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Brian Lehrer: Brian Lehrer on WNYC, Shop listener, part one. Again, if you don't quite get the concept, if you buy from the fellow WNYC listener, maybe you'll feel a small sense of connection this holiday season, rather than shopping from, let's say one of the online or the particular online selling behemoth. Let's support each other. Shop listener, what are you selling as holiday gifts this year? Dear listeners, like Jamie in Manhattan. Jamie you're on WNYC. Hello.
Jamie: Hi, Brian. Very, very long time listener, first-time caller. I'm calling about my small business called SendThanksNow. We sell the gift of gratitude, so we're a thank you network. We make it easy to find anyone to thank, especially central workers, like all the small business employees that are out there and you buy hearts from us and you can give them to anybody and they can redeem them or they can use them to pass on to others and just enjoy gratitude themselves.
Brian: How do people get in touch?
Jamie: SendThanksNow.com. Register there before Thanksgiving. We'll give you all the hearts to make it rain in front of all your friends and family. We have apps and an Alexa skill coming up before Thanksgiving too.
Brian: Thank you so much. Linda in Queens, you're on WNYC. Hi, Linda.
Linda: Hi, Brian. Thank you for taking my call. I'm a loyal listener for many years. My business is CBD oil. In this age of the pandemic, I have a pandemic proof home-based business. We provide CBD oil, which is all natural and fights inflation. Has no side effects. It provides an immune boost, which everyone needs to fight the coronavirus without taking any of these injections. We have CaptaVida, which helps with weight loss and glucose and sugar control. We specialize in a cancer care package that fights pain. Everyone can become a partner, a customer or a referral. You can reach me at 646-234-1500. That's Linda CBD Oil, 646-234-1500.
Brian: Okay, thank you very much, though obviously we can't vouch for any medical claims there. I hope you're not a vaccine denier, but thank you for that and hope you get some business. Gab in Princeton, you're on WNYC. Hi, Gab.
Gab: Hi, Brian. We really love your show and you've got us through staying open since March. We listen to you every day. Thank you so much.
Brian: Thank you.
Gab: I really, really thank you. We're an ice cream chap in Princeton, New Jersey. We're selling hot chocolate tins online at thebentspoon.com and really, we just have a lot of great businesses [inaudible 00:03:24]
Brian: Oops, did we just lose her? No, I think we have a different line on here. We want to go to line five, it was Gab in Princeton. Let's see if I can fix this. Gab, are you there? Hey, we have your back now? Go ahead. We have your back now. Go ahead and finish it.
Gab: Oh, I'm sorry. I was just talking about how important it was to support as many local businesses as possible and yes, that it great. We're sending out great dispatchers here from Princeton, New Jersey and if you are a university student or you just love ice cream and hot chocolate and lots of good things, you can visit us here in Princeton.
Brian: It's called The Bent Spoon, you said?
Gab: Yes, thebentspoon.com, but thank you so much.
Brian: Thank you so much. Ray in Harlem, you're on WNYC. Hi, Ray.
Gab: Hi, good morning. Nice to talk to you again. I have a small furniture making business. We create custom handcrafted furniture to fit your style and space. We also have a number of great gifts for the holidays like wine racks and cutting boards and jewelry boxes and stuff like that.
Brian: It's called Harlem Built.
Gab: Yes, Harlembuilt.com is the best place to find us and also if you will follow us on Instagram @HarlemBuilt, I'm going to have a few holiday giveaways this year of smaller items, so look for some more followers and maybe you'll get one of those to use or to pass on as a guest this year.
Brian: Very good. Thank you very much. Nunu in Montclair, you're on WNYC. Hello, Nunu.
Nunu: Oh, hi, Brian. How are you? I love you so much. I love your show. I'm so excited that I was able to get on. I want to talk about two things. The first business is not a business that I own, but I support it is a female business located in Montclair, New Jersey, Dem Two Hands. She is a Caribbean woman. That's D-E-M T-W-O Hands, H-A-N-D-S, as in Sam, .com. She also has a store that's located at Montclair, New Jersey. She sells all sorts of different treasures and beautiful things, things that you can give people for the holiday, you can go on her website and also go check out her store
Then I wanted to also mention an organization that is located in Montclair that I am involved with. It's a new organization, we've been around for about three years. We were supposed to do a fundraiser social distance pop-up, but unfortunately we're still waiting for an organization to fix the space or not, but it's called ICAP Arts Program. It's located in Montclair, New Jersey. You can go on icaparts.org to find out about the organization. We are going to have t-shirts on sale starting on Monday.
