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BDSM Re-Imagined
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Every episode, in order.

The full run of BDSM Reimagined - roughly one hundred episodes across five seasons, from April 2021 to November 2025. Episode summaries are drawn from the show's original notes and public episode descriptions.

Season 1 - 2021

Eight episodes plus a trailer. The introduction to the show and to a beginner-friendly framing of D/s.

  • S1.0
    Season 1 Trailer
    A short introduction to what the show is, who Indy and Michael are, and why a psychologist and a practitioner decided to start talking publicly about kink.
  • S1.1
    Greetings and Salutations
    The hosts introduce themselves and the show's ethos: kink as something to be examined rather than performed. A grounding episode for anyone new to the topic.
    Beginner Introductions
  • S1.2
    How Symbols Make BDSM
    On collars, kneeling, chosen titles - the small physical and verbal symbols that turn a kink scene into a dynamic. Why these symbols matter so much, and what happens when they stop working.
    Rituals Symbols
  • S1.3
    Why I Need to Be a Footstool
    A candid look at service submission - what it feels like from the inside, why the simplest rituals can feel the most charged, and how partners read service across the gap between them.
    Submission Service
  • S1.4
    Let's Get Ready to Ramble
    The first of a recurring "rambles" format: a less structured conversation following whatever Indy and Michael have been chewing on between episodes.
  • S1.5
    Trainers, Chavs and Peacocks... Oh My!
    On signalling - the way clothes, gear, and visual archetypes get used in kink to telegraph what someone is into before a single word is spoken.
    Aesthetics
  • S1.6
    The Attraction Between Doms and Subs
    What actually pulls dominant and submissive partners toward each other beyond the surface roles. Includes a discussion of complementary insecurities and the mirror image quality of a good dynamic.
    Dynamics Attraction
  • S1.7
    Let's Get Ready to Ramble (Again)
    A second rambling check-in. Listener questions and follow-up on the symbols and service episodes earlier in the season.
  • S1.8
    Can I Ever Go Back to Being Vanilla? Part 1
    A two-part finale wrestling with the question many kinky people quietly carry: once you have crossed this line, can you ever uncross it - and would you want to?
    Identity

Season 2 - August 2021

A more ambitious season asking why we do this in the first place. Eight episodes plus listener-fantasy bonuses.

  • S2.0
    Season 2 Trailer
    A reset for new listeners and a preview of the harder questions Season 2 takes on.
  • S2.1
    Why Do I Feel So Addicted?
    When kink starts to feel compulsive rather than chosen. The hosts unpack the difference between intensity and dependency, and the warning signs Indy watches for as a clinician.
    Mental health
  • S2.2
    Archetypes in BDSM
    The recurring character types people fall into and out of - the Daddy, the brat, the protector, the bratty submissive. How archetypes can be a useful shortcut and where they start to box people in.
    Roles
  • S2.3
    We Need to Talk About Religion
    Why so many practitioners come from religious backgrounds and what kink seems to satisfy that religion once did - ritual, hierarchy, surrender, devotion.
    Identity
  • S2.4
    Let's Get Ready to Ramble
    A mid-season check-in. Listener questions and a follow-up on the religion episode.
  • S2.B1
    Meet the Listeners: Thomas
    A bonus interview with a listener named Thomas, including a discussion of his fantasy and how he came to recognise it as something to bring into a partnered dynamic.
    Listener feature
  • S2.5
    Why Do We Submit?
    A long-form attempt at the question. Indy brings the psychology, Michael brings the lived experience, and they end up somewhere neither of them expected.
    Submission
  • S2.B2
    Meet the Listeners: Lad
    A second listener interview, including Lad's fantasy and how he framed the negotiation around it with his partner.
    Listener feature
  • S2.6
    Why Do We Dominate?
    The companion question. Often a harder one to ask honestly. Michael is candid about the parts of dominance that are about him before they are about anyone else.
    Dominance
  • S2.7
    Let's Get Ready to Ramble (Again)
    A second rambling check-in toward the end of the season.
  • S2.8
    Can I Ever Go Back to Being Vanilla? Part 2
    The follow-up to the Season 1 finale, recorded a season later. A different answer than the one they offered the first time.
    Identity

Seasons 3 and 4 - 2022 to 2024

A long, exploratory middle stretch. The "Meeting Michael" arc, listener flavours, and an increasingly personal look at how dynamics weather years rather than months.

