Subject: Re: Jenny researcher at Future Radicals documentary project
From: Ben Kate <futureradical78@gmail.com>
Date: 2/7/12, 23:57
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

Hi Barrett,
The director Ben Eriksen will do the skype interview with you. His
style is very conversational so the questions below are just a guide.
He'll riff off the conversation with you into other areas too as he
thinks of things. Because our program is Australian based we're
particularly interested in WIKILEAKS, Operation payback and the HB
gary hack so Ben would like to pick your brains about these topics as
well.
Can we make a time with you to do a SKYPE interview? We're based in
Melbourne so any time between 9am-10pm is Ok for us.
Our skype name is
future.radical

Look forward to meeting you on Skype
jenny

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On 2/6/12, Ben Kate <futureradical78@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Barrett. It's Monday here now. We'd love to set up an interview
with you very shortly. I'll work on some questions and shoot them
through to you asap. If you have any links to articles you've written
please send them through so I can prepare more fully for the
questions.
Where are you based. We're trying to avoid Skype interviews wherever
possible but with limited resources sometimes there's no choice. We do
however have a filmmaker in the UK who could do a filmed interview
there in the next few weeks for us if you travel.
USA is more difficult for us. Let us know if you're coming to
Australia any time soon.
Otherwise SKYPE will be OK.
Please let me know where you are located so i can check the time etc
against my world clock so we're skying you at a reasonable hr.
Thanks
Jenny

On 2/4/12, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Certainly, I'll be available on Skype for next few hours at least. Or
e-mail me if you want to set up another time or send questions or
whatever.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Ben Kate <futureradical78@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hello Barrett ,
Asher Wolf gave me your contacts. Thanks so much for your interest in
our
documentary project.
I'm working from home today so dont have access to all my files but I
will
contact you again tomorrow with the questions we'd like to ask you and
if
you're agreeable, confirm our SKYPE interview time. I'll send through
our
questions and some more info tomrrow when I'm back at the office.

Jenny




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