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Superman fandom with history, jokes, and shelf space.
The House of El follows Superman, Smallville, and the wider DC screen universe with a fan’s memory and a collector’s eye. Episodes move from cast conversations and convention stories to casting games, Batman detours, comic milestones, and affectionate arguments about what the DCU should become.
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The House of El is a Superman-first fandom show with a deep Smallville spine and a wide DC reach. It is built for listeners who enjoy hearing people remember, compare, speculate, and occasionally lose the thread in exactly the way fans do when the subject matters to them. Derek is the steady presence across these conversations, guiding guests through old stories, new trailers, collectibles, and the strange emotional math of a franchise that has followed people for decades. The Smallville material gives the show its strongest pull. A conversation with Erica Durance circles the casting process, the missing audition tape, Tom’s chemistry test, and what it meant for Lois Lane to enter the series in season four. That kind of detail is typical. The show likes the specific object, the half-remembered moment, the convention encounter, the unopened book, the action figure that may or may not deserve shelf space. It also keeps up with the current DCU. Episodes take on Supergirl, Lanterns, Man of Tomorrow, Brainiac, Maxima, The Brave and the Bold, The Batman Part II, and the long shadow of The Flash. The tone is rarely formal. Conversations with Luke Buck, Professor Michael Bailey, Justin, Jinx, Steve Glossman, and Jason Spencer feel like fan roundtables where jokes and digressions are part of the texture. Still, the show has real memory behind it. The Death of Superman is treated not as trivia but as a milestone with personal weight, collector excitement, and enough lore to fill a full hour without strain. Batman debates can turn from Batgirl’s shelving to Michael Keaton’s Batmobile in a few breaths. Toy talk can become a miniature argument about display, nostalgia, and taste. The House of El works because it lets fandom stay messy, funny, sentimental, and informed all at once.
Made for: For Superman, Smallville, and DCU fans who already know the names, eras, and arguments, and want conversation that treats that knowledge as the starting point. It also fits collectors and convention-watchers who enjoy the personal side of franchise memory.
What sets it apart: The show blends cast-adjacent Smallville reflection, comics-history affection, current DCU speculation, and collector talk in the same relaxed rhythm. It feels less like a recap product and more like an ongoing fan archive with room for jokes, detours, and strong opinions.
The longest-running Superman and Smallville podcast since 2005, now celebrating DC Comics in TV and Film for over two decades.Dive into the legacy of The Man of Steel with reviews, interviews, news, history and analysis, shared with a mix of insight, humor and nostalgia. Your Fortress for Fandom for more than 20 years!
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed recaps and informed franchise conversation connect Superman's screen history to the casting, continuity and studio choices surrounding it.
Derek turns Superman fandom into an ongoing conversation between close TV recap, franchise lore and the decisions shaping DC screen projects. Discussions move easily between a scene in Superman and Lois, Smallville continuity and arguments over Batman films, with returning…
This is the Fortress where a Kent family party gets the same scrutiny as DC's boardroom choices.
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A lively Batman debate linking Keaton, Pattinson, The Flash, and The Brave and the Bold.
Batman talk turns into a lively fan-to-fan debate about franchise choices, director blame, and what each Gotham leaves behind. The House of L conversation brings in Justin from Epic Film Guys and the Burton Batcave to weigh whether Superman and Pattinson's Batman were ever…
A festive Lexmas rewatch that catches Smallville's continuity oddities in a crowded Christmas party and Jonathan's sincere praise for Lex.
Smallville's "Lexmas" gets a Christmas Eve rewatch tuned to the episode's uneasy relationship with continuity. The House of L lingers on the Kent Christmas party, from the unidentified guests to the recurring question of who these people are, then follows the two versions of the…
A warm Superman-adjacent conversation about birthday Guinness, moviegoing etiquette, and the pleasure of a phone-free theater.
Derek welcomes Luke Bug for a warm, easygoing single-episode conversation that begins with a birthday week of treats, meals out, and plenty of Guinness, then settles into the deeper pleasure of getting lost in stories.
A Smallville-era reunion gives this Superman and Lois recap warmth, continuity, and a note of AI unease.
This Superman and Lois TV Talk works best as a reunion as much as a recap. Derek and Tucker settle back into their Smallville rhythm while working through "Closer" and "Uncontrollable Forces," from Mayor George Dean's odd party appearance to the childhood-photo montage, Clark…
Comic-shop chaos with continuity receipts.
Serling fandom, argued with care.
Comic-book arguments with smoke-trail energy.
Host Derek and guest Luke 'Geek of Steel' discuss Luke's birthday gift, a custom book of LA Times headlines on DC history.
Derek and Tucker review the first two episodes of Superman & Lois season three, 'Closer' and 'Uncontrollable Forces'.
Derek and Craig Byrne discuss the Smallville Season 3 finale 'Covenant' and the upcoming 25th anniversary celebrations.
Erica Durance discusses the inception, evolution, and legacy of her role as Lois Lane in Smallville, including her audition process and chemistry test with Tom Welling.
Luke Bug and Derek discuss DC Universe topics including Lanterns, Supergirl, and a preview of 'The Book of Rao' club.
Derek Russell and Luke Buck cast actors for their own Superman films, comparing choices for Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, and the Kents and Els.
Derek, Steve Gloss, Jason Spencer, Frank Ramblin, Robin Birds, and Tim discuss Superman toys, childhood memories, and the Masters of the Universe trailer on The House of El.
Derek interviews Superman historian Michael Bailey about The Death of Superman, its milestone anniversaries, and Bailey's personal discovery of the 1992 newspaper announcement.
Justin argues that Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti are being judged for finished films, not the scripts and direction they actually brought to Warner Bros.
Derek and Luke discuss Superman-related topics including Brainiac, Maxima, and the Man of Tomorrow, with a side tangent about He-Man.
Derek and Jenks discuss the upcoming DCU projects including Supergirl, Lanterns, and Superman: Man of Tomorrow, sharing their experiences at events like the Superman premiere and Salute to Smallville.
Derek and Craig Byrne discuss the Smallville Season 3 finale 'Covenant' and the show's upcoming 25th anniversary.
The House of El marks the 20th anniversary of Smallville's "Lexmas," the Season 5 Christmas episode that aired December 8, 2005 and is the series' 97th episode.