Will to Joy: Nietzsche for Life
Episodes
Occult Nietzsche - my recent guest spot
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"I sit down with Ken from the Right Where You Are Sitting Now podcast for a deep exploration of Friedrich Nietzsche’s inf...
Nietzsche at Christmas — A Will to Joy Special
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Joy, peace on earth, and good will to all men: Christmas is supposed to be a Christian festival. But what might it mean af...
29. Afterword: Nietzsche, Sex, Power.
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"In this special wrap-up episode, I take you back through the journey of The Will to Joy’s first season—what we explore...
28. Will to Power - Nietzsche’s theory of everything and what it means for you. Season finale, Part 3
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Welcome to the third and final part of the Will to Joy Season Finale. This episode is going to be the most momentous. We ...
27. Will to Power - Nietzsche’s theory of everything and what it means for you. Season finale, Part 2
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Dionysus wants to make you stronger, more evil, more profound – and more beautiful. In this second part of the season f...
26. Will to Power - Nietzsche’s theory of everything and what it means for you. Season finale, Part 1
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Free will is the sacred cow of our modern civilisation. Everyone believes they have it but no one can justify this belief....
25. On his master's business - Nietzsche, masters, and slaves
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"As Nietzsche writes, "he who cannot obey himself, will be commanded". The ability to obey oneself - to have an i...
24. An Economy of Bodies: Nietzsche, Sex, and Beauty.
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Special Episode: An Economy of Bodies – Nietzsche, Sex, Beauty, and the Will to PowerThis week’s episode is something ...
23. Wrestling with the Spirit of Gravity
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Recorded on the rugged trails of the Lake District, with a stupidly heavy pack, sore knees, and a wild Nietzschean esprit!...
22. Can your suffering be sanctified?
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"This week on the Will to Joy podcast – Can suffering be more than something to endure? Nietzsche thought so. In a world...
21. On self-overcoming part II
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"We continue our discussion of Nietzschean self-overcoming and explore a range of techniques for changing behaviour that sc...
20. On self-overcoming
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Why Won’t You Do What You Want You to Do?You know what you want. You want to be fitter, healthier, stronger, more focuse...
19. Body is destiny
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show""The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reaches up into the topmost summit of his spirit." Beyond Good a...
18. Is the examined life worth living? Nietzsche and the curse of consciousness
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Socrates claimed the unexamined life isn’t worth living—but Nietzsche wasn’t so sure. What if our acute self-awarene...
17. The long war against the body
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"What if history’s greatest heresy wasn’t the rejection of God—but the rejection of the body?In today’s show, we fo...
16. Nietzsche’s proof you have no soul - and why that's a good thing
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"What if your precious soul was just superstition? What if your thoughts, feelings, and identity weren’t the whispers of...
15. EXTRA: Announcement of podcast name change
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Join me for an important announcement about the future of the show. Your thoughts on this news most welcome using the &quo...
14. Against the Despisers of the Body - Nietzsche's dismantling of "The Soul"
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"You have been taught to despise your body—to believe that your true worth lies in some hidden soul, while your flesh is ...
13. EXTRA: Technique for establishing positive habits
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"In this bonus episode, I share with you a proven, evidence-based technique for embedding positive behaviours in your life:...
12. My attempted 100 mile hike
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Something different this week. Join me as I re-attempt a 100 mile hike along the South Down's Way in Southern England...
11. Nietzsche's Will to Power and a new Hierarchy of Needs
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we plunge deeper into Nietzsche’s concept of will to power as the underlying pr...
10. Nietzsche's Will to Power in nature
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"What is power? Is it dominance over others, or something deeper—an intrinsic force woven into the very fabric of life it...
9. Nietzsche's Will to Power unpacked
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power itself. What is happiness? The feeling that po...
8. Wanting and getting
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Why do we always yearn for more? Why does happiness seem forever out of reach? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we...
7. The anatomy of desire
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"What do we really want when we say we want happiness? In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we continue our deep dive i...
6. Nietzsche the storm cloud
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"There are few western philosophers that have had such an impact on our contemporary culture as Friedrich Nietzsche. Why, t...
5. What everyone really wants
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Life itself forces us to posit values—this is Nietzsche’s insight, and it’s inescapable. Every desire, every choice,...
4. Your wake up call
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"“He who cannot obey himself will be commanded.” In this episode of Becoming Übermensch, we share two practical exerci...
3. Nietzsche's glad tidings
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"What is happiness, and how is it achieved? In this episode, we begin our exploration of Nietzsche’s provocative ideas o...
2. Rate your life
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"Are you living a 10 out of 10 life? Or does that question strike you as crass, reductive, even absurd? And yet—indulge m...
1. Series preview for Will to Joy
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Message the show"The Will to Joy podcast (formerly Becoming Übermensch) invites you on an extraordinary journey of personal growth and tra...