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Helen Desfosses On The Census

Helen Desfosse has been a friend of this program since its inception. She's been a friend of this radio station forever and she joins us this morning to talk about the census. Helen Desfosses was Albany City Council President from 1997 to 2005 and a public policy professor at UAlbany for many years, as well as being a commentator for Midday Magazine and a Panelist on The Roundtable.

She now teaches public policy at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University in Virginia and is now studying and researching the census. 

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.