To begin, Fiona Carver spills the beans on the mystery of her dad's disappearing fish. Well, it was a mystery to him... Fiona tells us why she kept the real reason for their disappearance a secret for many, many years.

Have you ever had that moment when you discover your parents had this whole other life before you came along? Jasmin Darznik knows what that's like. When she was in her 20s, she uncovered an astonishing secret about her mother's past life in Iran. And it made her think about her relationship with her mom in a whole new way. Jasmin tells the entire story in her memoir, The Good Daughter. And she'll tell guest host Rosanna Deerchild the story.
(Also aired on Your DNTO).

Many skeletons in the closet have been exposed over a dinner table. For Jean Yoon, that happened when she brought her new guy home to meet her folks - which is always a little scary. But in Jean's case, part of the fear was about how her new guy would react to her family's traditional Korean food. Little did she know the "secret of the kimchi" that was about to be revealed... (Also aired on Your DNTO)

What's your family secret? Rosanna hits the street to find out... and she'll tell us about her own family secret, and her "s'cousin."

A lot of us would like to know more about our family trees. But Brian Gilchrist has been doing genealogical research for 45 years... and he'll tell us why when you start digging into the family history, you may dig up more than you bargained for.

When she was a kid, Jennifer Mascia's family moved around a lot. Sometimes they lived in California, sometimes in New York, sometimes in Florida. Still, that's not so odd. People move. But the hidden stashes of cash around the house? The different names her dad went by? Those things were a little bit more odd. And it was certainly unusual when the FBI came to arrest her dad when Jennifer was five. She'll tell us the incredible story of family secrets, discovery, and coming to terms with our parents which she relates in her memoir, Never Tell Our Business to Strangers.   (Also aired on Your DNTO)

So sometimes our parents keep secrets from us. And sometimes, we keep secrets from them... secrets we keep well into adulthood. Rosanna takes to the street to find out what secret you still haven't revealed to your folks.   (Also aired on Your DNTO)

Every teenage boy thinks he's a criminal mastermind... and that his secrets are safe from his parents. We'll find out how spilling one of those secrets lead Jose Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenco to finding out a whole bunch of other interesting things about his family...

It's a simple fact of life: if you have kids, particularly teenagers, they are keeping secrets from you. So as a parent, how do you handle that? And what do you do if you want your kids to be a bit more open with you? Diane Flacks comes by with some tips.

Growing up in a traditional Pakistani-Canadian family, Habiba Nosheen knew her parents expected her to have an arranged marriage. Trouble was, Habiba knew - even from the age of 15 - that wasn't what she wanted. So she and her sister came up with a secret plan of defense... one that her mother still doesn't know about...

Lots of families have legends - memorable stories that are passed down from generation to generation. John Wing was intrigued by such a story. He heard it from his dad, who heard it from his father. But when he got to the truth behind the story, it gave him a different impression of who his great-grandfather was.  (Also aired on Your DNTO)

 

BONUS CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE!

For DNTO listener Samantha Everts, special occasions are celebrated with her grandmother's delicious chocolate cake.  When she became vegan, she worried that birthdays wouldn't be the same without THE cake.  Then she got the recipe and discovered the cake is made without eggs or dairy.  The secret: a chemical reaction involving vinegar that makes the cake moist.  We asked Samantha for the recipe, and she asked her mom, and here it is for you to try...

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups flour
6 tbsp cocoa
2 cups white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup melted shortening or vegetable oil
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups warm water

DIRECTIONS:

Sift dry ingredients together in bowl. Make three dents for vinegar, vanilla, shortening.*** Pour the warm water over all and stir with wooden spoon. Put all into a 9" x 13" greased cake pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.  Recipe can be halved for a smaller cake.

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM SAMANTHA:

*** The three holes into which you pour the liquids are of utmost importance and when I was younger I'd be impatient and have to be reminded each time.

And here's this week's playlist:

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "Fish In the Dish"
The Acorn - "Antenna"
Cadence Weapon (feat. Shad) - "Baby I'm Yours"
Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox - "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"
Snailhouse - "Makeshift Family"
United Steel Workers of Montreal - "Son, Your Daddy Was Bad"
Peter Bjorn and John - "Second Chance"
The Beatles - "Do You Want To Know a Secret?"
Hey Rosetta! - "Seventeen"
Priya Thomas - "Had I Known, I Would Have Declined"
The Duhks - "(Mama Gonna Bargain With The) Ol' Cook Pot" (Your DNTO only)