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Episode 6: Connect everything, Natalie!

August 24, 2026 · 28 min

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Connect everything, Natalie!

(This episode released at new time)


This week on Dead ECHOS, it’s time to connect the mother-flippin’ dots. It’s a big excavation, digging deeper into just what the heck’s going on around here, with the DAHL and the Vivian Proctor and the cyborgs and the whatnot. So adorn your favorite conspiracy chapeau, be it made of tin foil or other mind-shielding material and prepare your very own BIG BOARD.

Wait. Is someone at the door?

Borderlands: Dead ECHOs is Gearbox’s first scripted narrative podcast — a darkly comedic drama set in the chaotic Borderlands universe.

It follows Watts, a disenchanted DAHL Echo Operator, who supplements his meager pay by sifting through undeliverable ECHO Logs, and selling the secrets inside to the highest bidder. When Junie, a curious stranger with big ideas and a secretive past, gets him out of a jam, the two strike up an unlikely partnership. As Junie injects a daring Robin Hood twist into Watts’ amateur criminal enterprise, their ECHO-brokering operation draws attention from ruthless mercenaries, violent outlaws, and DAHL’s deadly corporate hit squad lead by power hungry rogue executive, Vivian Proctor.

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CAST

Joel Watson: Watts, Boomer Dugnut, Walla

April Johnson: Junie, Darla Archipelago, Walla

Amanda Schuckman: Fancy, Customer Service Bot

Dante Silva: Sleve Mixon

David Wald: Amadeus

J. Micheal Tatum: Beefhole

Jim Foronda: Carl Dandleton

Joel McDonald: Dennis, Sticky

Lydia MacKay: Vivian Proctor

Matt Ward: Bar Patron

Randy Varnell: Bar Patron

Ricky Campitelli: Reception

Corn on the Cob: As Himself

Rodney: As Himself

Producers: April Johnson and Joel Watson

Lead Writers: April Johnson and Joel Watson

Director: Joel Watson

Audio Design: KlugeFon

Additional Narrative Support: Alexa Ray Corriea, Lin Joyce, and Matt Fowler

Special thanks: Andrew Cheney, Andy Reiner, Austin Conway, Katie Heacock, Stephen Hoff Gearbox Casting

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