Alix Fox explores the enormous range of kinks out there. We hear about the predilections of people from around the world, including one very kinky couple, and consider cases of kinkiness from the distant past.

Alix visits a dungeon and hears about some particularly extreme examples of kink, leading her to ask why we do this to ourselves. For answers, we explore kinky motivations from the middle ages, and hear from top psychologists and scientists...Alix even takes part in a kinky experiment herself.

Having found that kink is common, and there are many reasons for it, Alix asks why it is we tend to feel ashamed of our more unusual desires. We join a man who, in the wake of personal tragedy, is finding solace in his sexuality, hear about the surprising attitudes of the Victorians, and find out how we came to view sex the way we do today.

Alix explores what happens when kink gets political. We delve into the history of America's gay leather men, and find out why our political and sexual leanings might be more closely related than we'd think.

With archive on creative commons attribution 4.0 public license from NYU’s Fales Library, originally recorded by Andy Humm for Gay USA TV.

Alix poses the difficult question of whether sexual tastes built around inequality can be compatible with feminism. We hear views from a variety of kinky women (and some men), take a fairly un-kinky couple to their first bondage workshop, and explore the history of the world’s first Lesbian S&M organisation.

Alix sets out to see just how mainstream kink has become, considering its presence in pop culture, kink-friendly pubs, and even university societies. With this popularity, though, comes the need to stay safe.

While considering the importance of consent, Alix comes upon a piece of very recent legal history that sets a surprisingly low bar for how kinky people are actually allowed to be....