Question For You!
Added 2020-11-04 20:04:47 +0000 UTCHelp me out.
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I loved the Ichabod and Sleepy Hollow episodes. Everyone enjoys a good story.
Carol Howell
2021-03-02 01:25:14 +0000 UTCIf you want some data, I'm a nerdy sociology major so I like data, I would recommend the comment section of the first episode of goodnight with dolly. Dolly Parton read children's books during the first part of quarantine. The comments were very telling. Mostly adults, a good many of them without kids. All ages. You can find it here:https://youtu.be/tT9fv_ELbnE
Katie Alosi
2020-11-17 05:08:54 +0000 UTCI think a mix of non fiction and fiction. My guess is that the eloquent short pieces will get the most attention. I know i would enjoy them. But every once in a while an in depth fiction piece would be really enlightening. What about a separate channel called story time with Jon?
Katie Alosi
2020-11-17 04:37:04 +0000 UTCI think the readings are a nice change up! I say throwing them in every so often would be good for the channel!
Daniel Scheeler
2020-11-09 16:02:12 +0000 UTCI love the readings.
Wesley Hochstetler
2020-11-08 00:32:31 +0000 UTCI would enjoy stories. I do understand what you mean about YouTube wanting consistency, and that's a sad side of their expanding business model. However, your thoughts about the value of period stories is valid; they are a window into the time and society. How would you feel about a short story every (or every other) month? Mix up some contemporary biography and fiction? Possibly... a live stream with a few people telling colonial tall tales? That would fit right into the tavern setting. That's all I've got. 😊
Heather Torrey
2020-11-06 22:34:58 +0000 UTCJohn, I'll be honest. If regular broadcast TV was still showing new episodes, I might not be interested, but for the last 6-7 months, we've depended on YouTube for entertainment. So, yes for now... But maybe not once there's more competition for our eyeballs.
Sherry Carrero
2020-11-06 21:43:03 +0000 UTCI grew up listening to radio dramas and audio books, so more book readings sounds wonderful. Ultimately, do what you are passionate about. I would honestly be content watching hours of forest scenery.
Riddle
2020-11-06 02:13:59 +0000 UTCI love your fiction reading--and the journals. I agree with others--I like the idea of it as a fall/winter thing --by the fireside in the cabin. And a brief analysis after is nice--or cooking or "how to" video linked to the reading as a separate video.
Brigit Zent
2020-11-05 22:16:52 +0000 UTCGood day, Jon. First, I would like to thank you for taking the time, interest, care and concern to actually consult with your audience. We are "invested" in you for a very simple reason...we love what you do and how you do it. Now. Concerning the readings, I am very much in favor of you continuing them. They serve to remind us of a time, that although we were never there, we nonetheless yearn for (refer to the historians creed for more info on that!). I think a period-correct read is highly appropriate. You could do an extended read once or twice a month. If first-person, then I would suggest inserting context throughout. If historical fiction, then I believe an intro and outro should suffice. That, of course, is just my humble opinion. I leave it to your expertise for the final answer. Regardless, thank you so much for what you and your crew do, and keep up the great work!
Claude Brown
2020-11-05 21:05:53 +0000 UTCI would be in favor of the extended readings, but only as a complement to a cooking/crafting video. I appreciate the analysis that you provide as you go through the text. I would not be as interested in the readings if you were to just read the whole text directly with no context.
James Robert Patrick IV
2020-11-05 20:26:16 +0000 UTCI like it when you read from historical journals. It's almost always a story I have never heard of before and gives more insight into the the daily lives of people. Reading mass market media books is fine but those are typically stories we have read before or could find easily elsewhere. Cooking videos with guests is always fun. I also like to see the various projects you guys work on around there or when you visit historical sites. Have you ever considered doing some sort of cooking competition? That would be fun to watch.
Darren
2020-11-05 16:48:07 +0000 UTCI'm more interested in the non-fiction personally, the journals and things like that, and I probably prefer the analysis mixed in. Although for the fiction, it seems better to save the analysis for the end. I would love to have readings like this available as a podcast--I listen to a lot of podcasts while I'm driving or mowing the lawn or things like that. Keeping them only on Youtube doesn't let me do that. I'm guessing there's an audience that listens to podcasts but doesn't watch much Youtube, and I could see you establishing a pretty good following on that side of things that you can't reach from Youtube.
