pexels.
• “a flock of birds sitting on top of a bird feeder” by Mohammad Harris licensed under Unsplash.
• “a butterfly sitting on a window sill in the rain” by Nancy Hughes licensed under Unsplash.
• “Man resting head on steering wheel in car.” by Vitaly Gariev licensed under Unsplash.
• “Person covering face with hands, blurred motion.” by Windah Limbai licensed under Unsplash.
• “Close Up Video of a Woman Crying” by Ron Lach licensed under Pexels.
• “Shallow Focus of Woman Sitting Alone on a Concrete Floor” by Honye Sanges licensed under Pexels.
• “Butterfly Fluttering Its Wings” by Pixabay licensed under Pexels.
• “birds flying under blue sky during daytime” by Saurav Mahto licensed under Unsplash.
• “woman standing on grass field” by Sasha Freemind licensed under Unsplash.
• “Seagulls flying in the Sky” by Max Avans licensed under Pexels.
• “woman in black shirt holding brown dried leaf” by Jametlene Reskp licensed under Unsplash.
• “silhouette of three woman with hands on the air while dancing during sunset” by Levi Guzman licensed under Unsplash.
• “Woman Standing on a Tree” by Yaroslav Shuraev licensed under Unsplash.

Alyssa’s Book Club is a simple podcast recorded in my little apartment featuring various guests/friends, where we provide in-depth book recommendations while discussing each book we read together! The casual and homey atmosphere makes this podcast series a fun but relaxed experience for listeners who want to wind down and not have to focus too hard. Discussions will be intentionally curated so that readers can follow along without having to read the books we’re discussing if they don’t want to. Each episode will include a discussion (with as few spoilers as possible) of the book we previously read, as well as a brief summary of the book that will be featured next, for listeners who want to keep up with our reading.

I used music at the beginning for a fun start, followed by a page flipping sound effect as a transition (which is also used at the end, as well). In the background is a softer audio of a home environment, featuring the nostalgic sound of cicadas in the distance, to hopefully give a more intimate and calm feeling throughout. Recording vocal audio was tricky since I don’t have any formal equipment, but I managed with just my computer (and I even roped my friend into giving a very brief appearance in the podcast). Balancing the audio volumes was also a tricky endeavor.

Audio Credits:

• “Funny Children Reggae (short ver.)” by AudioCoffee licensed by CC BY-NC 4.0.
• “Flipping book pages #2.MP3” by SoundsForHim licensed by CC0 1.0.
• “passby w_grunt and cicadas.wav” by patchen licensed by CC BY 4.0.
• “Alyssa’s Book Club Narration” by Alyssa Mitchinson licensed by CC BY-NC 4.0.

Photo Credits:

• “Bookshelves filled with various books in a library.” by atelierbyvineeth … licensed by Unsplash.