# A free world needs satire

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSummit 2019
- Speaker: Patrick Chappatte
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_chappatte_a_free_world_needs_satire)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We need humor like we need the air we breathe, says editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte. In a talk illustrated with highlights from a career spent skewering everything from dictators and ideologues to selfies and social media mobs, Chappatte makes a resounding, often hilarious case for the necessity of satire. "Political cartoons were born with democracy, and they are challenged when freedom is," he says.

## Lectures

1. [A free world needs satire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/patrick_chappatte_a_free_world_needs_satire/ffac4527b033), 15 min (TED's player)