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Kenneth Meshoe was born in Pretoria and is the fourth of seven children.   He completed his Matric Certificate in 1972.   In 1975 he graduated from the University of the North with a Secondary Teachers Diploma.   In 1976, he married Lydia and they have three children, Olga, Esther and Joshua.  In 1983, Kenneth went to Shekinah Bible Institute in Kingsport, Tennessee in the US, where he did the fir...

Sasha Zabar, son of iconic New Yorker Eli Zabar, is the culinary dreamer and founder of Glace , the Upper East Side ice cream and sweet shop. Sasha spent his childhood working at his father's various businesses, including Eli's Market and Eli's Bread and then went on to attend the Nolan School of Hotel Administration at Cornell. His unshakable foundation in food, family, and business drew him back...

General David H. Petraeus is a retired United States Army general and a prominent commentator on contemporary security issues, military developments and global affairs, widely respected as a leading warrior intellectual. The General graduated with distinction from the US Military Academy and earned a PhD from Princeton University. He served in the US Army for thirty-seven years, concluding his tim...

An international figure in architecture and urban design, the architect Daniel Libeskind is renowned for his ability to evoke cultural memory and is informed by a deep commitment to music, philosophy, and literature. Mr. Libeskind aims to create architecture that is resonant, original, and sustainable. Born in Lód'z, Poland, in 1946, Mr. Libeskind immigrated to the United States as a teenager and...

For more than five years, Zach Griff has been a Senior Reporter at The Points Guy. His contributions range from news about the airline industry to travel and product reviews to deep dives into loyalty programs.  Zach is also pursuing his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. An avid traveler for over a decade now, Zach first redeemed miles for a last-minute, business-class...

Simon Cockerell is from the south-west of England. He moved to Beijing in 2000, becoming Koryo Tour's General Manager two years later. Having traveled to North Korea 182 times, he has probably been to the country more than any other westerner. Simon is a respected speaker on the DPRK and appears regularly in international media. Simon's tireless work, alongside Koryo's partners in Pyongyang, has b...

Matthew's passion for all things travel began in his childhood. He brings 25 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience in the luxury travel marketing, sales, and hospitality business development arena to Transcend Cruises. Matthew co-founded and served as CEO of e-Cruise, an online industry wide marketing and retention program, and created and led Chosen Voyage, a niche cruise charter company...

Originally from the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, Scott Shelley is a Physics Laboratory Instructor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He moved to the US in 1997.  Scott has spent the last thirty years attempting to systematically visit every country in the world, while simultaneously minimizing the cost of flights. He believes that planning trips is half the fun. To date, he has visited 1...

Mark your calendars for Saturday December 2 nd , 2023. That's when the Lifetime Channel will be releasing an original holiday movie, Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas. It stars Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Donna Mills, Nicolette Sheridan and Linda Gray, our featured guest on this episode of The One Way Ticket Show. In an acting and directing career spanning well over 50 years, Linda is per...

In Karen's own words: " I was 17 years old, traveling alone, when I boarded a plane to Europe. Living in a different culture I experienced the world in new and surprising ways and discovered myself. My love of travel was born. I didn't return to the US for three years. Since then I've traveled to more than 90 countries. I climbed Kilimanjaro, conquered my fear of falling to go on an elephant trek...

Michelle Lawton is a food and wine lover and founder of joyfulplate, a food and beverage research and branding consultancy. She is a happy home cook to her "Irishman" (aka her partner, Michael) in New York City, where she enjoys brainstorming on bike rides in Central Park and the kitchen -- her happy places. Michelle holds an Advanced Wine Certificate from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust and sha...

On this special episode of The One Way Ticket Show, Host Steven Shalowitz sat down with Yahya Mahamid following the barbaric invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists on Saturday 7 October 2023. The interview is from Steven's conversation with Yahya on the Jewish National Fund USA podcast, IsraelCast. Yahya Mahamid is an Arab-Israeli speaker, educator, and activist. He serves as a mentor in various p...

