Rounding the Earth is a MetaPrep Education Group LLC project with broad practical educational goals. The Rounding the Earth (RTE) substack at first largely focused on the global pandemic since its inception in February, 2021, when it was established due to censorship of statistician Mathew Crawford's posts about ivermectin on Facebook. Those topics are still present, but the focus shifted more widely to Bigger Picture topics, zooming in and zooming out to scale.
During 2021, funding for some Operation Uplift projects came from MetaPrep Education Group LLC via proceeds from the RTE substack.
RTE maintains an Indexed Glossary of RTE Terms, Models, and Ideas
Topics covered at Rounding the Earth include
The Rounding the Earth podcast was launched on July 5, 2022.1)
Weekly discussions in a round table format, co-hosted by Liam Sturgess and Mathew Crawford.
| Episode | Date | Title | Guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 5, 2022 | Science is Anti-Authoritarian | Jessica Rose and Chris Masterjohn |
| 2 | July 12, 2022 | Coronavirus Evolution | Jonathan Couey |
| 3 | July 19, 2022 | Cryptocurrency: Centralization vs. Decentralization | Joel Smalley and Kristov Atlas |
| 4 | July 26, 2022 | What is Russia? | Tessa Lena and Riley Waggaman |
| 5 | August 1, 2022 | Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 | Steven Pelech and James Lyons-Weiler |
| 6 | August 8, 2022 | Effective Citizenship During the Pandemic | Sonya Anderson and 1st Lt. Mark Bashaw |
| 7 | August 15, 2022 | Fraud: A COVID-19 Vaccine Summary | Brook Jackson and Warner Mendenhall |
| 8 | August 22, 2022 | SARS-CoV-2 Origins | Charles Rixey and Jonathan Couey |
| 9 | August 29, 2022 | Propaganda and Mass Formation | |
| 10 | September 6, 2022 | Fighting for the Right to Treat | York Hsiang |
Weekly news roundup hosted by Liam Sturgess.
| Episode | Date | Title | Topic(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 8, 2022 | This Time, We're Trusting the Science | - |
| 2 | July 15, 2022 | Crises, Assemble! | Inflation |
| 3 | July 22, 2022 | Tracking, Free Speech, and Polio | Polio |
| 4 | July 29, 2022 | Pandemic Two? | Monkeypox |
| 5 | August 5, 2022 | Censorship Emergency | Censorship |
| 6 | August 12, 2022 | Confuse, Divide, Conquer | Homosexuality, monkeypox, Donald Trump |
| 7 | August 19, 2022 | Breakthrough | COVID-19 vaccines, Jill Biden, monkeypox |
| 8 | August 26, 2022 | The Dam is Breaking and Blame is Flying | Donald Trump, Operation Warp Speed, lockdowns2) |
| 9 | September 2, 2022 | Flipping the Table | Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table |
| 10 | September 9, 2022 | Mousetrap | COVID-19 vaccines, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III |
One-on-one interviews/discussions between Mathew Crawford and a guest.
| Episode | Date | Title | Guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 10, 2022 | Discussion of Biomedical Science | Stuart Buck |
| 2 | August 15, 2022 | Missing Symptoms in COVID mRNA Clinical Vaccine Trials | Chris Masterjohn |
| 3 | August 22, 2022 | The Animals Don't Lie About Viruses and Vaccines | Leo Biddle |
| 4 | August 29, 2022 | Beyond Lab Leak: Optimal Global Genetic Surveillance | Jonathan Couey3) |
The RTE Substack was created after one of Crawford's four 30-day bans from Facebook (and several smaller) during 2021.
Crawford served four separate 30-day suspensions from Facebook in 2021, and numerous other shorter suspensions for posting about pandemic-related topics. Never once was any information provided explaining why any of his posts were incorrect or misleading. These suspensions spurred him to start writing at Substack.
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