SQ_Minion
2020-11-05 16:03:29 +0000 UTCI like the idea of having the readings with the analysis at the end, that way if people only want to tune in to the text itself, they have that option. I dont know much about YouTube algorithms, but I think for ease of access, one channel is the way to go, perhaps with tags or labels so that its easily identifiable as to what the content is.
Tara Sadowski
2020-11-05 15:17:16 +0000 UTCMorning Jon, These readings definitely have a place. Particularly at this time of year, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. As a weekly thing, I prefer short readings from journals with analysis, Fiction from a generation removed from the time frame of the piece being read probably provides more insights for us than fiction that is contemporaneous with the topic. My wife and I reserved the Sleepy Hollow reading for 10pm on Halloween, and the Rip van Winkle video for bed time the next evening. They were delightful. The Night Before Christmas was published Dec 23, 1823, just saying.
RICHARD FIELD
2020-11-05 14:07:33 +0000 UTCMorning Jon,
RICHARD FIELD
2020-11-05 13:54:57 +0000 UTCI very much enjoy your readings! They're such a wonderful look into the past AND just plain old good listening. Fictional or non-fiction. There is so much there to unpack. Now, with winter coming on, building projects will be on hold, I'm sure. What a perfect time to fill in the gaps between cooking episodes with some interesting readings. I, for one, can't wait to see what you come up with!
Craig Beaty
2020-11-05 06:38:30 +0000 UTCPersonally I love the new content. I am not a fan of splitting the channel as I hate having to keep up with multiple channels for the same content. If I were making a call I would break the content into various playlists: Cooking, Learning about Lifestyle/Trades, Building Cabins/Barns/Canoes/Ovens, Readings with Jon, Live Chats, Music. Really clearly labeled playlists would help. Also not breaking it into separate channels means driving all the fans to one place so that monetization can grow with the increase of viewership.
Rob Poole
2020-11-05 03:48:04 +0000 UTCI like the variety of videos. For the readings, I like a continuous read and then analysis at the end or in another video. I watch the Best Ever Food Review Show and they started a second channel to put all the videos that don't fit on their primary channel. Primary channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcAd5Np7fO8SeejB1FVKcYw Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MoreBestEverFoodReviewShow Maybe a second channel will separate out the videos so that Youtube's algorithms won't panic.
Adri N
2020-11-05 03:42:31 +0000 UTCI love David Dinelli's idea of the Townsends Book Club! You could work part of it into the livestream & sell more books! 😃
Lane Andress
2020-11-05 03:38:08 +0000 UTCI love the readings! I would love readings from historical journals like Creswell a chapter at a time. I recently went on a journey listening to some of your journal readings, some from ship crews & passengers, Creswell entries, and even one of a backwoods preacher. I loved a of them. If you did crestwell a chapter at a time with commentary either at the beginning or the end (and don't break up the reading) That might allow you to stay within YouTube's happy place. Thank you for asking us, and for what you do! I loved Sleepy Hollow live and Rip Van Winkle too! Personally I'm looking forward to listening to more readings! 😃
Lane Andress
2020-11-05 03:20:40 +0000 UTCAdd me to the list of fans of the readings - I would really enjoy both period fiction and first person narratives and adding context, explanations etc. is a sensible way to keep it tied to the rest of your work. Though it may seem mundane there is real pleasure in hearing a reading from familiar, friendly and engaged voice.
Tessa Wright
2020-11-05 03:08:17 +0000 UTCI do not particularly enjoy the story reading. Though I liked the video "The Last Meal of Icabod Crane". As for another platform, I am looking at Bongino Report videos and he uses something called "Rumble". And I can sign into Rumble using Facebook credentials, so it was an easy switch for me.
