This week on Mindshare's Culture Vulture Live, Alexis Fragale talks about the world's first non-verbal talk show! Actor Channing Tatum recently appeared in the first episode of "Speechless with Carly Fleischmann," a new online talk program hosted by blogger and author Carly Fleischmann, a woman with autism who can't speak. While Fleishmann is non-verbal, she used her tablet to ask Tatum all sorts of questions about his career and his personal life. The interview has been a hit: Episode one drove over three million views and garnered rave reviews across media outlets.
"Speechless" is believed to be the world's first non-verbal talk show. (Fleischmann and Tatum are pictured below on the set.) But its popularity follows a couple of trends that we've been tracking at Mindshare: Accelerated Empathy and the Rise of Good Intentions.
We mentioned Accelerated Empathy last month when IMG Models signed on their first plus-sized male model. Now as we move further into 2016, more and more brands are finding ways to drive inclusivity for various groups in culture. For example,