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.