By Cody Mello-Klein | cmelloklein@alextimes.com

In 2020, the Alexandria Times launched its first podcast, Speak Easy, and over the last year reporter-turned-managing-editor Cody Mello-Klein has spoken with the people who make Alexandria tick.

From Del Ray living legend Pat Miller and City Councilor John Chapman to director of the Alexandria Health Department Dr. Stephen Haering and George Mason Elementary School music teacher Heather Rosner, Speak Easy captured the city’s voices in a new way. The show, by virtue of when it debuted, also helped chronicle the ways that residents were adapting to life in the pandemic, as they found new ways of working, eating and connecting.

To celebrate the end of 2020 and the Times’ first year podcasting, this month’s episode of Speak Easy takes a look back at the conversations that defined the show over the past year and brings all the guests into conversation with one another – through the magic of editing, of course.

Happy new year, Alexandria. Here’s to another year of conversations and connections.

Listen to episodes of Speak Easy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or on the Times’ website.