Swapna and Preeti go through the thematic successes of Picard season 3, and dive into all things episodes 5 and 6 (including that legacy Next Generation character's appearance!. They also talk through the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay footage (sans spoilers), and gleefully get into some of Swapna's thoughts about season one of Supernatural. Plus: new Bollywood recommendation, some book stuff, and a brief aside for Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Episode links:

Tears of the Kingdom gameplay teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qna-ZCbxA

Swapna's Youtube Star Trek playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2MVgS_EaNFTDgw7VDX-4Mri

Suzume Trailer: https://youtu.be/IfKNOUUtyCA

Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture

https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Swapna’s YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg

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Swapna and Preeti work their way through episodes 3 and 4 of Star Trek: Picard season 3. They also squeal over those Oscar wins for Everything Everywhere All At Once, talk through the Axiom space suit reveal (?), and have feelings about the news of Star Trek: Discovery coming to an end.

Potential spoilers if you know episode titles by episode number for Star Trek: Next Generation. The episodes to prep with for our Star Trek: Picard episodes 5 & 6 discussion are Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes 503 and 724.

Episode links:

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Swapna’s Star Trek: Picard S3 primer: https://swapna.beehiiv.com/p/star-trek-picard-everything-need-know-season-3

Magic Has No Borders pre-order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/magic-has-no-borders-samira-ahmedsona-charaipotrasabaa-tahirsayantani-dasguptatanaz-bhathenasangu-mandannaolivia-chadhanaila-azadtracey-baptistenaz-kutubnikita-gillswati-teerdhalashreya-ila-anasuyatahir-abrarpreeti-chhibber?variant=41014457008162

Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture: https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/

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This week Swapna and Preeti dive into the first two episodes of Star Trek: Picard's final season. They also dig into that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer and talk about the How to Train Your Dragon news.

Episode Links:

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Swapna’s Star Trek: Picard S3 primer: https://swapna.beehiiv.com/p/star-trek-picard-everything-need-know-season-3

Magic Has No Borders pre-order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/magic-has-no-borders-samira-ahmedsona-charaipotrasabaa-tahirsayantani-dasguptatanaz-bhathenasangu-mandannaolivia-chadhanaila-azadtracey-baptistenaz-kutubnikita-gillswati-teerdhalashreya-ila-anasuyatahir-abrarpreeti-chhibber?variant=41014457008162

Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture: https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/

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This week Swapna and Preeti dive into some Star Trek episodes to prep for this month's premiere of Star Trek: Picard. They also chat through some of that DC news, go through the 2023 video game slate, including Jedi: Survivor, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Final Fantasy, and more.

Star Trek Episodes discussed:

Next Generation:

“Elementary, Dear Data”

“Ship in a Bottle”

“Brothers”

“Attached”

Deep Space 9:

“Tacking into the Wind”** hugely spoilery for DS9 so don’t watch if you’re planning on watching that show for the first time 

Episode Links:

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma: https://www.littleshopofstories.com/book/9781368051699 

Swapna’s Star Trek: Picard S3 primer: https://swapna.beehiiv.com/p/star-trek-picard-everything-need-know-season-3

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This week, Swapna and Preeti break down season one of The Rings of Power -- Hot!Sauron weighing heavily on their minds -- dig into some NYCC news (Star Trek, The Wheel of Time), and talk about their experiences with Gotham Knights!

Episode Links:

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Far Out playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2O1S5QOafGHkWVWD5i858sB

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Creators, writers, actors, and all around desi geek icons Jasmine Bhullar & Sandeep Parikh stop by the podcast to talk all about DesiQuest. DesiQuest is a high-quality actual play Dungeons & Dragons show featuring an all South Asian cast,

Support DesiQuest on Kickstarter

Sandeep Parikh is a multidisciplinary entertainer and filmmaker. As an actor he’s appeared in popular shows like The Guild, New Girl, Californication and Community. He’s also writer and director of several digital series including the award winning interactive comedy That Moment When, Comedy Central’s The Legend of Neil, and most recently, the interactive comedy Wizard School Dropout. He wrote on and voice acted on Glitch Techs for Netflix/Nickelodeon. He’s founder and Chief Creative Officer of diversity-focused comedy house EffinFunny. @SandeepParikh @EffinFunny

