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The Points Guy, Senior Reporter – Zach Griff

The One Way Ticket Show

Release Date: 02/20/2024

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The One Way Ticket Show

I’ve been following, Assita Kanko, Member of European Parliament on social media for quite some time, so it was a true thrill to welcome her into the studio as our latest guest on The One Way Ticket Show.  Ms. Kanko was born on July 14, 1980, in Godyr, Burkina Faso. She grew up in a society where women's rights were severely restricted and was subjected to female genital mutilation as a child. At a young age, she began writing about human rights and women's rights. In 2001, she moved to Belgium, where she eventually became a naturalized citizen. She studied journalism and political...

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On this episode, we welcome back to the program, journalist and author, Joshua Hammer who was our guest back on episode 112 in September 2016.  Joshua’s career has included serving as Newsweek Bureau Chief in, Nairobi, Buenos Aires, LA, Berlin, Jerusalem and Cape Town.  His work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, National Geographic and the Smithsonian just to name a few publications. He is a New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Falcon Thief and The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (which we talked about in our last...

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Alberto Nicheli – Founder, TransAfrica show art Alberto Nicheli – Founder, TransAfrica

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Alberto Nicheli is the Founder of the travel operator, TransAfrica. For the last 40 years, Alberto, who was born in Italy, has made the West African nation of Togo his home. He knows Africa intimately, having done his first Trans-Sahara expedition in 1972 and having developed an expertise on West African tribes and art. Over the decades, he’s shared his knowledge with authors and filmmakers who want to better understand that part of the world. Our conversation with Alberto took place in a very lively New York City restaurant while he was in town for the Travel & Adventure Show. In...

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Madison Cox - Garden Designer show art Madison Cox - Garden Designer

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Our latest guest on The One Way Ticket Show is world-renowned Garden Designer, Madison Cox. The interview was conducted in September 2024 in the Willis Pavilion, beside the house today known as Villa Oasis which was built by French Orientalist painter, Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s, and later owned by Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé. Adjacent to the home is the famed Majorelle Garden. Madison was born September 23, 1958, in Bellingham, Washington, and raised in San Francisco and Marin County, California.  As a garden designer and author of books about gardens, he has traveled...

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Frédéric Sola - Founder and Owner of Fez’s Riad Laaroussa and Fez Real Estate show art Frédéric Sola - Founder and Owner of Fez’s Riad Laaroussa and Fez Real Estate

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On this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Frédéric Sola, the founder and owner of Fez’s Riad Laaroussa and Fez Real Estate. In our conversation, Fred shares his one way ticket journey to mental health stability which manifested in Fez. He opens up about his own experience suffering from depression -- which began in his mid 30s amidst a successful career in finance in London and Paris – and how he has worked to live with and manage it all these years later. He went on to describe how he fell in love with Fez on his first visit in 2003, so much so, that he bought Riad Laaroussa...

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Shai Davidai – Columbia Business School Professor & A Leading Voice Combatting Jew-Hatred and Israel-Bashing show art Shai Davidai – Columbia Business School Professor & A Leading Voice Combatting Jew-Hatred and Israel-Bashing

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Given Jew-hatred and virulent anti-Israel rhetoric spiraling out of control, particularly on college campuses, we’ve invited Shai Davidai to be our featured guest on this episode of the program. Shai is Assistant Professor in the Management Division of Columbia University Business School. His research examines people’s everyday judgments of themselves, other people, and society as a whole. Born and raised just outside Tel-Aviv, Shai received his Ph.D. from Cornell in 2015. Before joining Columbia Business School, Shai spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow at Princeton and 3 years as an...

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Sebastian Copeland - Polar Explorer, Climate Advocate, Award-Winning Photographer & Author show art Sebastian Copeland - Polar Explorer, Climate Advocate, Award-Winning Photographer & Author

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Sebastian Copeland is a polar explorer, climate analyst, photographer and author. In 2017, he was named one of the world’s top 25 adventurers of the last 25 years.  Noted as a photographer “who has produced works that are of outstanding artistic merit and communicates messages of urgent global significance,” Sebastian has led numerous record-setting expeditions, documenting the endangered Polar regions while covering more than 10,000 km on skis over the ice. Since 2000, he has warned of systemic transformations taking place in the polar regions and their geo- economic...

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Aryeh Lightstone – CEO, Abraham Accords Peace Institute show art Aryeh Lightstone – CEO, Abraham Accords Peace Institute

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Aryeh Lightstone served as the Senior Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, from 2017 to 2021. During his tenure as Senior Advisor, he played a critical role in advancing bilateral U.S. - Israel relations with a focus on economic development & technology cooperation.  Aryeh was appointed as the Special Envoy for Economic Normalization. In that role he was an integral member of the Peace to Prosperity team, leading the inaugural Abraham Accords Business Summit, directing the Abraham fund, and serving as point person in the Middle East for the actualization of the...

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Dickie Arbiter began his broadcasting career in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) in the mid-1960s. Following a return to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s he joined LBC News Radio/IRN (Independent Radio News) as a newscaster and program presenter. During late Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee he was asked to report on the British royal family. In 1981 he was responsible for organizing the UK’s commercial radio coverage as well as taking on as lead commentator of the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. With the success of the Royal wedding coverage, he was appointed IRN’s...

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Lucas Peters - Travel Writer, Photographer & Owner of Journey Beyond Travel show art Lucas Peters - Travel Writer, Photographer & Owner of Journey Beyond Travel

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Born and raised on the West Coast of the US, Lucas Peters now makes Tangier his home. He’s a travel writer and photographer and the author of the Moon Guide Book for Morocco. Together with his very accomplished wife, Amina, they own and operate Journey Beyond Travel, one of Morocco’s most successful, sustainable tour companies.  Lucas’ expertise isn’t limited to Morocco though. He also wrote Moon Guide Book’s Grand European Journeys: 40 Unforgettable Trips by Road, Rail, Sea & More. In November 2024, Lucas is releasing the Moon Guide Book for Sevilla, Granada and...

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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 ticket to the Middle East. He’s since been to 58 countries and counting — and can’t wait to keep writing about his travel experiences.

On this episode of The One Way Ticket Show, Zach shares his one way ticket “up in the air”! 

Zach also highlights:

  • Maximizing travel awards with cards
  • Using tools like Google Flights for optimizing offers
  • That there’s no “one size fits all” on the best time to book travel, though there are general directions to consider
  • Why he never travels without an international power adapter (even domestically), writing instruments, and Apple air pods
  • Why you need to put an electronic tracking device even in your carry-on bags
  • Travel trends
  • What he’s looking forward to on the horizon in the industry . . . and more . . .