Watergate, Epstine and a future without legacy media.

In this episode of Unsealed, Joel Chandler takes us from the shadowy corners of the Watergate scandal to the lurid undoing of Jeffrey Epstein—and shows us what they have in common: legacy media that once had the power, resources, and guts to challenge the government and win. Joel reflects on the sobering realization that the watchdog press is fading fast. As legacy institutions collapse, who’s left to keep government honest? And can citizen journalists, podcasters, and public records activists really fill the void?

Along the way, we dissect the critical role that investigative journalism played in open government victories, the terrifying consequences of media collapse, and why transparency advocates need to pick up the torch.