We focus on people of color, Black and brown, and women and girls empowerment program that we have started during the virtual shut-in. We've been doing a show. You can check that out on Facebook at ICAP Arts, that's with an S and J, or check us out on Instagram @ICAPArts, that's I-C-A-T A-R-T-S. Check us out, our t-shirts go up on Monday. Support, support, support. Thank you, Brian. Thank you so much.
Brian: Thank you, Nunu, and thank you for shouting at your place, your business, but for taking some time to support someone else's before you got to yours. I thought that was really beautiful, so thank you for your call. Lisa in Ridgewood, Queens, you're on WNYC. Hello, Lisa.
Lisa: Hi, Brian. Thanks so much for having me I own one of the best gift shops in the heart of Ridgewood, Queens, called Stay Forever. You can find us online, shopstayforever.com. Beginning this Saturday, we're open for in-person shopping seven days a week. If you're interested in appointment or virtual shopping, you can always email us at hello@shopstayforever.com and we can set-up a time and take care of you.
This year, we can be your one-stop shop for all of your holiday gifting needs. We can curate, wrap, hand-write your personalized greeting cards and we ship anywhere. Again, we can take care of everything and everyone on your list. Because we love NPR and Brian Lehrer so much, we wanted to offer your listeners your 10% off coupon code, for their entire order. Our shop again is shopstayforever.com and you can use NPR Forever to receive 10% off your order.
Brian: Neat. That's cool. I don't think I've had my own promo code before, so at least the thank you.
Lisa: Well, now you do. Thank you so much.
Brian: Lisa, thank you. Then just to make sure I heard it correctly, shop safe as S-A-F-E, shop safe forever? Is that it?
Lisa: No, shop stay forever, S-T-A-Y.
Brian: Oh, shop stay forever. Lisa, thank you, good luck out there. Happy holidays. May I be the first one? Natalie in Manhattan, you're on WNYC. Hello, Natalie.
Natalie: Hello, so happy to talk to you. I'm a great terrific fan. My business is called Talk Power, a panic clinic for public speaking. This is a business for people who have a serious fear of speaking in public. I've been doing this for 30 years, and it actually has neuroscientific approach, in other words, instead of giving people advice and tips and hints and so on that doesn't do a thing for anybody, I have designed, which I've been doing for years, a series of exercises that actually train the brain, that form the neural patterns, the chains of cells for the skill of performance and performance is any situation where people are looking at you.
This is about the problem that people have who are great in a one-to-one or on a telephone or in a party, but when people are looking at them, they fall apart. This is a five-week on Skype program, an hour each time, with homework that develops these neural patterns, they chains in cells and all so that you are able to speak in public. In the last 30 years I've worked with 13,000 people, giving workshops, and I worked for American Express for nine years, doing a stress seminar for public speaking. Also, I want to add that this program is fabulous for people who stutter. Even in the first session, people are able to have a moment of fluent speech because my technique really affects the brain and it makes enormous changes.
The name of the company is Talk Power, a panic clinic for public speaking and you can look online and see the program. The other program is called Stop That Stutter. My name is Natalie H. Rogers and you can get in touch with me for a free consultation, 212-684-1711. You can also go online, Talk Power inc and read about my program.
Brian: All right, Natalie, I'm going to leave it there just to get one more person on before we run out of time, but thank you for all that. Beatrice in Weehawken. You're going to get our last 30 seconds. Hi, Beatrice?
Beatrice: Hi, Brian. Oh, I'm so it exited to be on. Thank you, first of all, for doing this.
Brian: Thank you so much, tell us your business. The clock is not our friend.
Beatrice: It's not a conventional business. My husband and I own a pet care and dog socialization business and Weehawken. As you can imagine with everyone being home-
Brian: I'm going to rush you because our time is really running out. It's dog walking and training.
Beatrice: Exactly.
Brian: How do people get in touch?
Beatrice: The number is 201-220-9699 or you can go onto the website which is T-A-K-A, takadogwalk.com
Brian: Beatrice, thank you very much. One of the reasons I love that segment every year is that we get gifts that a lot of people don't even think of, like give the gift of dog walking, give the gift of public speaking lessons. All that stuff, we're going to set up a website, I'm going to tell you about it on a subsequent show and we're going to really help you Shop listener and shop local this year. Meanwhile, thanks everybody for calling today.
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