A one-way ticket to fascinating conversations

Shalowitz, bottom, interviews retired General David Petraeus in August 2022.

If you could take a one-way trip to anywhere, where would you go? 

Over the past 12 years, Steven Shalowitz, AB ’86, has posed this question to more than 300 people — guests ranging from legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett to former CIA Director General David Petraeus, from iconic actress Ann-Margret to New York City Mayor Eric Adams — on his podcast, The One Way Ticket Show.  

The show’s titular question (with the rules that destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary, or even a state of mind — as long as there’s no coming back) serves as a jumping-off point for wide-ranging conversations about guests’ work, lives, and ambitions.

Shalowitz’s path to creating The One Way Ticket Show has been anything but a direct flight.

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