Firestorm
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Aug 26, 2026
Glenn GritznerHOST
So when Jacob first started popping up on TV, it was easy to think, "Oh, Steve's son is making a name for himself." But now, with two books, a new show on MS now, regular appearances on the Today Show and NBC Nightly News, and years of reporting from the field, Jacob has very much become his own thing.
Glenn GritznerHOST
In fact, for a younger generation, the reaction might be, "Wait, Jacob Soboroff's dad ran for mayor?" Part of what brought him to the podcast was his latest book, Firestorm, about the Palisades and Eaton fires, weaving his own experience with stories from the people who lived through it, along with a clear-eyed look at what actually happened during those days in January 2025.
Glenn GritznerHOST
His team sent it over, and I'll admit, I started it as homework, but pretty quickly it stopped being research and just became the book I couldn't put down.
Glenn GritznerHOST
And then, one more nudge from the universe, we recorded this episode at the restaurant Betsy in Altadena.
Tyler WellsGUEST
Thank you for having me.
Glenn GritznerHOST
Appreciate you making the time.
Glenn GritznerHOST
As our loyal listeners know, we like to do these interviews even though we're audio only for now, uh, somewhere meaningful for the podcast, and Jacob has written a book called Firestorm, which we'll talk a little bit about.
Glenn GritznerHOST
And so it was only appropriate that we try to do this interview somewhere relevant to that.
Samantha WrightHOST
Everything as far away as Idaho Falls is instantly vaporized.
Samantha WrightHOST
Firestorms from the blast and debris raining down obliterate entire cities like Boise.
Samantha WrightHOST
Anyone who survived the blast would quickly starve to death as ash, dust, and sulfur would block out the sun and kill all the plants.
Samantha WrightHOST
More than 70% of all species on Earth would die.
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Aquaman and Superman, Animal Man and Plastic Man, Firestorm and Nuclear Man, Batman and Hawk Man, 2D Man and Hour Man.
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Who are all these people, man? They're all part of the DC.
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Who's who? Ultra Boy and Mr.
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ShagHOST
And it was pretty dog-eared.
ShagHOST
It had been sitting there.
ShagHOST
It was just like the well-shelf-worn copy, right? And I was familiar with the Barry Allen Flash because I'd already bought a bunch of back issues of the Flash that featured Firestorm, right? So I buy 350 and I read it, and I probably couldn't make head or tail of it, I'm sure, because it's confusing as hell with all the 30th century nonsense.
ShagHOST
But apparently I loved it.
Chris CabinHOST
That one.
Chris CabinHOST
Or Firestorm's Howie Long, excuse me.
Eric SzyszkaHOST
Oh, right.
Chris CabinHOST
Mm-hmm.
Eric SzyszkaHOST
...
Eric SzyszkaHOST
this dude sort of chimes in.
Eric SzyszkaHOST
Yes, but then when Firestorm came out, "Penalty, penalty on the play, Firestorm sucks."
Chris CabinHOST
[laughs]
Jason InmanHOST
But then the 12 White Rings resurrect a bunch of Black Lanterns.
Jason InmanHOST
They resurrect Maxwell Lord, Professor Zoom, Jade, who is Kyle's old girlfriend, Hawk from Hawk and Dove, Captain Boomerang, Firestorm, the Ronnie Raymond version, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Deadman, and Osiris, who is, like, sort of the stepson of, um, Teth-Adam, Black, uh, Black Adam.
Jason InmanHOST
Um, and they're all back from the life.
Jason InmanHOST
And Nekron is then destroyed by all of these white rings.
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Jason InmanHOST
Al Pratt died in Zero Hour.
Jason InmanHOST
Then Infinite Crisis, we see the death of Sue Dibny.
Jason InmanHOST
We see the death of Firestorm.
Jason InmanHOST
We see the death of Maxwell Lord.
Joe RiderHOST
Yeah.
Cory StrodeHOST
I still remember when Firestorm became a fire elemental.
Cory StrodeHOST
It's like, oh, come on.
Joe RiderHOST
Yeah.
PeterHOST
We are here to talk about the books we read this week.
PeterHOST
Coming up on today's show, we have Absolute Batman 23, Supergirl 16, Action Comics 1101, Barbara Gordon Breakout Issue 3, Green Lantern Corps Issue 18, Batman and Robin Year One Dynamic Duels Issue 1, The Fury of Firestorm Issue 4, Clayface Celebrity Dart Issue 2, and The Nice House by the Sea Issue 11.
PeterHOST
So that is what's coming up on today's show.
PeterHOST
So yeah, we'll get into things.
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PeterHOST
People who are buying that anyway don't care that Supergirl's part one.
PeterHOST
They just went and bought Action Comics again.
PeterHOST
Number five is Fury of Firestorm.
PeterHOST
Oh, okay.
Sassy ScottGUEST
Wow.
Sassy ScottGUEST
And then the next day they had firestorms.
Jiaoying SummersHOST
Firestorms.
Sassy ScottGUEST
Severe, like, like houses lost in the community.
Sassy ScottGUEST
Firestorms.
Sassy ScottGUEST
Oh, yes.
Sassy ScottGUEST
Snowstorms.
Rob KellyHOST
is seven august members of the fire and water podcast network the irredeemable shag hi shag
ShagGUEST
hey how you doing rob thanks for having me on the show um for folks for you at home we're wondering that introduction you just heard jerry conway yes the voice of jerry conway the man who gave us so many comics that are so beloved and we we just lost him not too long ago but that audio was recorded back in 2014 special for the fire and water podcast Jerry came on our show, episode 100, back when Rob and I used to talk about Aquaman and Firestorm every week.
ShagGUEST
And for episode 100, Jerry recorded that intro.
ShagGUEST
And it's sort of kind of special because celebrating, that was a big celebration.
ShagGUEST
And Rob, we're kind of celebrating again because this episode, it's TreasuryCast, which, by the way, I thought this podcast was over.
ShagGUEST
Anyway, this is sort of celebrating our 15th anniversary.
ShagGUEST
The Aquaman and Firestorm, the Fire and Water podcast, started way back in the fall of 2011.
ShagGUEST
And here we are, 15 years later, almost to the, not quite to the day, but pretty darn close, getting together again to talk about a comic that has both Aquaman and Firestorm.