Desi Geek Girls

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Episode 8: Attack of the Clones Jun 29, 2017

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Thea James joins us to talk about Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, with a little Han Solo movie drama to start out.

Ron Howard is the new director of the Han Solo movie: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-new-ron-howard-han-solo-star-wars-1498231827-htmlstory.html

Obi-Wan/Anakin edited video: http://runwithskizzers.tumblr.com/post/155931144504/whitmans-kiss-lukebaewalker-ashesfromfrost

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Episode 7 Jun 08, 2017

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In this episode, we talk about news (Indian astronaut! Brown Girls on HBO! When Dimple Met Rishi is an NYT bestseller!), Preeti's Antiques Roadshow experience, Wonder Woman (spoilers start at 51 minutes, though you may want to skip the entire discussion), and Jupiter Ascending (spoilers throughout, discussion starts at 58 minutes).

Brown Girls on HBO: https://www.themarysue.com/hbo-developing-brown-girls/

Wonder Woman:

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/culture/arts-entertainment/film-review-eugene-brave-rock-speaks-blackfoot-wonder-woman-dcs-best-film-ever/

http://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/movies/how-a-first-nations-first-world-war-hero-from-alberta-helped-eugene-brave-rock-find-his-character-in-blockbuster-wonder-woman

https://medium.com/@SonofBaldwin/my-soul-looks-back-and-wonders-a-critical-examination-of-the-wonder-woman-movie-10ba3bfd71f0

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Episode 6: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace May 23, 2017

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Swapna and Preeti are joined by guest host Devindra Hardawar to discuss Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in this special episode of Desi Geek Girls.

Seagulls (Stop It Now) - Bad Lip Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E

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Episode 5 May 10, 2017

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In this episode, Preeti and Swapna talk about Tom Holland and Spider-Man Homecoming, the Bollywood movie Queen, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes “Measure of a Man,” “Sins of the Father,” and “A Fistful of Datas,” as well as the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. We end with discussion of some books by South Asian authors we’re enjoying and talk about Swapna’s strange obsession that no one understands. (GotG vol2 spoilers end at 1:06:30)

Table of Contents-ish

Spider-Man Homecoming: 1 min 50 sec

Bollywood Recommendation: 13 min 10 sec

Star Trek: The Next Generation Discussion: 16 min 18 sec

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 discussion starts at minute 50 and ends at 1 hour, 6 minutes, and 30 seconds.

Upcoming DGG episodes: 1 hour 07 min

Stuff We Like: 1 hour 11 min

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Episode 4: Star Wars Celebration and The Last Jedi Trailer Apr 19, 2017

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Swapna and Preeti talk their trip to Star Wars Celebration and break down the trailer that dropped last Friday for The Last Jedi. (And yes, there's a partial audio recording of us meeting Mark Hamill.)

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Episode 3 Mar 30, 2017

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In this episode, we talk about the Valerian, Justice League, and Spider-Man: Homecoming trailers, Mass Effect Andromeda, the Star Wars Rebels finale and Twin Suns episode, Star Wars celebration, Stargate Atlantis, and Skam.

If you want to skip our very brief spoiler-y discussion of the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer, we stop talking about it at 23:35. And if you want to skip the Star Wars Rebels discussion, that's over at 50:00.

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Episode 2 Mar 11, 2017

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In this episode, we talk about Jason Isaacs as a Star Trek captain, various movie trailers, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Luke's first words in The Last Jedi, Breath of the Wild and Final Fantasy XV, Swapna's 15 seconds of Internet fame, courtesy of Shah Rukh Khan, and Indian and South Asians doing cool things.

If you want to skip our very brief spoiler-y discussion of The Vampire Diaries finale, it's safe to listen at 52:45.

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Episode 1 Feb 20, 2017

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Swapna and Preeti talk Star Wars Episode VIII, Star Wars Rebels, and Marvel events (along with that Philip Pullman news and some Bollywood) in their first episode of Desi Geek Girls.

If you want to skip our spoiler-y Star Wars Rebels discussion, that ends at around the 35:00 minute mark.

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