Simon,
Good idea. Most videos by former adherents have meaningless content. Some present themselves as academics. One older couple does that, videoing themselves in front of bookcases. Having many books does not mean you read them, and disorganized content shows that you did not or that your comprehension is poor. That you present something from a book, even reading paragraphs, does not mean that you're purveying fact.
Some videos are doctrinal. Fine. The presenter has a point of view. I have family who are Witnesses. I asked some of them to view a few of those, choosing those by clergy instead of ex-Witnesses. Their responses were illuminating. The "questions Witnesses can't answer" type of video drew ready and pointed comments. Those videos were not persuasive. They do not appear to have been meant for Witnesses, but to keep their sheep in the pen.
There are a few videos that pretend to present Witness history. Almost without exception, they do not work. They present false pictures of Witness culture. Dr. Chryssides new book should set the pattern. Or - yes he's my grand uncle - Dr. Schulz's books.
We need to stop the nonsense. What the Watchtower said 100 or so years ago persuades no one, though it may make some feel like it was good to leave. Many of those making videos were disfellowshipped for cause. They found "the truth about the truth" seeing it as justification for their bad conduct. This should stop. Finding something in the Golden Age and sensationalizing it is stupid. When the GA says, "according to the press" that's what it meant. The public press was full of sensational, often contrived reports. Relating what some newspaper said did not, and does not establish doctrine.
If you look you can find a report in GA about radio signals from Mars. Okay. Fine. But that article relayed what the press reported. Nothing more. Stop making scandal where it does not exist.
Simon, if you follow through with this make it academically sound. We need truthful material, not sensationalized, without obsessing on every detail from recent Watchtower letters, presenting them as some deep hidden secret.
Let's stop following the youtubers who sensationalize the commonplace. Let's stick to the facts; stop making myth. Interview outsider scholars, putting tough questions to them. Doubt everything. Verify.
We'll always have fruitcakes on youtube. We need to stop being gullible. The enemy of your enemy is NOT your friend.