Desi Geek Girls

Swapna and Preeti talk their way through all their Final Fantasy VII: Remake feelings, they also get very excited about Lovebirds on Netflix, plus that Pirates of the Caribbean news! **Note: The audio quality in this episode is not the best (Swapna's fault!) We'll make sure to fix it going forward, but you may need to turn up the volume for this episode -- we apologize! Spoilers for FF7R: 17:00 Li...

Swapna and Preeti break down that final arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and their love for all things Ahsoka Tano. Spoilers start at the 17 minute mark. They also discuss the Final Fantasy VII remake, just exactly WHO Preeti is writing in the Clone Wars anthology, Stories of Light and Dark, and their current obsessions, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Assassin's Creed: Origins. A Jedi You Will Be...

This episode, Preeti and Swapna discuss James Whitbrook's io9 piece: "Our Fascination with Canon is Killing the Way We Value Stories" They also dig deep into Ahsoka's tenure on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and her appearance in season 7. And of course, they discuss the last half and finale of Star Trek: Picard. (Also Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Always Animal Crossing.) Timestamp for The Clone Wars...

In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7, and episodes 4 - 6 of Star Trek: Picard. We also talk about that Octavia Butler news, Witcher 3, Gorillaz, and Alex Garland's new show Devs. Timestamp for The Clone Wars discussion: 2:00 - 16:15 Timestamp for Star Trek: Picard: 16:40 - 45:00 Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/desigeekgirls...

In this episode of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss episodes 2 and 3 of Star Trek: Picard, our favorite arcs of Star Wars: The Clone Wars in advance of the final season, #JusticeforHan, the DevaCurl scandal, the new season of Miracle Workers, Don't Read the Comments by Eric Smith, Boy Meets World and Horizon Zero Dawn.  Timestamp for end of Clone Wars/beginning of Star Trek: Picard discussion: 30:30 Su...

Actress and funny girl Sarayu Blue joins Preeti to talk all about P.S. I Still Love You, the sequel to Netflix's smash hit To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Plus, Sarayu talks about being a South Asian woman in entertainment and what she hopes to see for the community moving forward! You can follow Sarayu on twitter here, @SarayuBlue . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 41 of Desi Geek Girls, we discuss our new logo and Patreon rewards (swag! pins! stickers!), Preeti's new Star Wars children's book  A Jedi You Will Be , the casting of Amazon's new Middle Earth show, the Kumail Nanjiani-Issa Rae movie  The Lovebirds (April 3), the latest trailer for  Star Wars: The Clone Wars , and the first episode of  Star Trek: Picard . Desi Geek Girls Patreon: https...

Swapna and Preeti discuss the final two episodes of The Mandalorian, season 1. Spoilers throughout! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preeti and Swapna talk all things STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER!! We start with a general non-spoilery reaction to the movie. Spoilers start at 6:20. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Swapna and Preeti discuss episodes 4, 5, and 6 of The Mandalorian. Additionally, they discuss Star Trek Discovery shorts, Looking for Leia, and Jedi: Fallen Order. This entire episode is spoilers for Episodes 4, 5, and 6 of The Mandalorian, so please do not listen if you haven't watched those episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

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=fs0b2...

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:/...

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 Ma...

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 W...

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:  http...

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...

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...

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/...

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 Sig...

In this episode, Swapna and Preeti talk about Brooklyn 99, The Good Place, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ms. Marvel, and more. Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place: 15:14 Solo (no spoilers): 37:20 Solo (spoilers): 40:50   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sendhil Ramamurthy joins hosts Swapna Krishna and Preeti Chhibber to talk about his role on the new show Reverie , being one of the first South Asian actors we loved, and the thing he loves as much as Desi Geek Girls loves Star Wars. Catch the first episode of Reverie on NBC on May 30, 10 PM ET/9 PM CT. Description of  Reverie (from NBC): From Mickey Fisher, the creator of “Extant,” this grounded...

In this episode, Swapna and Preeti talk about Avengers: Infinity War, Star Wars: Resistance, Hank Azaria's response to the Apu documentary, the Crazy Rich Asians trailer, unisex miniskirts on Star Trek, and more. Timestamps:  Star Wars: Resistance (16min15sec) Infinity War (with spoilers) (26min38sec) Infinity War discussion finishes at 1hour34min20sec Star Trek miniskirts: https://www.dailydot.co...

Swapna and Preeti talk about all 37 hours of the extended edition of  The Two Towers (okay, just kidding, but it is a LONG movie with much Ent.)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Preeti & Swapna as they talk about Star Wars Rebels, a Wrinkle in Time, the new Infinity War Trailer, and all these amazing desi creatives getting and doing good work. Spoilers for Star Wars Rebels start at 18min30sec. Link for what Clone Wars episodes to watch: https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsrebels/wiki/tcwrecommended Swapna's Space Tinyletter, Give me Space: https://tinyletter.com/givemes...