# Episode 1: Don’t try to be funny, Watts.

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Podcast: [Borderlands: DeadECHOs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/borderlands-deadechos-7794995)
Published: 2026-07-20T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gearbox-entertainment6/episodes/Episode-1-Dont-try-to-be-funny--Watts-e3m1m3k
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Don’t try to be funny, Watts. In the crazy, cruel badlands of Pandora, two loners will forge a connection based on easy money, tenuous trust, and a love for sticking it to assholes. But what happens when their silly scams start to uncover a full-tilt corporate coup involving cyborg assassins? Dead ECHOs dives headlong into the lethal lunacy of the Borderlands! Borderlands: Dead ECHOs is Gearbox’s first scripted narrative podcast — a darkly comedic drama set in the chaotic Borderlands universe. —---------------------------------------- CAST Watts, Crisp, Walla: Joel Watson Junie, Walla: April Johnson DAHL Management Bot: Alexa Ray Corriea Customer Service Bot, Fancy, Lady Bandit: Amanda Shuckman DAHL Announcement, Mother: Colleen Clinkenbeard Clerk, Walla: Dante Silva Wainwright Jakobs: David Wald Sir Hammerlock, Beefhole: J. Micheal Tatum Claptrap: Jim Foronda Dennis, Seven, Walla: Joel McDonald Vivian Proctor: Lydia Mackay Bandit Bum, Bar Patron 1: Mike Cosner Bar Patron 2, Walla: Randy Varnell Lead Writer, Producer: April Johnson, Joel Watson Writer: Jamie Marchi Director: Joel Watson Audio Design: Ben Governale Additional Narrative Support: Alexa Ray Corriea, Lin Joyce, Sam Winkler, Taylor Clark, and Matt Fowler Special thanks to: Stephen Hoff, Katie Heacock, Andy Reiner, Andrew Cheney, Gearbox Casting ------------------------------------------- FOLLOW GEARBOX -------------------------------------------- https://www.twitter.com/gearboxofficial https://www.threads.com/@gearbox https://www.facebook.com/gearboxofficial https://bsky.app/profile/gearboxofficial.bsky.social https://www.instagram.com/Gearbox https://www.twitch.tv/GearboxOfficial -------------------------------------------- FOLLOW BORDERLANDS -------------------------------------------- https://www.tiktok.c…

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