Today's podcast is all about Peter Crosby. Peter's photojournalism, video adventures, and radio reporting have been broadcast on National Geographic TV, NPR's Radio Expeditions, and Christian Science Monitor Radio, as well as published in Asian Wall Street Journal, Asia Week, Los Angeles Times, Intersect, Tokyo Journal, National Geographic Traveler, and the in-flight magazines of ANA, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, American and United airlines. In 2021, Peter bicycled from Beijing to Hong Kong – again – following the same route as his original 1994 cycling journey for NGTV's program Explorer. Now his new 4-part documentary TV series "Cycling Across China with Peter Crosby" is airing on China Global Television Network (CGTN), Bytedance Videos, and broadcast on National Geographic TV/Asia, for which he was Exec. Producer, Co-Director, Photographer, and Host. Watching America from afar, Peter was again struck by the Chinese name for the USA: 美国 (měi guó) meaning 'beautiful country.' Peter found his 2021 return to America alarming and sad; Covid's toll, mass shootings, ongoing racism, fear of China, even an insurrection. The USA no longer felt like home. So in 2022, he bought a van and traveled through the heartland of America reacquainting himself with his homeland and recording local life. From our nation's East Coast founding to our Civil War, from 9/11 memorials to the transcontinental railroad, he filmed heated arguments, protesting 18-wheel drivers, motorcycle rallies, and the singing of 'Amazing Grace' with evangelicals in Georgia. Dragon boating with Chinese-Americans, filming Native America rodeos, even biking through forest-fire smog, Peter strove to create dialogue and empathy with those he didn't quite understand. He found commonality in wanting to belong to communities with some kind of mission, whether spiritual, political, sporting, our families or friends. We all just want our tribe. Born in the USA, Peter has visited 70+ countries and lived/worked in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Southern Africa. So he can make people laugh in several languages. He's also led for-profit, nonprofit, and social benefit organizations as a CEO/COO/CTO in media, translations, women's empowerment, and international refugee aid. Peter considers himself a Man of Mission: global vision, local lifestyles, universal heart. To learn more about Peter: https://www.youtube.com/@pscrosby