The third season of Ocean’s 18, the spin-off of ⚓️ TRANSATLANTIC at London International Awards, has set sail for the desert lands of Nevada and will be docking at Encore @ Wynn in Las Vegas, from 29th September through 7th October. Through The Seven Seas Interviews, Simone Nobili will cross the oceans of 18 LIA Jury Presidents, reaching unknown lands and uncovering hidden treasures of personal stories. Episodes will be video taped live in Las Vegas during LIA judging and will be streamed on the Transatlantic YouTube channel and the London International Awards channel, with releases throughout the year in the LIA Insider and the Transatlantic LinkedIn page. Grab a nautical map and come aboard the mothership—Vegas has never been so oceanic.
From the words of your host, Simone Nobili, “this year marks the third season of the Ocean Series at LIA – London International Awards in Vegas. The heist into the minds of the LIA Jury Presidents is a spin-off of Transatlantic, a video podcast with a lot of water in it— though, ironically, we’re in the middle of the desert. I’ve come to believe that if you look carefully, you’ll find holes all around Vegas where I’ve dropped the anchors of my questions. When LIA first asked me to bring Transatlantic to the event, I gave my “yes” through the words of Nicholas Pileggi, the writer of Casino. I’ve been a fan of LIA for years and have always felt that Vegas is the perfect location for such an award. In the circuit of award shows, LIA is truly the last standing festival solely dedicated to creativity. If it had a face, it would be that of Keith Richards—the last bulwark of rock. This is where I anchor my Transatlantic and gush out the blue rivers of The Seven Seas Interview, a format I created where each question is shaped by art, poetry, music, literature, and life. Because, in the end, there’s nothing more fascinating than a piece of the human soul in the middle of the desert. It’s everything in the middle of nothing.”
