Joel Seidman is an Emmy-award-winning storyteller. His exclusive reports have been broadcast on NBC Nightly News, Today, and NBC News Now. Seidman has received 5 Emmy Awards, an Edward R Murrow Award, and 6 CINE Gold Eagles.
He has brought audiences on adventures across the globe, from rainforests in Central America to helicopter landings on warships in the Arctic, to close encounters with polar bears in far northern Canada, and much more. One of Seidman’s themes has been the Great Power Conflict: The rise of Russia and China’s military expansion on land at sea and now in space. He has covered the runup to the war in Ukraine and years of Russia demonstrating military prowess with next-generation nuclear submarines and ultra-sophisticated killer satellites.
Seidman has flown with F-22 Raptors in Alaska heading at supersonic speed to intercept Russian Bear Bombers and embarked on a U.S. Navy guided missile Destroyer performing sub-hunting. He exclusively interviewed the 4-star general whose sole mission is protecting the U.S. in outer space.
Seidman began his NBC News career in 1995 with a single pitch to DATELINE while freelancing from Moscow. NBC gambled that it was a great story -- and it was. “The Spy Who Loved Me” earned an Emmy nomination and launched his career at NBC News.
(Depending upon the circumstances, it is possible that another expert will join this cruise instead.)