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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

12 - The Past Times with Beth Stelling

Feb 3, 2023
Comedian Beth Stelling joins Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds as they discuss societal expectations, bizarre research on blood detecting smoking, the death of Mr. Henry Van Dyke, drug effects and addictions, and the OxyContin scandal.
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Quick takeaways

  • The speculation on how far the fishermen and their combined weight would reach into space highlights the curiosity about human capabilities and the potential of stacking people vertically.
  • The advertisement for a cheap and quick cure for opium addiction sheds light on the prevalence of addiction in the past and the desire for a painless solution.

Deep dives

Fishermen of Greenwich Point are among the heavyweights

Oliver Smith and his three sons, Iber, Thomas, and Hugh, fishermen of Greenwich Point, have a combined weight of 850 pounds. People speculate how far they would reach into space if stacked perpendicularly above each other.

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