As part of the May issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin interviews John Fahy (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco,

San Francisco, CA, USA) about his state-of-the-art review of the pathobiology and treatment of mucus plugs in asthma and COPD , published in this issue of the ERJ (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02358-2025).

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast May 2026: Mucus plugs in asthma and COPD. Eur Respir J 2026; 67: 26E6705 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6705-2026].

"Patient voice should not be something we add at the end of the process. We should acutally shape the entire process, from the beginning, with the patient."

Key leaders of EMBARC (the European Multicentre Audit and Research Collaboration) Amelia Shoemark and Stefano Aliberti join Guido Marchi in a podcast focusing on the latest ERS Monograph: Bronchiectasis. Guido, who is the Early Career Member representative for the Monograph, asks Stefano and Amelia about the foundation of EMBARC and its increasing international reach, better integration of the patient voice, the impact of the 2025 European Respiratory Society (ERS) bronchiectasis guidelines, and the turning point in treatment that dipeptidyl peptidase-1 (DPP-1) offers.

As part of the April issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Associate Editor Sanja Stanojevic about the joint statement from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and the Global Lung Function Initiative regarding the use of spirometry to define airflow obstruction and diagnose COPD, published in this issue of the ERJ (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02574-2025).

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast April 2026: Use of spirometry to define airflow obstruction and diagnose COPD. Eur Respir J 2026; 67: 26E6704. [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6704-2026]

As part of the March issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Susanne Hansen (Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Bispebjerg Hospital, and Centre for Clinical Research and Prevention, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark) about her article on mortality in severe asthma as revealed by results from the NORDSTAR cohort, published in this issue of the ERJ (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02244-2025).

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast March 2026: Mortality in severe asthma. Eur Respir J 2026; 67: 26E6703 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6703-2026].

As part of the February issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin interviews David Halpin (University of Exeter Medical School, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK) about his Viewpoint editorial on a shared vision from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and the Global Initiative for Asthma of how to address the global challenges of COPD and asthma, published in this issue of the ERJ (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02244-2025).

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast February 2026: Addressing the global challenges of COPD and asthma. Eur Respir J 2026; 67: 26E6702 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6702-2026].

"Even now, many patients remain misunderstood and mislabelled by their clinician and their family, and even by our society."

In this instalment of the ERS Monograph podcast, Guido Marchi (Early Career Member representative for the Monograph) meets with the Guest Editors of Chronic Cough: Woo-Jung Song, Lorcan McGarvey, Peter S.P. Cho and Kian Fan Chung. They reflect on the way in which chronic cough has evolved from being just a symptom of other diseases to an independent condition recognised for its complexity. In a lively and informative discussion, they cover topics such as antitussive development, the key tools and methods of chronic cough assessment, and the importance of a multidisciplinary team in the cough clinic.

As part of the January issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews editorial board member Janice Leung about the clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular responses to cannabis smoking seen in the Canadian Users of Cannabis Smoke study published in this issue of the ERJ (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01659-2025).

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast January 2026: Cannabis and the lung. Eur Respir J 2026; 67: 26E6701 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6701-2026].

As part of the December issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers and Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin for their end-of-year roundup of their highlights from the ERJ in 2025.

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast December 2025: Year in review. Eur Respir J 2025; 66: 25E6606. [doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6606-2025]

As part of the November issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers, Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin and European Respiratory Review Chief Editor Rory Morty discuss the merits and pitfalls of the rapidly increasing use of generative AI in scientific publishing.

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast November 2025: Artificial intelligence in publishing. Eur Respir J 2025; 66: 25E6605. [doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6605-2025]

As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin interviews Section Editor Isabella Annesi-Maesano about natural disasters and respiratory health, as discussed in her review article in this issue of the ERJ: https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02563-2024

Cite this podcast as: ERJ Podcast October 2025: Natural disasters and respiratory health. Eur Respir J 2025; 66: 25E6604 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.E6604-2025]