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The Kink Compass

Chris

Navigate your desires with confidence, curiosity, and consent.
Hosted by Chris, The Kink Compass is your weekly guide to BDSM and kink — from negotiation and safety to play ideas and power dynamics. Whether you’re new, experienced, or curious, each judgment-free episode explores the practices, psychology, and connections that make kink powerful. New episodes every Sunday at 12 PM CET.

You can follow Chris on Fetlife, where he is found under his nick Tittan

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  • S1 · E46
    June 28 · 18 min

    False Masters Final Episode: The People Worth Finding

    After several weeks exploring manipulation, unhealthy authority, coercion, dependency, and the misuse of trust, False Masters comes to an end with a very different question: What does healthy power actually look like? In this final episode, Chris reflects on more than three decades in the kink community, not to talk about the people who caused harm, but about the people who made him stay. The friends, partners, mentors, and community members who handled vulnerability with care, welcomed others without ownership, and showed that power, freedom, trust, and compassion can coexist. This episode is about healthy communities, healthy relationships, and the ordinary people who quietly make both possible. Because perhaps the most important lesson isn't how to recognise false masters. It's how to recognise the people worth finding. You can find the script on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠

  • S1 · E35
    June 25 · 22 min

    False Masters: When Community Becomes Identity

    We all want to belong. But what happens when the place that helped you become yourself becomes too important to question? In this bonus episode of False Masters, Chris explores community, identity, inner circles, loyalty, and the difference between belonging and dependence. Because healthy communities expand our lives. They don't become the only place we're allowed to exist. You can find the script on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠

  • S1 · E34
    June 23 · 15 min

    False Masters, bonus, Sex, Spirituality, and Manipulation

    Sex and spirituality have long been connected. Both can involve vulnerability, trust, transcendence, altered states, and a search for meaning beyond everyday life. In this bonus episode of False Masters, we explore why the combination can be so powerful, and why it can also be so easily abused. From charismatic leaders and modern gurus to intimate relationships and spiritual communities, we'll look at how genuine experiences of connection can become tools of manipulation when authority goes unchecked. Because the most dangerous misuse of power often begins with something that feels profoundly real. You can find the script on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠

  • S1 · E45
    June 21 · 26 min

    False Masters, The Grift

    Most grifters don't begin with a lie. They begin with a truth. A real problem, a real pain, a real desire for connection, belonging, healing, or growth. In this episode of False Masters, we explore how charismatic leaders, communities, and systems can use genuine needs as the foundation for manipulation. Why do intelligent people get pulled in? Why do warning signs often appear so late? And how do you tell the difference between someone offering guidance and someone selling certainty? Join me as we look at the psychology of the grift, and why the most convincing lies often contain a grain of truth. You can find the script and sources on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠

  • S1 · E33
    June 17 · 10 min

    False Masters Bonus Episode: The Aesthetics of Authority

    Why do collars, uniforms, titles, rituals, and symbols feel so powerful? Why can a simple gesture change the emotional atmosphere of a room? In this bonus episode of False Masters, we explore the psychology behind the aesthetics of authority. Not to condemn them, because many of us genuinely love them, but to understand why they work. We'll look at ritual, symbolism, emotional conditioning, and the difference between authority that is earned and authority that merely looks convincing. Because the most dangerous authority is often the kind that feels legitimate before it has proven itself. You can find the script on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠

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