Possibly our most boar-ing news ever, as we fail to come up with much beyond the incipient porcine apocalypse rampaging across Central Europe, a jacuzzi, a viaduct and one or two other items of trivia.

Not much news in the...news lately so we had to be a little creative this week. That's why we were forced to talk about things like solar panels in Poland, new street signs in Krakow, a car that magically lost a million km and more. Seriously, did anything really interesting happen this week?

Concert tours of Europe and America, giving away lots of money, growing grapes in California, Prime Minister of Poland, funding the Grunwald monument in Krakow, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (really) and more. Join us for a chat about the amazing life and career of Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

The fight over judicial independence is getting a lot of attention this week and that's our starting point in the News. Then it's on to Auschwitz commemorations without Poland, the latest totally not-shocking delays in local construction projects, hunting in the city limits (wha????), American Airlines gets it wrong again and more.

You've walked by it a million times, but do you know the story of the clock tower in Krakow's Main Square? Listen as we explain the origins of Krakow's development in the late Middle Ages and the establishment of its city government. Not as boring as it sounds—really!

Everybody's talking about "The Witcher", including us. Listen as we discuss the good (no Nicholas Cage), the bad ("Wait, where are we?") and the ugly (the first episode) of Netflix's hit series based on the books or possibly the video game based on the books or maybe none of the above. Toss a coin to KrakCast Reviews!

In our first News of 2020, we start with the latest "no" from the city Conservator, then it's on to impossible retirement promises, idiotic parking rules, a Ukrainian attack on St. Mary's church, bird flu and the Polish poultry industry and more Putin.

Taken from the same recording session as the episode we posted last month about "Pan T.", the film that is NOT about his father (cough), political commentator and analyst Matthew Tyrmand joined us to talk about the current situation in Polish politics. As always, he has strong opinions on pretty much everyone and everything and we tried our best to interrupt where we could. There was so much to talk about we forgot to record a proper introduction—oops...

Fryderyk Chopin's music defines the Romantic era and is closely associated with Poland and its national character. Listen as an actual musician (Josh) explains Chopin's genius while the rest of us (John & Dr. Mike) try not to embarrass ourselves.

In our last News of 2019, we talk about how Poles celebrate New Year's Eve, the enduring and slightly strange popularity of Zakopane, Krakow's latest beach development and Putin's suggestion that Poland started WWII. Happy New Year, everybody!