This month, Swapna and Preeti dig into the complete series of The Acolyte, discussing its strengths and weaknesses as a narrative set within the massive Star Wars universe.

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Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564/payal-mehtas-romance-revenge-plot-by-preeti-chhibber/ 

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This month Preeti and Swapna discuss the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acoylte through the lens of narrative pacing. They also talk through some of that LEGO Zero Dawn Horizon news and Star Trek: Discovery, Prodigy, and Starfleet Academy!

Episodic links:

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Preorder Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564/payal-mehtas-romance-revenge-plot-by-preeti-chhibber/

Swapna’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg

Pick up X-Men: Blood Hunt: Jubilee #1: https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/114290/x-men_blood_hunt_-_jubilee_1_bh_2024_1

Star Trek LA Times article: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-30/alex-kurtzman-star-trek-discovery-finale-starfleet-academy

Gavia’s article: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-tv-shows/the-acolyte-cop-show-in-disguise-opinion-star-wars-jedi/

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Preeti and Swapna dive into what exactly does make a successful adaptation through the lens of Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians tv series.

Episode links:

Star Trek Variety article

Rick Riordan's letters to the studio

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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