Mary Guiso
2020-11-05 01:41:00 +0000 UTCI enjoy the readings. Fiction is satisfying when set in context and but journals are equally facinating. Analysis helps and you could read the correspondence such as, the letters between Jn Adams and A. Adams or Thos Jefferson; Jefferson and Dr. Benj Rush or Jn Adams and Rush &c. You might find this website interesting: http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/x-prop.html
Philip Esteban
2020-11-05 01:35:19 +0000 UTCJon, I enjoy the readings, add commentary at the end of chapters is great, and any videos you guys produce are always top notice..
Linda Hipple
2020-11-05 01:30:07 +0000 UTCJon, i love the readings But i really enjoy every thing you do, Meal at Inn, Historical analytical videos, the additional characters even those cute girls you cooked with.
Santa Sir Glenn Dr Heald
2020-11-05 01:00:38 +0000 UTCI love the readings, especially by the fire. They're wonderful. I hope you do many, many more. I would suggest maybe doing a few children's stories, if there are any from the period. I think that would help us get the younger generation into 18th century history.
John & Sarah Talley
2020-11-05 00:24:19 +0000 UTCWe enjoy the readings and think there is definitely a place for that. Our suggestion would be to maybe record a voice over with a good mic where your voice is very clear, you could show images to spark the imagination interspersed with you reading. Intermittent pauses for analysis would be good and keep the thought and focus going.
Jason Jablonski
2020-11-05 00:00:40 +0000 UTCAbsolutely more! My family and I have whole heartedly enjoyed the story time, especially the behind the scenes and analysis that went into the ginger cookie Patreon video. We would enjoy seeing more content featuring readings with snippets of analysis throughout. At the core it is still connecting history and culture with today while offering a brief respite from the day. Thanks for checking in!
Shannon Segovia
2020-11-04 23:49:14 +0000 UTCI do love the readings, especially the excerpts from diaries and journals.
Michael Sheldon
2020-11-04 23:07:33 +0000 UTCI need the human connection. I want to hear you tell us of the ghosts Christmas past, present, and future. I also cried over your mini view of a meal at an inn. I felt like I could slip right in and be present. Thanksgiving is gonna be kind of hard.
CF Unloved
2020-11-04 22:47:49 +0000 UTCYes, please continue! Reading period literature aloud it only adds to larger context of the 18 C. Living History experience!
Derek Polzer
2020-11-04 22:42:31 +0000 UTCI love the stories. Some analysis and historical context would great!.Especially if food is involved!
Julian Maddox
2020-11-04 22:41:51 +0000 UTCYes Jon I would like to see you continue with the readings. If you include some analysis that is great. It provides insight for those people that may have a little trouble comprehending the authors message for the time period. The readings are relaxing and entertaining. My impression is that a family may have used this as a form of entertainment back in the 18th century. Perhaps you could get someone to come along and take turns reading as a way to illustrate how it may have been done in the 18th century in a family setting or a group of friends perhaps?
Adam Gear
2020-11-04 22:16:56 +0000 UTCThank you for asking. I enjoyed the readings but prefer the Journals to fiction. Smaller bites of reading with analysis and questions to follow could be fun. I will admit the Cooking and the Cabin are my favorite content. I'd just like to add, the trouble with chasing too many squirrels at once is the possibility of getting skunked. 😉😁
Sue O'Connor
2020-11-04 22:13:51 +0000 UTCYes, this is absolutely the kind of content I come here for. I would love for the readings to become a regular feature; non-fiction just for the entertainment, and fiction with analysis for the education. You should put the videos on whatever platform works best for you lot. Just make sure you give good notice so I can sign up if I’m not on that platform! 😁 Your speaking voice is excellent and I have really enjoyed both the readings. Very cozy! I think your whole crew does a great job with the mood and lighting. Keep up the great work guys!