On this special episode of The One Way Ticket Show, Host Steven Shalowitz sat down with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, following the barbaric invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists on Saturday 7 October 2023. The interview is from Steven's conversation with her on the Jewish National Fund USA podcast, IsraelCast. Fleur serves as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem in charge of foreign relations, international economi...

 On this special episode of The One Way Ticket Show, Host Steven Shalowitz sat down with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer to provide perspective on the barbaric invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists on Saturday 7 October 2023.   The interview is from Steven's conversation with Dr. Schanzer on the Jewish National Fund USA podcast, IsraelCast.   Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at F...

Born in Israel in 1942, Ory Slonim grew up amidst the ravages of the country's War of Independence. Ory came from a seventh-generation family that lived in Hebron, grew up in Tel Aviv, married, and became a successful lawyer. In 1986, Israeli President Haim Herzog appointed Ory as special counsel to the Defense Minister for issues of POWs & MIAs, from the civilian world, concentrating on families....

Matt Gutman is ABC News' Chief National Correspondent based in Los Angeles. He reports for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including "World News Tonight with David Muir," "20/20," "Good Morning America" and "Nightline." He has reported for ABC from 40 countries across the globe. A multiple award-winning correspondent, Matt has covered the COVID-19 crisis, the protests in American streets fo...

Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz is a curator, lecturer and public art consultant with a unique concentration in public art policy, modern and contemporary art for architecture and the landscape in the broader context of cultural, urban and environmental revitalization.  In 1968-1971 she founded "The Photographer's Gallery," the first gallery in New York City exhibiting photography as fine art. She was Dire...

On this Summer Special of The One Way Ticket Show, Host Steven Shalowitz welcomes Hollywood icon, Ann-Margret, to the program. The Swedish-born actresss and performer has won five Golden Globe Awards, has been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammys, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards – winning one.    She's been a headliner at sold out shows, and has 56 films and counting to h...

Jens Kurt Heycke was educated in Economics and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago, the London School of Economics, and Princeton University. He worked as an early employee and executive in several successful technology startups, including one that pioneered the mobile Internet and produced software installed in more than a billion mobile phones. Since retiring from high tech, he has...

Jeh Johnson is a partner in the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and the former Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017), General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2012), General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (1998-2001), and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (1989-1991). In private life, in addition to practic...

A multiple Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and producer, Peter Greenberg is America's most recognized, honored and respected front-line travel news journalist. Known in the industry as "The Travel Detective," he is the Travel Editor for CBS News, appearing on CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News, and Sunday Morning, among other broadcast platforms. Greenberg produces and co-hosts an ongoing se...

Gretchen Carlson, is an acclaimed journalist, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and internationally recognized trailblazer for women's rights in the workplace.   In 2016, she boldly went public with harassment claims against then Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, paving the way for the #MeToo movement. Her story has been told in the movie   Bombshell   and the Showtime mini-series  ...

On this special episode of "The One Way Ticket Show", Host Steven Shalowitz shares the "7 Ps" that got him through his cancer diagnosis and treatment. They are: Prayer Perseverance Patience Planning People Positivity Psalms As he mentioned in the recording, credit for the first 3 Ps goes to his Rabbi. Steven added on the remaining 4. After listening to the episode, share it with anyone going throu...

Melissa Biggs Bradley is the CEO and founder of Indagare, a membership-based luxury travel agency and media company that combines curated content with high-touch service and leverages its global network to create extraordinary, meaningful experiences for sophisticated travelers. Since launching, the company has been named to Inc.'s Fastest-Growing Companies in the U.S. and to Crain's 50 fastest-gr...

Steven Kotler is a  New York Times  bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world's leading experts on human performance. Steven is the author of eleven bestsellers (out of fourteen books), including  The Art of Impossible ,  The Future is Faster Than You Think ,  Stealing Fire ,  The Rise of Superman ,  Bold and...