95 episodes

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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Desi Geek Girls Swapna Krishna and Preeti Chhibber

    • TV & Film
    • 4.9 • 56 Ratings

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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    We're Back!

    We're Back!

    Swapna and Preeti return to the mic to talk about the future of Desi Geek Girls. TL;DR: We're sticking around, but not in quite the same way.
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    • 14 min
    Tears of the Kingdom, Stargazing, Gambit & Rogue, and more!

    Tears of the Kingdom, Stargazing, Gambit & Rogue, and more!

    Preeti and Swapna are back with a few updates on quite a few things! They dig into their Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom* experiences, Swapna's new book STARGAZING, and fun comics things with Love Unlimited: Gambit & Rogue Part One out on Marvel Unlimited now!
    *No actual spoilers for the Tears of the Kingdom discussion despite their assumption that there would be.

    Episode Links:
    Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 
    Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/
    Preorder Spider-Man’s Bad Connection for a signed copy: https://www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/signed-pre-order-spidermans-bad-connection-by-preeti-chhibber-sept-4th 
    Preorder STARGAZING: https://www.swapnakrishna.com/stargazing
    Register for the Atlanta launch of Spider-Man’s Bad Connection on 9/5: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spidermans-bad-connection-with-preeti-chhibber-tickets-687345879027?aff=oddtdtcreator 
    Swapna’s YouTube channel
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg


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    • 44 min
    Preparing for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with Heeral Chhibber

    Preparing for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom with Heeral Chhibber

    Preeti is joined by guest and Zelda aficionado Heeral Chhibber to detail all the information it might be good to know before getting into that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom play on May 12. Heeral takes us through what we should pull from Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild and how all the games (sort of) tie together. She also digs deep into Ganondorf lore and what we might see from the King in the new game.
    Episodic links:
    Heeral's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chhibblet/
    Heeral's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heeral_Chhibber
    Heeral's website: http://www.heeral.org

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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 5 - 6), Supernatural, Tears of the Kingdom, and more!

    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 5 - 6), Supernatural, Tears of the Kingdom, and more!

    Swapna and Preeti go through the thematic successes of Picard season 3, and dive into all things episodes 5 and 6 (including that legacy Next Generation character's appearance!. They also talk through the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay footage (sans spoilers), and gleefully get into some of Swapna's thoughts about season one of Supernatural. Plus: new Bollywood recommendation, some book stuff, and a brief aside for Disney Dreamlight Valley.
    Episode links:
    Tears of the Kingdom gameplay teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qna-ZCbxA
    Swapna's Youtube Star Trek playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdLbNHnsef2MVgS_EaNFTDgw7VDX-4Mri
    Suzume Trailer: https://youtu.be/IfKNOUUtyCA
    Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture
    https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/
    Swapna’s YouTube channel
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg


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    • 1 hr 21 min
    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 3 - 4), The Oscars, and more!

    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 3 - 4), The Oscars, and more!

    Swapna and Preeti work their way through episodes 3 and 4 of Star Trek: Picard season 3. They also squeal over those Oscar wins for Everything Everywhere All At Once, talk through the Axiom space suit reveal (?), and have feelings about the news of Star Trek: Discovery coming to an end.
    Potential spoilers if you know episode titles by episode number for Star Trek: Next Generation. The episodes to prep with for our Star Trek: Picard episodes 5 & 6 discussion are Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes 503 and 724.
    Episode links:
    Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 
    Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/
    Swapna’s Star Trek: Picard S3 primer: https://swapna.beehiiv.com/p/star-trek-picard-everything-need-know-season-3
    Magic Has No Borders pre-order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/magic-has-no-borders-samira-ahmedsona-charaipotrasabaa-tahirsayantani-dasguptatanaz-bhathenasangu-mandannaolivia-chadhanaila-azadtracey-baptistenaz-kutubnikita-gillswati-teerdhalashreya-ila-anasuyatahir-abrarpreeti-chhibber?variant=41014457008162
    Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture: https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/


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    • 1 hr 29 min
    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 1 - 2), The Mandalorian, Tears of the Kingdom, & more!

    Star Trek: Picard (Episodes 1 - 2), The Mandalorian, Tears of the Kingdom, & more!

    This week Swapna and Preeti dive into the first two episodes of Star Trek: Picard's final season. They also dig into that Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer and talk about the How to Train Your Dragon news.
    Episode Links:
    Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls 
    Swapna's WIRED column: https://www.wired.com/author/swapna-krishna/
    Swapna’s Star Trek: Picard S3 primer: https://swapna.beehiiv.com/p/star-trek-picard-everything-need-know-season-3
    Magic Has No Borders pre-order: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/magic-has-no-borders-samira-ahmedsona-charaipotrasabaa-tahirsayantani-dasguptatanaz-bhathenasangu-mandannaolivia-chadhanaila-azadtracey-baptistenaz-kutubnikita-gillswati-teerdhalashreya-ila-anasuyatahir-abrarpreeti-chhibber?variant=41014457008162
    Swapna’s Picard recaps at Vulture: https://nymag.com/author/swapna-krishna/


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    • 1 hr 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
56 Ratings

56 Ratings

guedri ,

Fantastic podcast

This is a great podcast where two friends can offer me a fresh new perspective on the stuff I love. This podcast is the antidote to toxic fandom. Thank you.

lydioms ,

Love Their Perspectives

New to the pod! Tuning in for their WandaVision coverage and thoroughly enjoying myself.

lorisparkles ,

Finally!

Someone I can pretend to talk to about Picard since none of my friends watched it! 😂 I'm really enjoying their enthusiastic and energetic discussions, even of material I'm not super familiar with. Desi Geek Girls is going on my Hugo nom ballot!

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