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THE OPENING ACT
JUNE 1�8, 2022
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HUBERMAN LAB PODCAST
‘CARRY ME HOME,’
MAVIS STAPLES AND
LEVON HELM
I
never loved science as a kid.
During my pre- and post-sec-
ondary education, not one teacher
explained science in a way that
engaged my curiosity and got me
excited. Yes, I left academia with a
full appreciation of the scientifi c
method and an understanding of
the orderly progression of scientifi c
understanding from hypothesis to
experimentation to analysis to — if
you’re lucky — a conclusion.
But it wasn’t my thing.
Until now.
A few months ago, I stumbled
onto the Huberman Lab Podcast.
The podcaster is a neuroscientist
named Andrew Huberman who is a
professor of neurology and ophthal-
mology at the Stanford University
School of Medicine, and he heads
the Huberman Laboratory.
Huberman, an engaging and
articulate 46-year-old, makes neu-
roscience more accessible to the
general public.
The researcher takes information
from peer-reviewed scientifi c stud-
ies in reputable journals and gives
his listeners (and YouTube viewers)
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tools they can use to improve their
brain function.
From Huberman, I’ve learned
science-backed ways to learn faster
and better, improve my sleep and
ward off mental fatigue. He doesn’t
just open the toolbox and hand out
tools — he talks about the mecha-
nisms that allow the tools to work.
I’m now fascinated by such things
as circadian rhythm, autonomic
arousal, brain plasticity and a host
of other topics.
Huberman was also a latecomer
into the world of science. He says
he didn’t take school seriously until
after his fi rst year of college. An en-
counter with a phenomenal profes-
sor kickstarted his fascination with
neuroscience.
Now Huberman is passing that
fascination on to the rest of us.
— KATHY ANEY, PHOTOGRAPHER AND
REPORTER, EAST OREGONIAN
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they were cooked up for a
between-albums payoff .
Occasionally, though, when
the convergence isn’t cal-
culated, the moment just
needs to be preserved.
Such is the case with
“Carry Me Home,” a newly
released recording of a
memorable encounter
between Mavis Staples
and Levon Helm during the
summer of 2011. In front
of an audience at Helm’s
Woodstock, New York, stu-
dio, the pair rocked their
way through a 12-song set
of soul, gospel and road-
house blues that pulsates
with gusto and joy.
It’s reminiscent of
Helm’s Grammy-winning
“Ramble at the Ryman,” a
live recording of a 2008
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one of the world’s great
singers sitting in.
Not that Helm and
Staples were at the peak of
their powers. Helms would
die within a year after a
long struggle with cancer,
and Staples turned 72 that
summer.
Still, on this night they
laid it all out there. Staples’
voice is full and strong, her
approach typically fearless
and downright sassy. Helm
chimes in on a raucous
version of “The Weight,”
but he hangs back for the
most part.
There’s an overtly
political cover of Curtis
Mayfi eld’s classic “This Is
My Country” that includes
complaints about Tea
Partiers who want to take
the country back to the
1950s or ’60s. The politics
won’t be for everybody,
and things have changed
considerably since, but the
sentiments are delivered
with conviction.
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