Bruce Shapiro looks at the Republicans' shaping of South Carolina's congressional districts, in an effort to win the November mid-terms. John Safran's new documentary for SBS explores the notion of offence, and what can and cannot be said in Australia today.  A new book says he may have been an aristocratic Aussie trooper. 

Guests:

• Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor for The Nation, executive director of the Global Centre for Journalism and Trauma
• John Safran, satirist, documentary maker, journalist, and author
• Adrian Mitchell, author of ‘Blind Freddy: the Pottinger Attainment’ (Wakefield Press)