Squatch79
2020-11-04 22:09:58 +0000 UTCI like the readings and the analysis of them. If you are worried about YouTube being silly, you could do the readings as a podcast since it is just audio. Once a month would be fine as the Bone and Sickle folklore podcast does https://www.boneandsickle.com/ I would like a hour long reading and analysis to listen to do on my drive to work.
bil Jeschke
2020-11-04 22:05:29 +0000 UTCHi, Jon. I like the reading and, honestly, all of your content. Please continue! Sincerely, Barry T. Drake
Barry Drake
2020-11-04 22:04:36 +0000 UTC"Tell us a story, Uncle Jon!" is what I heard from my wife as she heard me watching this video! I guess that is two votes from this house for continuing to read stories like Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle. I would suggest (since you did ask...) that the stories you choose interest *you*, since your love for the source material comes through no matter what you are putting into a video. Your "fireside chats" are a welcome comfort in these times where everything about our lives seems to have lost its moorings. As a chef of both historical and modern cuisine, the cooking videos interest me the most but seeing your passion for storytelling I will continue to view whatever you wish to put out here.
George Page (Jaji)
2020-11-04 22:03:09 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the readings VERY much. Not as a replacement for the living history, which I love, but more like as a special occasion. The two you read fit with Halloween. I’d like to hear a story read by that wonderful young man who talked about how his ethnic group gave us certain flavor combinations and foods that were shaped by their African heritage. LOVED that food from the period episode, would love to hear him share a story from that history. I love the food, the cooking, the clothing, the shoes, and all things how they were done. I enjoy the ambiance of the recreated period spaces. The outside oven series and the brick making series too. I loved imagining being of an evening near the fire listening to a story. Lovely escape from modern craziness.
Quicksilver
2020-11-04 21:42:49 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the readings Jon, and would love to see/hear more! I think one thing you could do, it make it more interactive/engaging. Like you did with Sleepy Hollow. You had just candles burning, made a meal from the story, and it really set a mood. I think if it was just you reading people may get turned off, but make the stories come alive in an engaging way and I think everyone will enjoy them. I for one am looking forward to the Cresswell readings. Get that canoe in the water and read as you navigate the stream! Or maybe have Ryan row while you read since doing both at once will be difficult! Make the stories come alive and people will enjoy them!
Matthew H
2020-11-04 21:40:12 +0000 UTCHi Jonh! I love the readings, specially because I didn't know any of the stories. And I belive everyone likes to have a "father" reading to them. So I think you should continue to do it specially due to these strange and hard times we are living in. But I belive you should put it as "special content " . Your cooking videos are the core of the channel and the livestreams are simply amazing. Plus the interviews and the building/ historic content should be the standart. But I'd love to hear you reading in special occasions, let's say once a month or so. And the ideia of analysing the reading historic and food content as you did with "Sleepy Hollow" seems really interesting. Have a great week
Inês Santos
2020-11-04 21:40:11 +0000 UTCI’ve really enjoyed the readings and would love for you to continue doing them, they’ve been a nice, brief escape from these times. I do enjoy analysis as well and I trust your judgement on whether that’d work best together with the readings or as separate videos. Live-streamed analysis might also be nice for O&A! I wouldn’t say no to a podcast format for the readings if YouTube isn’t cooperating, but that might exclude some hard of hearing listeners. Thank you for everything you do for us, Jon!
Jenna Oppenheimer
2020-11-04 21:32:55 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of good comments here so I'll just say I like the idea of you having content options that are not all about the visual in case I want to multitask. I personally never sought out videos on building a log cabin or surviving in the woods in the 18th century. I got interested because of the cooking episodes and then I started watching other videos. The more options you provide the more avenues you give YouTube to bring people in who like different things!
stephanie clay
2020-11-04 21:28:10 +0000 UTCSomething else I'd love to see is a discussion on an event like the tax stamp or whatever to be discussed or debated. Perhaps two videos per topic pro and against. That would help the homeschooling crowd also. Here is the Townsend act, what it was, then both sides. Just a thought. I thoroughly enjoy all of the content.
David Dinelli
2020-11-04 21:25:27 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. As John Crews above says, actual accounts w/ analysis would be great. This has become one of my favorite Patreon accounts. Thanks for what you do.
