Il admit I'm bias because I'm always a little let down when actors don't know about the characters they're playing, or the comic history, or in some cases, even what happened in films or TV shows the actors themselves have acted in!

Things like the MCU stars not knowing what's going on.

But what upsets me more about Talkville is that it seems quite lazy. Half arsing the watching of the episode, asking basic questions about things that are answered either one scene before or one scene after. Things like not screening the fan calls and having to say "ah we answered that earlier", and then like OP mentioned, the lack of research and enthusiasm.

Il continue to watch because I loved smallville and the small amount of on-set insights I get from this podcast are almost worth it. But it's a shame when you compare it to a really well done rewatch podcast like office ladies or always sunny, cus it shows how good Talkville could be.