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**Desi Geek Girls**

Swapna Krishna and Preeti Chhibber, two Indian lady nerds, talk geek pop culture, with some Bollywood thrown in for good measure. Find us on Patreon or follow us on Twitter @desigeekgirls.

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Latest Episodes:

Episode 18: The Force Awakens Dec 05, 2017

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Preeti and Swapna are joined by author Sabaa Tahir to talk about The Force Awakens!

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Episode 17 Nov 21, 2017

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This week, Swapna and Preeti discuss the Desi Geek Girls holiday card, Life Day, Swapna's love for Star Trek: Discovery, the new season of True Detective, the A Wrinkle in Time trailer, Hasan Minhaj's comedy special Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok.

Hasan Minhaj's Homecoming: 22:49 Thor: Ragnarok (spoiler-y): 34:24–55:00

Star Wars Holiday Special articles:

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/42-thoughts-i-had-while-watching-the-star-wars-holiday-special

http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/ranking-the-songs-in-the-star-wars-holiday-special

A Wrinkle in Time trailer:

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/20/a-wrinkle-in-time-trailer-released-today/

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Episode 16: Return of the Jedi Oct 27, 2017

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In this episode, we discuss all things Star Wars: Return of the Jedi!

Finally, you all get to see the Han/Luke deleted scene that Preeti has been talking about for months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVcsxqX9PrA (The sound quality is terrible, but it doesn't matter. YOU'LL KNOW THE SCENE.)

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Episode 15 Oct 13, 2017

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In this episode, we talk about New York Comic Con, the Bollywood movie Padmavati, the new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the first three episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, Kresley Cole's The Immortals After Dark series, and Breath of the Wild.

Timestamps:

The Last Jedi discussion: 14:36–42:25 Star Trek: Discovery discussion: 46:54–1:13:00

Links:

Preeti interviews Jacob Batalon from Spider-Man: Homecoming: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/watch-spider-man-homecomings-jacob-batalon-on-neds-bloopers-and-being-included-in-the-canon Padmavati trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_5_BLt76c0 The Last Jedi trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CbN8sfihY Watching Star Trek: Discovery as a woman of color: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-trek-discovery-centers-its-female-characters

We're part of the Hard NoC podcast network!

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Episode 14: The Empire Strikes Back Sep 25, 2017

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Preeti and Swapna delve into Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back!

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Episode 13 Sep 21, 2017

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This week, we talk about fall TV (Star Trek: Discovery), the Emmy Awards, Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray, the importance of cartoons that appeal to adults, such as BoJack Horseman, SYTYCD, and Ko-Hi-Noor by Anita Anand and William Dalrymple.

Leia: Princess of Alderaan spoiler discussion: 24:52 to 43:37.

We're thrilled to be a part of the Hard NOC Media family of podcasts: https://thenerdsofcolor.org/podcasts/

Check out Granger Leadership Academy from the Harry Potter Alliance: http://grangerleadershipacademy.com/

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Episode 12: Rogue One and A New Hope Sep 04, 2017

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Keith Chow from Nerds of Color joins us to talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Episode IV: A New Hope in this extra-long episode!

Check out the new Southern Fried Asian podcast from Nerds of Color here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/southern-fried-asian/id1273406858?mt=2

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Episode 11 Aug 12, 2017

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On the latest episode of Desi Geek Girls, we talk about Riz Ahmed in the Venom movie, Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler's Dawn for television, our first look at Deadpool 2, the leaked Avengers: Infinity War trailer, Teen Wolf and Midnight, Texas, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Rick and Morty.

We also discuss the Granger Leadership Academy and American Born Desi Comics.

Avengers (semi-spoilery if you don't watch trailers): 20:00 - 23:00

Granger Leadership Academy: http://grangerleadershipacademy.com/

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Episode 10: Revenge of the Sith Jul 26, 2017

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Swapna and Preeti talk Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the trash Jedi Order, and Obi-Wan's hair in this special episode.

Show Notes:

Slow Movement from "Romeo and Juliet": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WTm3tBXscY

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Episode 9 Jul 18, 2017

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We discuss the Doctor Who casting, D23 news (A Wrinkle in Time trailer, Aladdin casting, the Star Wars featurette, and Star Wars Land!), Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fullmetal Alchemist (Episodes 1-3, 5-7), Monsoon Wedding, The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana, and things we love!

Timestamps:

Star Wars featurette: 16:50 Aladdin casting: 24:00 Spider-Man Homecoming: 27:00 Fullmetal Alchemist: 1:05 South Asian shoutouts: 1:26

Star Wars featurette: https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/15/15975794/star-wars-the-last-jedi-behind-the-scenes-featurette

A Wrinkle in Time trailer: http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-trailer-for-ava-duvernays-a-wrinkle-in-time-i-1796948924

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