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Desi Geek Girls

Swapna Krishna and Preeti Chhibber

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Join Tawny Newsome (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Paul F. Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Comedy Bang Bang) in a wide-ranging and often hilarious take on the Star Trek universe. With unparalleled access to Star Trek luminaries, celebrity superfans, and behind-the-scenes creative professionals, The Pod Directive takes a smart, witty and thoughtful look at all things Trek – both old and new. Offering a high-level discussion of the themes, ideas and characters that resonate across the history of the f ...
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Episode 133 features Jonathan Roth, he’s a drummer, writer, and a professional with more hats than titles, and his job description is basically a to do list, but he’s here to talk about being creatively fulfilled, writing, balance, playing music, listening to music, public radio and much much more. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode jona…
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Episode 132 features Dave Hulagaard the person behind Twelve Days in June. We discuss his almost two decades hiatus from music, and how he's not only back, he hit the ground running. All that plus learning guitar, hitting publish, returning to things you once loved, and much much more. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode Twelve Days in Ju…
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Episode 131 features the return of my friend and Master to my Padawan in all things Star Trek, Edward O’Hare. He’s back again to discuss my continuing journey this time through all things Star Trek: The Next Generation… Throughout the conversation, we discuss: Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Generations Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek:…
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Episode 130 features Theo Smith, who you may have heard on streaming music services as King Triumph. We discuss his first album Everything is Fine, his music origin and hiatus from music, as well as, what got him back into it, how things have changed for him, what’s next, and so much more… Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode KingTriumph.c…
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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. Desi Geek Girls Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls Swapna's space newsletter: https://www.adastraspace.com/ Swapna’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/…
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Episode 129 features Beth Tabler, editor of both the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and also Before We Go Blog, Beth is much more than just an editor. She’s a writer, no matter how much she protests, she is in fact a writer, she’s also a master gardener, list completionist, and so much more… Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode Befo…
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Episode 128 features Joel Duggan, a podcaster, twitch streamer, animator, cartoonist, and content creator who wears more hats than that! We discuss explaining what you do, commercials, influences, getting started, learning from others, passion, the desire to share, go behind the scenes on his podcasts and processes, and much more… Mentioned and Hel…
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Episode 127 features Swapna Krishna, a prolific science communicator who's written for Engadget and Wired, and recently just started her own YouTube channel. We discuss arriving at that channel, being interested in just some of NASA's history, going back to the Moon, the Tour de France, and much more… Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode S…
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Episode 126 features the return of Rebecca Seidel who’s back because since her last appearance she launched a podcast and ran her first marathon! We discuss those two milestones, plus running, editing audio, reading more, finding balance, taking time to decompress and much much more … Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode Abridged.xyz Rebec…
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Episode 125 features Movie Minute Rob! He's a movie blogger and podcaster, host of a minute-by-minute podcast, and he has returned! He's back to continue his story of emigration and then we talk about movies, blogging, podcasting, and the impact that what we put into the world can have on the world and us. We also touch on some spirituality, learni…
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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: Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls Swapna's space newsletter:…
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Episode 124 features Movie Minute Rob! He's a movie blogger and podcaster, host of a minute-by-minute podcast, who also happens to be from New Jersey but lives in Israel. How did that transpire? What are the differences and similarities between both of our first experiences in the Holy Land, what happens when a place stops being a noun and starts b…
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Episode 123 features Danno Sullivan a comedian, podcaster, musician, and long-lost Marx Brother. He’s here to discuss the Ukulele, being a comedy show off, Vaudeville, being communicators and so much more… … Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode playitdailyukulele.com funnypodcast.co AgentPalmer.com Tweets @AgentPalmer @ThePalmerFiles Other…
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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 Desi Geek Girls patreon: http://www.patreon.com/desigeekgirls Swapna's space newsletter: https://www.adastraspace.com/ Swapn…
