Desi Geek Girls Swapna Krishna and Preeti Chhibber

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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