WWII Code Breaker Doris Boileau

World War II veteran Doris Boileau talks about enlisting, Basic Training, breaking a Japanese code and her lifelong oath to be silent about it.

Produced for CBC Radio One’s Daybreak South.

The Holocaust Museum in North Saanich

Sixty years after the Holocaust, how do you teach the history and meaning to today’s youth? A Grade 8 class in North Saanich spent two months studying World War II, and Darin visited the “museum” they created to show what they learned.

Produced for CBC Radio One’s On the Island.

Archives Boot Camp

Thirty-five eager recruits — authors, community historians, First Nations researchers, genealogists and more — joined a unique boot camp at the archives of the Royal BC Museum. Each trainee arrived with a BC-focused research project and were put through drills on how to obtain information from different sources in the collections. In addition to an orientation, they received a behind-the-scenes tour and created a plan of action to begin or continue their project.

This piece aired on North by Northwest on CBC Radio 1

School is In: Beer Historian Greg Evans

As the thirsty prepared for the 2nd Annual Victoria Beer Week, Darin sat down with Beer Historian Greg Evans. In this short chat, Greg previews Beer School Volume 2: Brewing Since 1858, on Sunday March 8. Topics covered include: The Drake, how he got such a rad job, Member of Parliament and pioneer brewer "Bag o' Wheat" Bunster, puritans and Greg's Czech grandmother.

Make a House a Gallery

A look at Spencer Mansion in Victoria, BC, which is now home to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

This was produced for Culture with Robert Bound on Monocle Radio 24.

Who Occupies Victoria?

Chatting with participants in the October 2011 Occupy Victoria protest at Centennial Square. Aired on CBC Radio One, On the Island.