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In the build-up to the 2024 US Presidential Election  – arguably the most divisive in the country’s history – Simon Parker embarked upon a 4,327-mile cycling journey through 11 states from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, meeting hundreds of fascinating Americans along the way. His aim? To better understand America, its people, politics, and problems before the 2024 election. All seen at the gentle pace of a bicycle.

Simon Parker is a British travel writer, author, filmmaker, public speaker and broadcast journalist, working across a wide range of themes and subjects. If it involves travel, intriguing people and an untold story, then he's interested. In the past decade, he has reported from over 100 countries – from Bhutan and French Polynesia to Hawaii and Namibia, via Svalbard, Greenland and Saint Helena. He's interviewed sports stars, politicians and celebrities, including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Virat Kohli, and reported on stories as diverse as product shortages in Venezuela, the ‘migrant crisis’ in Greece and social inequality in the barrios of Northern Colombia. He's paraglided solo through the Andes, hiked Bali’s highest volcanoes and driven a rickshaw the length of India. In 2016 Simon sailed and cycled from China to London in 133 days, for a Telegraph series and BBC World Service documentary. In April 2022 he published his first book, Riding Out, charting his 3,427 mile journey around “Pandemic Britain”. His award-winning TV travel series, Earth Cycle, has been distributed around the world and can be found on Amazon Prime, FOX Australia and YouTube.