Kyle Lerfald
2020-11-04 21:24:16 +0000 UTCI'd love to see some analysis. Perhaps even a reading club where you announce a book and via livestream the journal or whatever could be discussed. And of course we could also purchase a book from Townsend for the book club reading
David Dinelli
2020-11-04 21:21:39 +0000 UTCI'll keep this short....yes...fictional or actual accounts w/ analysis would be great. Maybe do a reading once a month as a stand-alone video. Luv this channel!
john crews
2020-11-04 21:20:14 +0000 UTCI think that with everything that is going on in the world, people are trying to escape and are becoming quite nostalgic. I know I have. Lately, I have been fondly remembering my third grade teacher reading a chapter from "Squanto" and weaving history around it. Each time, reading wasn't too long yet it captured my interest in history. I really looked forward to her reading quietly and calmly; it was especially comforting during the Cuban missile crisis. I think that is what is happening today in our world and it is evident on your channel. People are enjoying the memories. I tend to like the idea of the readings being smaller portions and then include the analysis.
Valerie Grasso
2020-11-04 21:09:20 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed your two reading, and I also really enjoyed your reading excerpts out of journals you have done in the past. I would really like to see more reading of both fiction and chapters out of journals and I appreciate your insightful analysis of the books either in the same show or in another show. Thank You very much for all you do on your show. I really like history and you make it fun.
Wesley Heidel
2020-11-04 21:03:40 +0000 UTCWould it be possible to break them down into smaller bites with analysis in a sort of serial format? Read to a natural stopping point and then a few minutes of commentary. Personally, I tend to drift when listening to stories or audio books. Breaking it up might make it easier to stay focused. Thanks.
Tom Usher
2020-11-04 20:52:56 +0000 UTCI could write a dissertation on this, so hold me back! I've watched your channel evolve over the past 10-12 years and have enjoyed all the content along the way. I enjoy your reading the stories and from the comments, others do too. I see more and more comments of people using your videos as part of their homeschool or actual classroom experience, and I can see these stories/readings being a bridge between classroom and living history; and in turn, sparking curiosity and love of history. For the ”old folks” like me, I enjoy all aspects of early American history and am intrigued by the different ways you and your team explore and share your passion and interpretation of the history with us. I enjoy listening to your fireside reading and would like to hear more. Fiction, non-fiction, trading tall tales around a campfire. The immersive experience is what keeps most of us coming back, and will attract new viewers I think. Keep it up! I'll continue to be here to watch and support you in your creative endeavors!
Julie Esper
2020-11-04 20:46:17 +0000 UTCOk, my vote is that I did enjoy the stories, and would enjoy more readings as well. I think just a reading on its own is nice, and then maybe a live stream for the commentary, like you did for Sleepy Hollow? That way we can ask questions as well. I do however most enjoy the cooking videos and the interviews with other historians. All in all, I love your channel, I love your appreciation of history and the way you present it to us. Keep up the good work 😊
Bryce A.
2020-11-04 20:43:31 +0000 UTCI think you've done a good thing with the story reading. You know, people need a bit of escapism in our crazy world right now. You may live in your own world, but that is part of the great appeal of your channel and your work. You bring that world to everyone else and help people learn from history. There's a lot to be said for that, especially now. I think there is so much to be examined from our past that is particularly applicable to right now. Times are uncertain, even frightening, and difficult for many. I'd imagine back in the 18th century they must have been going through some very similar experiences. Exploring the things they left behind (in their context) in their literature, music, art, and architecture can go a long way to help show us a thing or two about making it through our modern difficult times. Their sense of community and purpose was so much different than ours, particularly as compared to current American society. Moving to Scotland has shown me so much about that social glue we are missing back home. Your channel provides a unique chance to recreate that and help support a wide audience with it. I think you should continue to read the stories, both fictional and first person. If YouTube is going to be precious about the content, I would do it on a slightly less frequent basis that your normal videos. If they go well, then you can look at running another second YouTube channel if it becomes necessary. There are others who have done this with some success I think. Just a thought if it comes to that. No matter what this channel is your creation and that world is a place people have shown they want to be. I think purposeful planning and careful implementation you have done in the past will continue to pay off in the long run. Bottom line, storytelling and verbal traditions are one of the oldest and best ways to bring people together and build community. Our world badly needs that right now and you have the audience and the creativity to do it. I don't think you can go wrong with it in the long run. Your thoughtfulness on this matter shines a light on the importance of what you do and how special your connection to all of us is. Keep up the good work, we are cheering for you. Thank you for the chance to provide input!