  • S3.x
    What Flavour Do You Like, Vanilla, Or...?
    An audit of the many flavours of kink the show has touched on, and how partners with different flavours actually share a dynamic.
    Flavours
  • 14
    Meeting Michael: I asked Phil for help!
    June 2024. The "Meeting Michael" arc begins - a more personal, narrative format following Michael through specific encounters and reflections rather than topic-by-topic.
    Meeting Michael
  • 15
    Meeting Michael: I'm Angry and a Little Scared
    September 2024. Michael in the middle of a difficult experience, recorded close to the moment.
    Meeting Michael
  • 16
    Meeting Michael: I Knew This Would Happen (Episode 15 update)
    September 2024. A short update on the previous episode and the unfolding situation.
    Meeting Michael
  • 17
    Meeting Michael: Why We Submit (from Fight Club to Findom)
    September 2024. A return to the Season 2 question, this time threaded through Michael's recent experiences and the long shadow of the films and ideas that shape how men picture surrender.
    Submission
  • 18
    Meeting Michael: Things I Have Learned Over the Past Few Years (Pt. 1)
    November 2024. A reflective episode taking stock of what the show has taught its hosts about themselves.
    Reflection
  • 19
    Meeting Michael: Things I Have Learned (Pt. 2: As a Dom)
    November 2024. The dominant counterpart to the previous episode. Michael on what years of holding the dominant role have actually changed about him.
    Dominance Reflection
  • 20
    Meeting Michael: Goodbye Sex Work and Hello Season 5!
    July 2025. The transition episode into the final season. Michael steps away from sex work and reframes what the show is going to be about going forward.
    Transition

Season 5 - 2025

The closing season. Findom, scams, personas as obstacles, and the November 2025 farewell episode.

  • S5.0
    Season 5 Trailer
    July 14, 2025. The setup for the final season.
  • S5.1
    And so Season 5 Begins
    July 21, 2025. A reset on what the show is about and where the hosts are now.
  • S5.2
    What Happens When a Session Works... and When It Doesn't
    July 28, 2025. The mechanics of a scene that lands and a scene that misses, and what the difference actually is from the inside.
    Practice
  • S5.3
    I Was Scammed
    August 4, 2025. A candid story about being scammed and what it surfaced about needs the show had not yet named.
  • S5.4
    I Was Scammed... Again
    August 11, 2025. The follow-up.
  • S5.5
    Should I Become a Findom?
    August 18, 2025. Indy considers a long-term submissive's financial-control proposal; Michael discusses where the line is between escorting and findom.
    Findom
  • S5.6
    Let's Talk More About Findom
    September 1, 2025. A second pass on findom as a kink and an identity, and the moral weight that comes with charging for any of this.
    Findom
  • S5.7
    Why Do I Worship Straight Men?
    September 15, 2025. Michael traces an attraction back to adolescent attachment injuries; Indy on dating frustrations and small-world coincidences.
    Attraction
  • S5.8
    Findom... A Reality Sets In
    September 29, 2025. The reckoning: Indy on the moral conflict that built up around findom, Michael on the difference between escorting and findom in practice.
    Findom
  • S5.9
    Why Does Homophobic Language Turn Me On? Part 1
    October 13, 2025. A two-parter on a charged kink most shows would not touch. Michael on using slurs to establish hierarchy; Indy on the psychological motivations underneath.
    Edge play
  • S5.10
    Why Does Homophobic Language Turn Me On? Part 2
    October 27, 2025. The follow-up. Michael on how power dynamics address past trauma; Indy on recognising hierarchical elements in her own dominance.
    Edge play
  • S5.11
    Michael Deletes Everything
    November 10, 2025. Michael deletes the social media account he had used for sex work, framing the dominant persona as something that had become an obstacle to authentic relationships.
    Personas
  • S5.12
    It's Time to Say Goodbye :)
    November 24, 2025. The final episode. Both hosts reflect on the end of the show and on a shared shift away from defined kink labels toward what they call "co-created" intimacy. Read the farewell summary ->
    Farewell
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