Jasmine Bhullar is an actress, internet personality and content creator. She is the mind behind Geek & Sundry’s Vampire: The Masquerade Starter Kit, DnDBeyond’s Battle 4 Beyond and Dimension 20's Coffin Run. Jasmine has helped bring to life monsters, maidens, and rogues like Reva for Critical Role, Betty for World of Darkness’s Seattle By Night, and Beryl from Relics & Rarities on Geek & Sundry. She is currently writing and developing for Critical Role as well as Into the Motherlands. @ThatBronzeGirl

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This week Swapna and Preeti talk through news they're most excited about from Star Trek Day and D23, plus they want to see Danny Pudi's movie RUNNING -- shout out to the Chicago South Asian Film Festival! Then, they talk through the first few episodes of She-Hulk before diving into Tolkien with their indepth discussion of the first three episodes of The Rings of Power. (Spoiler alert: they're into it.)

Episodic links: 

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma: https://www.littleshopofstories.com/book/9781368051699 

Avenger’s Assembly: X-Change Students 101: https://bookshop.org/books/x-change-students-101-marvel-avengers-assembly-3/9781338767612 

Far Out playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2O1S5QOafGHkWVWD5i858sB

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This week Swapna and Preeti go through the many, many highs (and very minor nitpicks) of Disney+'s Ms. Marvel series. Plus, they dig into the Andor trailer, highlight Thirsty Suitors, and more!

Episode links:

Islam inspires Ms. Marvel’s show and comics in different ways: https://www.polygon.com/23271779/ms-marvel-islam-context

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma: https://www.littleshopofstories.com/book/9781368051699 

Preorder Avenger’s Assembly: X-Change Students 101: https://bookshop.org/books/x-change-students-101-marvel-avengers-assembly-3/9781338767612 

Far Out playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2O1S5QOafGHkWVWD5i858sB

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This week Swapna and Preeti talk about Preeti's book, SPIDER-MAN'S SOCIAL DILEMMA. Then they dive into all that SDCC 2022 news, including: The Dragon Prince season 4, Shazam: Fury of the Gods!, Star Trek, Wakanda Forever, and more!

Episode links:

SPIDER-MAN'S SOCIAL DILEMMA EVENTS:

Print Bookstore, Thursday 7/28: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WvrWLUdkQomGSwgNJuXz3w

Loyalty Bookstores, Saturday 7/30: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/dilemma

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma: https://www.littleshopofstories.com/book/9781368051699 

Preorder Avenger’s Assembly: X-Change Students 101: https://bookshop.org/books/x-change-students-101-marvel-avengers-assembly-3/9781338767612 

Swapna’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@swapna_krishna 

Far Out playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2O1S5QOafGHkWVWD5i858sB

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Preeti interviews YA Author Sona Charaipotra all about her latest release, HOW MAYA GOT FIERCE. They talk about all the important things: publishing, writing, representation, and of course, FOOD.

About the HOW MAYA GOT FIERCE:

How Maya Got Fierce (Fiewel & Friends/Macmillan) follows 17-year-old California farm girl Maya, who should be at Cow Camp but instead accidentally scores her dream job at Fierce magazine. Only problem? They think she's 25—and her parents would kill her if they found out.

About Sona Charaipotra:

Sona Charaipotra is the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce, and co-author of Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series. She earned her Masters in screenwriting from NYU and an MFA in creative writing from the New School. A working journalist, Sona has held editorial roles at People, TeenPeople, ABCNews.com, MSN, the Barnes & Noble Teen Blog (RIP), and, most recently, Parents.com, where she is senior editor of Trends and Features. She contributed to publications from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She is a former We Need Diverse Books board member, and co-founded CAKE Literary, a boutique book packager. Find her on the web talking about books, Bollywood movies, and chai.

Follow Sona on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok.

Episode links:

Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 

Preorder Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma: https://www.littleshopofstories.com/book/9781368051699 

Swapna’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@swapna_krishna 

Far Out, Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXh0DTP998w

Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/

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