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Summer Dropkick Day 1: Member pods!

Jun 3, 2025

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Quinn Emmett
By Quinn Emmett

Friends,

I’ve been waiting for this week for approximately 100 years.

We’ve been building like crazy for the past few months, and it’s time to drop/share it all with you.

Welcome to the Summer Kickoff!

(boooo boring name)

…Summer Dropfest? (ehhh)

…Summer Kick…drop? (no)

…Summer Dropkick? Perfect.

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Welcome to the Summer Dropkick!

Every day this week (well, except for yesterday, because we had to fix some stuff) we’re going to drop one huge new feature from across everything we make.

And to celebrate/pay for all of it lol, we’re making this week a Member drive, too!

❝

🚨 This is the LAST WEEK to lock in an Important Membership for $2/month or $20/year — after this, it’ll go up to $3/month or $30/year! 🚨

Every new Member, of course, still gets a 30 day free trial — and you can cancel anytime.

Try it free now

Now let’s get to the first Dropkick!

Day 1: Member podcast feeds!

To date, the Important Membership has conspicuously lacked an audio benefit.

And if you’re someone who’s really here for the audio, that’s not great, Bob.

But not anymore!

You, an Important Member or soon-to-be Member can now add one or both of our new Member pod feeds to your favorite podcast player in — as one belovedly OCD beta tester described it — “less than 37 seconds.”

Huzzah!

What’s in these new Member feeds, you ask?

  • Not ads, bitches!

  • Regular episodes (but again, with no ads)

  • Monthly Q&A’s and mailbags (these may be the same thing, checking w/management)

  • Weekly (!) bonus content

(The OG free feeds will remain available forever, obv, but will continue to have ads — and none of the fun extra stuff)

We’re really excited to offer these upgraded Member feeds for both of our current shows — and future shows to come 👀.

Never forget: Your Member dues make all this happen. When you join, you literally pay for us to produce every single episode of whatever we make.

Try it free now

How to get your Member pod feed(s):

Start your 30 day free trial. After that, it’s just $2/week or $20/month (until Sunday, when prices go up).

Get 30 days free

You’ll get immediate access to these new feeds and bonus content — and so, so much more.

  • Ad-free everything, everywhere

  • A welcome Sticker Pack!

  • Your WCID profile, network, personalized recommendations, and To Do List

  • Not Important: my monthly book, movie, art, app, etc recommendations

  • Seriously?: The frameworks, models, history, and pop culture we use to understand what’s happening now and next

  • The comments section!

Do it now

That’s it for Day 1!

As always — let us know any questions by simply replying to this email.

Thanks for supporting our work!

— Quinn

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