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Episode 122 features Kelly, Jimmy, Travis, Chris, Tony, Zapata, and my Dad. Discussing the past, the future, anxiety, technology, passion, friendships, and a few favorites from the "One Final Question" after-credits of The Palmer Files podcast. During the episode we cover: Where are you in five years? How to deal with creative anxiety? Removing a t…
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Episode 121 features Amber Naslund, an entrepreneur, marketer, salesperson, writer, leader, and too many more things there isn’t enough time to mention! We discuss careers and trajectories, confidence and risk, fear and opportunity, setbacks and balance, and so much more. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode Amber on LinkedIn Amber on Inst…
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In Episode 36, we conclude our conversation with Garrett Wang. For seven seasons, he starred as Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. In Part 3 of our interview, Garrett talks about the nuances of cross-cultural casting; negotiating the relative Asian-ness of Harry Kim (how "Asian" is playing the clarinet?); his very first on-camera acting role a…
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Episode 120 features James Gaddis, a former journalist, currently a digital marketer of many hats, who's channeling his nostalgia and passion for storytelling on YouTube. We talk about crafting a story, being on both sides of the camera, digital marketing and change, comfort zones, snap judgments, we attempt to replace primary with firstiary and mu…
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In Episode 35, we welcome back actor Garrett Wang. For seven seasons, he starred as Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager -- which, at present time, makes him the Asian with the most screen time across the entire Star Trek franchise. In Part 2 of our interview, Garrett talks about some of the early struggles in his acting career -- including paren…
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Episode 119 features Jess Eskra, a lawyer who's in the game to help people. We talk about lawyer myths, posture, legislation, Jury duty, law school, debate, education, and much much more. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode AgentPalmer.com Tweets @AgentPalmer @ThePalmerFiles Other Links Finding Future Pirate Treasure in the pages of Debat…
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Garrett Wang is best known for starring as Ensign Harry Kim for seven seasons on Star Trek: Voyager. A fan-favorite regular on the convention circuit, he currently co-hosts the popular podcast The Delta Flyers, which recaps Voyager and now Deep Space Nine. In Part 1 or our interview, Garrett talks about the epic, arduous audition process that earne…
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Episode 118 features Katherine Silva, who is a published author, an editor-in-chief of a small press, who writes horror but with a mix of grief and existentialism, as opposed to just slash’em and bash’em. We talk about writing, getting into horror, living in Maine, process, online communities, Anthony Bourdain, the DIY nature of indies, being worka…
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Episode 117 features Nick Schiner (aka Obi-Wan Nickobi) an educator, a maker, and a gamer, as well as a family man, who just happens to be this guy I met on the internet who turned out to be cool. We talk about meeting in a chat room, and how that’s not as bad as it sounds, online communities, reading, being the family IT guy, and much much more… M…
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Episode 116 features Bill Childs, host of the radio show Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, who is here to discuss the importance and longevity of radio, audio, music, and so much more. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode spare the rock, spoil the child AgentPalmer.com Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child on Facebook Bill Childs on BlueSky Bill …
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Episode 115 features Stefanie Muniz, formerly of The Gotham Lights and The Orville Lights podcasts, and much much more. She’s about to answer 50 questions. Mentioned and Helpful Links from This Episode Agent Palmer Answers 50 Questions FromBraintoKeyboard.com AgentPalmer.com Tweets @AgentPalmer @BadWolfBay87 @ThePalmerFiles Other Links Barker’s Bra…
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Episode 114 features Miguel Bolivar a marching band director who is here because I have some things I want to say. From my blanket apology to start the conversation to discussing all of the bands and the role, it has in forming better habits and music in general to the importance of arts education in high school and much much more... Throughout the…
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Episode 113 features good friend Jason Zapata and both of our younger selves. We listen to an old conversation which you will also hear with us and then we reconvene on the mics to talk about music, friendship, and a whole lot more… Throughout the conversation, we discuss: A conversation from the past Age comes for us all Listening to our younger s…
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Episode 112 features Essa Hansen for the third time, who’s returning on the other side of the publication of her Graven trilogy. We discuss taking a break, process, reception and promotion, what has been learned, burnout and much much more... Throughout the conversation, we discuss: Finishing a book trilogy as a writer Taking a break Burnout Succes…
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