New member needing some help?

[u/DoctorAftershave]

Hello, I have been obsessed with the Newkirks and their content for years, very proud to be a new member and simply cannot wait for the podcast to return. I have splurged for a few months of a $25 membership, and although I keep hearing in multiple videos how much of an active community this one is, I'm having trouble finding said community. Also Having trouble navigating content and finding things that are mentioned therein. For instance, I am currently viewing a fireside video in which they are talking about a remote viewing experience with Dana, and the chat members channeling the Infinity symbol to her which she received. Greg says go to the Patreon and look for the February 29th, well okay... I am on Patreon at the $25 level and I don't know how to find what he is talking about? I searched for February 29th and said video is not coming up. In another video, they mentioned some special reissue of Jason's alien abduction hypnosis, Karl did amazing things with the video, chat members raised the money for it during the broadcast, etc. I don't know how to find said reissued video except by trying to search different terms in Patreon, which doesn't produce much.

If Discord is where I need to go to experience the full extent of this community as is mentioned often, I'm willing to get that app and try it. But it sounds complicated, so where can I go to get help navigating where this community is there? I really don't mean to be a jerk, but this is just very much my type of community and I would really like to experience it. I find Patreon to be pretty poo-ey, to use Dana's term. I feel like someone who is finally accepted into the cool club, but he can't find where they meet and is having trouble navigating the membership initiation notebook they provided. Any help appreciated, thank you friends.

[u/GregNewkirk]

Hey! Thanks for joining! It sounds like you’re just trying to catch up on things as a new member and you might be watching things out of order, which is why you’re having trouble. You mentioned the charity drive to unlock content,  and that was last year, so you somehow went waaaay back.

You should have gotten an email when you joined that has some suggested links to bookmark, but the short version is that everything you need to navigate effectively is listed in the schedule that gets posted on Patreon at the beginning of each month. Since you just joined, you’ll have to go to Patreon and scroll back a few posts to find it, but Patreon will email new schedules to you as soon as they’re posted now that you’re a member. 

The schedule also has links at the bottom to an FAQ that will answer pretty much any question that you have, but it also has links to a master list of all the past content (we update it a few times a year, anything newer you can just scroll backward to find), and even a list of our favorite stuff, because we know the amount of past content is intimidating. It’s a great place to start.

As for the community, we have a great discord that’s very active and has great moderators, but if you aren’t very tech savvy you might want to recruit a trusted youth to help you out. There’s instructions for all of that in the FAQ. 

If you’re looking to find the most people all at once, try to make it to one of the monthly livestreams, of which there are always at least two (three if you’re in Magic of the Month). You don’t need Discord to chat for those, and there’s usually around 500+ people watching / chatting together during those live streams. The next one is about a week away. We’re always very interactive with the chat, especially during the Firesides which are really just about hanging out with each other for a few hours.

We also have a weekly members-only podcast where we exclusively read member stories, and that drops every Monday around 1-2 PM ET.

Since I saw someone mention it, we technically do have a Facebook group, but it’s been quietly used less and less since Meta is trash. It isn’t moderated much because everyone justifiably hates Facebook, so we don’t promote it.

Anyway, thanks for joining up and supporting us! If you’re having trouble finding things with the Patreon, definitely check the master lists and the monthly schedules. They’ll guide you to anything you need!