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Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Episodes 2 and 3 Nov 25, 2019

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Swapna and Preeti discuss the second and third episodes of The Mandalorian. Additionally, they discuss The Dragon Prince, Queen of Nothing by Holly Black, For Small Creatures Such as We by Sasha Sagan, and Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order.

This entire episode is spoilers for Episodes 2 and 3 of The Mandalorian, so please do not listen if you haven't watched those episodes.

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The Mandalorian and His Dark Materials, plus Maclunkey! Nov 13, 2019

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In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss Disney+, Sonic the Hedgehog, and the first episodes of The Mandalorian and His Dark Materials.

Spoiler tags:

16min 50seconds - 33min50 sec: The Mandalorian spoilers

33min 50 seconds starts the His Dark Materials conversation

37min - 46min10sec: His Dark Materials spoilers

Links:

The new Sonic the Hedgehog trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs0b2tOyA9o

Maclunkey: https://twitter.com/ericfell/status/1194180485129199619

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Trailer Breakdown, Star Trek: Picard, and more Oct 24, 2019

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In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, the new Wheel of Time show, Kushiel's Dart, Six of Crows, Star Wars x Le Creuset, Marvel's The Avengers video game, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars: Resistance, and we break down the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer scene by scene.

Links:

Freddie Prinze, Jr.'s Star Wars rant: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B3aUrNoFE5S/ A cockpit fulla hotties: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/chosen-one-of-the-day-a-cockpit-fulla-hotties-in-the-rise-of-skywalker

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San Diego Comic Con, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Veronica Mars Aug 08, 2019

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In this episode we talk all about what's going on with our book deals: Anthologies!

Peter & Ned's Ultimate Travel Journal!

Stone Sword Table!

Interviewing the cast of Spider-Man: Far From Home!

Article on Asian YA rom-coms!

We talk about the news out of SDCC, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, and Abhishek Singh's latest book Namaha.

Spoiler alerts:

Spider-Man: Far From Home: 31:00 - 44:00 Veronica Mars, Season 4: 46:00 - 58:50

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Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones Apr 29, 2019

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In this episode, we discuss Avengers: Endgame and talk a bit about the Battle of Winterfell on Game of Thrones. Additionally, we discuss Legends of Tomorrow and K-dramas Romance is a Bonus Book and Strong Girl Bong-soon.

Spoiler alert:

Avengers Endgame: 5:05 to 53:11 Game of Thrones (The Battle of Winterfell): 53:11 to 57:40

Links:

Captain America's Avengers: Endgame arc is what we needed

Black Widow deserved better from Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame—Is Thor’s New Look More Than Just a Joke?

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Had a Fat Joke Problem

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Captain Marvel, A Discovery of Witches, Spider-Verse, and more! Apr 18, 2019

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We are back (again)! This week we poke our way through the Disney+ News, talk through our many, many Captain Marvel and Spider-Verse feels, and of course, stan a female-gaze-heavy show called A Discovery of Witches.

Plus some Schitt's Creek, We Bare Bears, and a teeny, tiny bit about The Magicians.

Spoiler alert for Chuck Wendig's Aftermath trilogy: 46:32 to 48:23

What Palpatine Left Behind: https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-palpatine-left-behind-1834054363

The best/worst Lando joke: https://twitter.com/trojanchick99/status/1116797088560373761

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Episode 31: Spider-Man, Merlin, and Star Trek Jan 20, 2019

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We're back!!! In this episode, we discuss the Marvel trailers -- Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers Endgame, and Captain Marvel -- Into the Spider-Verse, Star Wars: Resistance, the live action Cassian Andor series, Star Trek: Discovery and new Star Trek series, Patriot Act from Hasan Minhaj, Miracle Workers, the BBC show Merlin, Steven Universe, and New Girl.

Merlin Spoilers: 51Min - 1H3Min30sec

Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DYYtuKyMtY8

Avengers: Endgame trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA6hldpSTF8

Captain Marvel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHxvxdRnYc

Miracle Workers trailer: https://twitter.com/miracletbs/status/1075503183949115392

Women of Marvel podcast: https://www.marvel.com/podcasts/12/women_of_marvel

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls

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Episode 30: Star Wars Resistance, Stardust, Spider-Man! Oct 01, 2018

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In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss NYCC, the Captain Marvel and Dark Phoenix trailers, Looking for Leia, I Feel Bad starring Sarayu Blue, a non-spoilery discussion of the Star Wars: Resistance first two episodes airing 10/7, Stardust, the Spider-Man PS4 game, and Veronica Mars.

Timestamps:

Star Wars: Resistance: 24min30sec - 38min35sec Stardust: 38min35sec - 57min42sec Spider-Man plot spoilers: 1hour1min - 1hour3min47sec

NYCC: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/Sessions/66024/South-Asian-Voices-Culture-Craft-Comics

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/syfy-wire-fangrrls-presents-strong-female-characters-live-from-nycc

Captain Marvel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1BCujX3pw8

Fan-made Captain America trailer: https://twitter.com/voordeel_ts/status/1044968785025929216

Dark Phoenix trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWbMckU3AOQ

Looking for Leia Mark Hamill video: https://vimeo.com/291772576

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Episode 29: Asian Rep FTW! Star Wars! Star Trek! SO MUCH! Aug 29, 2018

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Star Wars Resistance is just around the corner, Captain Picard is getting his own Star Trek show, and Asian representation is finally getting some notice on the big and small screen!

Links:

Star Wars Clone Wars episode recs: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/07/the-essential-clone-wars-episodes-every-star-wars-fan-should-watch/

EK Johnston and the Women of Star Wars: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/ek-johnston-and-the-women-of-star-wars

This is the Perfect Time for a Captain Picard Show: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/this-is-the-perfect-time-for-a-captain-picard-show

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Episode 28: Books and Movies and TV (Oh, my!) Jul 05, 2018

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In this smorgasboard of an episode, we talk about the things that have been amusing us over the past month.

Topics include: personal news, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra's memoir, SDCC, Star Trek: Discovery, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Ocean's 8, Megan Whalen Turner, The Hate U Give, Starless by Jacqueline Carey, The Witch Elm by Tana French, The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan, The Lost Queen by Signe Pike, Caught in Time by Julie McElwain, A Discovery of Witches, SpaceX, Jane the Virgin, Rogue & Gambit, Champions, the World Cup, the Tour de France, Jurassic World: Evolution, and Bose sleepbuds.

Order A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thousand-beginnings-and-endings-ellen-oh/1126562946?ean=9780062671158

Garba at Lincoln Center: https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/1014301966724452352 and https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/1014291030651408384

Swapna interviews Preeti at FANGRRLS: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/author-preeti-chhibber-on-representation-and-how-she-stays-positive-in-todays-world

A Discovery of Witches trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qMoVTAwGk

The Hate U Give trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MM8OkVT0hw

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Hbz2jLxvQ

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