Episode 8: Breathe and stay present on the floor, dingus.

**Breathe and stay present on the floor, dingus.** Hey! What’s the deal with airline food? Could this Duck à l'Orange be any less a’l'Orange? And how about those seats? I’m sorry, I didn’t realize my actual legs were considered my one personal item. And what about that guy with his shoes off eating a raw onion like an apple? Or the guy ONLY wearing shoes eating an apple like it’s string cheese.  This week on Dead ECHOS, our scam squad stays two steps ahead of their enemies, flying the unfriendly space skies to Eden-6. It’s cramped, hazardous, and everyone’s got a wasp in their coif. So unfurl with some subpar smut, erotic auto repair, and tantalizing true crime as our heroes join the mile high club (which on Pandora means beating someone with a buzzaxe at 30,000 feet.) **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.  —---------------------------------------- **CAST** **Joel Watson:** Watts, New Reporter, Gary, Walla **April Johnson:** Junie, Host 1, Walla **Amanda Schuckman:** Fancy, Customer Service Bot **Colleen Clinkenbeard:** Mother **Dante Silva:** Rakk Chowder Vendor, Walla **David Wald:** Shrimp Blimp CEO **Elisa Melendez:** Transport Announcer **J. Micheal Tatum:** Beefhole **Mark Stoddard:** Transport Passenger **Matt Fowler:** Host 2 **Matt Ward:** Pandora Customs Agent **Mike Cosner:** George, Finger Vendor **Randy Varnell:** Burrito Vendor, Walla **Ricky Campitelli:** Trinker Vendo, Wallar **Trin Garritano:** Drink Vendor **Corn on the Cob:** As Himself Producers: April Johnson and Joel Watson Lead Writers: April Johnson and Joel Watson  Writers: Anthony Burch Director: Joel Watson 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 \------------------------------------------- **FOLLOW GEARBOX** \-------------------------------------------- https://www.twitter.com/gearboxofficial https://www.facebook.com/gearboxofficial https://www.instagram.com/Gearbox https://www.twitch.tv/GearboxOfficial \-------------------------------------------- **FOLLOW BORDERLANDS** \-------------------------------------------- https://www.tiktok.com/@borderlands https://www.twitter.com/Borderlands https://www.threads.com/@borderlands https://bsky.app/profile/borderlands.2k.com https://www.facebook.com/borderlandsgame https://www.instagram.com/borderlands