
Asmodean
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Search complete. 23 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Asmodean".
Oct 18, 2026
Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture with Matthew Warner Osborn (U Chicago Press, 2026)
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12:16Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That novel, La Diabla Boiteau, was immediately translated into English and it was enormously influential.
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12:24Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So into the 19th and 20th centuries, you see examples of Asmodean fiction.
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12:30Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So what the Nighthawk takes from that tradition what we would recognize today as kind of literary devices, right? So the reason he can fly is because he is a human being who can exercise the diabolical powers of Asmodeus.
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12:49Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Of course, the powers of flight also serve as a literary device that enables him to expose the evil and depravity of the wealthy and powerful.
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13:08Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
The power of invisibility evokes Asmodeus' power to lift off the roofs of houses.
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13:15Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That's the most distinctive power that Asmodeus has in addition to flying, and it's a very significant power.
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13:24Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So in the beginning of these Asmodean novels, they always fly to the top of a church rooftop, and then the demon, to expose all the faults of mankind, lifts the roof off of houses, and then they describe the goings-on in private
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13:39speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
underneath.
Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture with Matthew Warner Osborn (U Chicago Press, 2026)
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14:42Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That novel, La Diabla Boiteau, was immediately translated into English, and it was enormously influential.
M
14:50Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So into the 19th and 20th centuries, you see examples of Asmodean fiction.
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14:57Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So what the Nighthawk takes from that tradition are what we would recognize today as kind of literary devices, right? So the reason he can fly is because he is a human being who can exercise the diabolical powers of Asmodeus.
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15:15Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Of course, the powers of flight also serve as a literary device that enables him to expose the evil and depravity of the wealthy and powerful.
M
15:33Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
The power of invisibility evokes Asmodeus' power to lift off the roofs of houses.
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15:41Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That's the most distinctive power that Asmodeus has in addition to flying, and it's a very significant power.
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15:50Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So in the beginning of these Asmodean novels, they always fly to the top of a church rooftop, and then the demon, to expose all the faults of mankind, lifts the roof off of houses, and then they describe the goings-on in private underneath.
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16:06Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
This was, for Logan, for the author, what he realized was that those kinds of superpowers would do really well in advocating for the socialist workers' party that he was the spokesperson for.
Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture with Matthew Warner Osborn (U Chicago Press, 2026)
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13:46Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Um, that novel, La Diable Boiteux, was immediately translated into English, and it was enormously influential.
M
13:55Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Um, so into the 19th and 20th centuries, you see examples of Asmodean fiction.
M
14:01Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So what The Nighthawk takes from that tradition are what we would recognize today as kind of literary devices, right? Um, so the reason he can fly is because he is a human being who can exercise the diabolical powers of Asmodeus.
M
14:19Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Of course, the powers of flight also serve as a literary device that enables him to expose the evil and depravity of the wealthy and powerful.
M
14:38Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
The power of invisibility evokes, um, Asmodeus' power to lift off the roofs of houses.
M
14:46Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That's the most distinctive power that Asmodeus has, um, in addition to flying, and it's a very significant power.
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14:54Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So in the beginning of these Asmodean novels, they always fly to the top of a church rooftop, and then the demon, to expose all the faults of mankind, lifts the roofs off of houses, and then they describe the goings-on, um, in private underneath.
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15:11Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
This was, uh, um, for Logan, what, for the author, what he realized was that those kinds of superpowers would, um, do really well in advocating for, um, the, um, the Socialist Workers Party that he was, uh, the spokesperson for.
Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture with Matthew Warner Osborn (U Chicago Press, 2026)
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14:35Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Um, that novel, La Diable Boiteux, was immediately translated into English, and it was enormously influential.
M
14:44Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Um, so into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, you see examples of Asmodean fiction.
M
14:50Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So what The Nighthawk takes from that tradition are what we would recognize today as kind of literary devices, right? Um, so the reason he can fly is because he is a human being who can exercise the diabolical powers of Asmodeus.
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15:08Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
Of course, the powers of flight also serve as a literary device that enables him to expose the evil and depravity of the wealthy and powerful.
M
15:27Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
The power of invisibility evokes, um, Asmodeus' power to lift off the roofs of houses.
M
15:35Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
That's the most distinctive power that Asmodeus has, um, in addition to flying, and it's a very significant power.
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15:43Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
So in the beginning of these Asmodean novels, they always fly to the top of a church rooftop, and then the demon, to expose all the faults of mankind, lifts the roof off of houses, and then they describe the goings-on, um, in private underneath.
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16:00Matthew Warner OsbornGUEST
This was, uh, um, for Logan, what, for the author, what he realized was that those kinds of superpowers would, um, do really well in advocating for, um, the, um, the Socialist Workers Party that he was, uh, the spokesperson for.
The Rightful Hair | The Fires of Heaven, Chapters 20-24
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23:08MikeHOST
do you got?
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23:10JamesPANELIST
So before I get into my notes, because I didn't think about this, him setting the wards is for Dark Prince coming into the bubble, not Dark Prince within the bubble, right? Because if it was for Dark Prince within the bubble as well, then it should have got off right away because of Qadir and company and Asmodean and...
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23:29IsaiahPANELIST
I'm pretty sure it was specified in the chapter because like...
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23:33IsaiahPANELIST
if it was for like Dark Friends even in the bubble like that would kind of draw and like even he mentioned like if you know I mean I like how he says in the chapter like if we are actually hidden to any degree from Dark Friends I don't want to draw any you know what I mean so
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30:55IsaiahPANELIST
And, uh, usually I'm right on, you know, most of them.
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30:57IsaiahPANELIST
Especially because you can, you know, really gain clues and stuff from, you know, what the character's doing and, you know, the choices they've been making.
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31:04IsaiahPANELIST
But so far, I don't, I can't really read Asmodean.
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31:07IsaiahPANELIST
I don't know exactly if he is going to turn.