ShelfSense: Stories Behind Our Stuff
ShelfSense: Stories Behind Our Stuff is where Cynthia Barstow brings together natural products change-makers sharing their stories with younger generations, so together they can help make sense of what’s on our shelves. Along the way, they reveal how the choices we make — from food to fashion, beauty to beverages — impact our health, our wellness, and our planet.
Podcasting since 2025 • 16 episodes
ShelfSense: Stories Behind Our Stuff
Latest Episodes
Secrets in your SPICE Jar
Your spice jar has a story… and it reveals what’s really behind the flavors in your food. Join Cynthia, Frontier Co-op/Simply Organic CEO Tony Bedard, and Gen Z voice Sara Yelle as they trace spices back to the people and places that gro...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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33:09
What's Up with RICE?
Rice feeds half the world — and may be a key to saving the planet. In this episode, host Cynthia Barstow and Gen Z voice Marigold Averill sit down with Caryl Levine, co-founder of Lotus Foods, to explore how a staple grain can become a force fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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27:52
What's Up with Chocolate?
Chocolate is one of the world’s sweetest pleasures—and one of its most bitter industries. In this episode, Cynthia Barstow and Gen Z voice, Vivian Mottl, talk with Joe Whinney, the pioneering founder of Theo Chocolate and now co-founder ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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20:40
What's Up with an Anticancer Lifestyle?
Everyone seems to know someone who’s heard the words “You have cancer.” Many of us want to do something about it. What if we can—through simple, everyday choices that lower risk and strengthen wellbeing? In this episode, Cynthia talks with Meg ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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29:04
What's Up with Functional Fungi?
Mushrooms are moving off our plates and into our coffee, protein powders, and daily wellness routines. In this episode of ShelfSense, Cynthia Barstow digs into the booming mushroom dietary supplement trend with Sandra Carter, founder of OM ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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24:40
Fan Mail
great episode with Christine Conroy! I loved hearing the history. There is so much power in this message! Great work!
Little Rock, Arkansas