Catherine Bradley
2020-11-04 20:41:14 +0000 UTCI believe it’s a great way to share what life was like in history. I can picture our ancestors sitting by the fire sharing stories about their past and fictional stories with family and friends. How appropriate for you to do the same as a part of reliving history.
Kevin Wood
2020-11-04 20:40:58 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the readings. I think commentary/analysis on contemporary works both fiction and fact are great, and I am sad to hear Youtube causing issues regarding this. I for one look forward to similar videos.
Azula Akemi
2020-11-04 20:39:50 +0000 UTCPlease continue to post readings. They are very enjoyable and the readings are an extra tasty 18th century blessing to the rest your content!
Danielle Binnom
2020-11-04 20:38:33 +0000 UTCI suspect I will be in the minority, but I don't care for the readings. At least not as an ongoing thing. What makes the channel so wonderful for me is the educational content, and as delightful as literature can be, I don't think it's up to the usual engaging standards of your videos. Short segments could be interesting if followed by analysis.
Kelli Billings
2020-11-04 20:38:27 +0000 UTCI enjoyed the reading as it was. Would be happy to see them sprinkled in the mix with other videos every now and then (maybe once every month or two or three). I liked just the story, I wouldn't be a fan of a bunch of analysis, maybe just some side notes for more esoteric language/customs. Would also be more interested in stories that could be done 1 or 2 videos, not sure I'd be interested in a book on video.
Chris Decker
2020-11-04 20:35:31 +0000 UTCI think this is a great idea and I would love for you to explore mystery stories of the 18th century especially the detective genre. I would also love to hear your comments on the stories and their history. I also love the open content of your streams. The many different topics and history are excellent!
Susan MacFarland
2020-11-04 20:32:36 +0000 UTCI would LOVE for you all to tackle some readings with analysis and all that. Not only is it fun content but as a person with a already years long “to read” list it would help me squeeze in some more material, that with the help a subject matter expert would be pretty fun.
Jordan Galash
2020-11-04 20:32:33 +0000 UTCHi Jon, great questions! The larger the audience, the more variety you need to keep the range of people interested. Certainly, there is a place for videos that are always variations of the same idea. But, your channel covers a large range of topics covering over a century. If the live streams are any indication, people have a lot of questions over a large range of topics. I think having short videos, long videos, cooking episodes, build it episodes, special topic videos, readings, analyses, humor videos, site visit videos, etc all add to the overall well roundedness of exploring all things 1700s. Basically, just don’t let the content turn stale! Over the approx four years I’ve watched your videos, they have just gotten better and better!
RG de Stolfe
2020-11-04 20:27:19 +0000 UTCStory Time with Jon is enjoyable, but I suppose that also depends on the story too. The Creswell readings you did some months back were very interesting. Honestly, I'm mostly in it for the cooking videos, but I do also enjoy the readings. If the readings are comparatively less effort to do and offer a greater Youtube reward, I see no issue in promoting that idea.
Robert Santamaria
2020-11-04 20:27:06 +0000 UTCI think the reading is interesting for the same reason that I find the rest of your content interesting - it gives you a perspective into the time period that you can't really get by just reading a textbook or watching a documentary. You get to kind of put yourself in the shoes of someone living in the time period by watching someone else live it out and explain the context around everything. Your behind the scenes on Sleepy Hollow is a good example of explaining the larger context in a story based on the time period. For example, how you mention that the narrator would have found the fashion "old-timey". I would have never been able to make a connection like that on my own - all of that clothing is to me "old-timey" because I don't have the knowledge of the context surrounding it like you do. If you're concerned about the explanations sort of "splitting" your audience on YouTube because of how the algorithms choose what gets shown, I suggest looking into how CGP Grey seems to address that issue. He has a main video that is published to his channel for everyone to see, and then he schedules a livestream Q&A on Patreon shortly following that to get questions and provide more context for things that he couldn't concisely fit in the main video. An approach like that lets you keep the main video shorter and more "recommendable" by the YouTube algo so that more people can discover and learn from your content, while also providing you the opportunity to directly connect with people who are invested in what you make, to use the phrase you said in this video. Just a thought, as someone who discovered your stuff relatively recently and did end up joining on Patreon with the goal of supporting the creation of more unique and interesting content. Keep it up!
James A
2020-11-04 20:26:35 +0000 UTCThe readings were both wonderful. I especially enjoyed that they were relevant (a scary story for Halloween, RVW for election day). I'm not sure how to respond to the YouTube penalties - that is a shame, but I think it might be a greater shame to put that type of content behind a paywall (Patreon) with a very limited audience. One recommendation I do have is that perhaps the week prior, you can do a video on a simple recipe for a beverage and snack that we can make for the reading. Those cakes and hot beverages were looking pretty good to me. It would have been more fun if we could eat along while we listened, as though we were all huddled up in the room together.
Colin Kelly
2020-11-04 20:24:50 +0000 UTCI enjoyed listening to you Jon reading out loud both Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. I have also enjoyed when you have read the pieces from James Creswell's Journal. I for one do support the idea.
Rita Loy
2020-11-04 20:24:22 +0000 UTCI think the story reading is great - following the same template as the food vids, with a little context at the beginning and then analysis at the end, works well. Although the videos are long I think they should remain videos rather than becoming solely audio since it adds a lot to see a narrator and their environment. You could combine it with B-roll like we see with some of the journal readings in other eps. I'm not sure what the solution is to overcome YouTube's algorithm though, so maybe this isn't helpful. Other suggestions to cut down length might be the only solution, I'm not sure... it's a tough one and really changes the nature of the vid!
Nick Werren
2020-11-04 20:23:35 +0000 UTCI love the readings. I find it relaxing to escape from things happening in today's world. The analysis is interesting too as long as it doesn't disrupt the story.
Katherine Turner
2020-11-04 20:21:12 +0000 UTCJon - you guys constantly amaze me with what you do and the research that goes into each episode whatever it maybe. I have throughly enjoyed having you read to us 😁 it’s a lovely break not just from routine of cooking and building then and especially now. Stories were a way to break up the monotony then and now, hence traveling storytellers. If YT gives a hard time maybe do a chapter at a time, then maybe dedicate 10 minutes on Friday to give a bit of insight. Excited to see you branch into the fictional side of the era - we constantly read of the small feast and wonder what it was relating to. Thanks again look forward to what and however you bring the 18th century alive.
Noelani Nomiyama
2020-11-04 20:20:07 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. Especially if it is 18th or 19th Century. Most of us are here for the culture of colonial and early America.
John Kennington
2020-11-04 20:14:44 +0000 UTCWhile I haven’t had an opportunity to watch the readings in their entirety, I do enjoy them. They’re excellent to listen to while doing something like homework where I can’t watch it but I can listen to it.
Chris M
2020-11-04 20:14:05 +0000 UTCThe variety is interesting, and helps provide context to recreating the world that we see through your eyes and camera.
Martin Morehouse
2020-11-04 20:12:53 +0000 UTCI absolutely love the reading ones. I would love to hear more. I always listen to them again and again before going to sleep. I also would love to hear you read pieces with dialogue in them. I bet you would be grat doing those as well. Totally interested in your suggestions. Thank you Jon. You Tube seems very awkward for content makers it seems.
Dominika Sasanka
2020-11-04 20:11:46 +0000 UTCI'd love to hear the Cresswell journals read on the channel. I'm thoroughly enjoying the new content, and it's really nice to see something different presented. I'm here for the classic stuff, but supplemental content like readings or stories are great to add in!
Jay Malone
2020-11-04 20:11:19 +0000 UTCYes! I’ve always liked your more intimate sit down videos, where you have a piece of writing and just read and reflect on it. I like the format you did with sleepy hollow, with a both a content video and the follow up. I think it’s a great addition to the channel.
David Broman
2020-11-04 20:09:29 +0000 UTC
