As part of the October issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin and Prof. Alberto Papi discuss the new ERS short guidelines for the use of as-needed ICS/formoterol in mild asthma.

As part of the September issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers, Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin, and Section Editors Isabella Annesi-Maesano and Joan Soriano talk about the Best of the ERJ session at the ERS International Congress 2023 and their favourite sessions from the rest of the Congress.

As part of the August issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin interviews Prof. Bartolome Celli about his editorial on simplifying pharmacotherapy for patients with COPD.

As part of the July issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Prof. Daiana Stolz about HISTORIC, a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, investigator-initiated trial of airway smooth muscle area to predict steroid responsiveness in COPD patients receiving triple therapy.

As part of the June issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Deputy Chief Editor Don Sin interviews Section Editor G.B. Migliori about the path to tuberculosis elimination.

"We need to be better at linking environmental health with human health"

Ian Sinha and Jennifer Quint talk to ERS Monograph Editorial Board member Holly Keir about how the latest issue of the Monograph – Inequalities in Respiratory Health – can be used as a force for positive change. Their topical and thought-provoking discussion covers: ways in which clinicians can address inequality in their day-to-day practice; the best approach to data collection and pitfalls to avoid; the current and future impact of air quality; and the key challenges we face in health inequality and how to address them. As Ian says, "this Monograph gives people a resource that can help them make the changes they feel should happen."

As part of the May issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Associate Editor Marcus Mall about the latest developments in cystic fibrosis.

As part of the April 2023 issue, the European Respiratory Journal presents the latest in its series of podcasts. Chief Editor James Chalmers interviews Alvar Agusti (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)about the new Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)report.

"We need to be cognisant of the new, less common risk factors that are associated with various cancers"

ERS Monograph early career representative Holly Keir talks to co-Guest Editor Kwun M. Fong about the Monograph on Lung Diseases and Cancer. In a conversation covering the bidirectional relationship between cancer and lung disease, the impact of climate change, cancer's relationship with vaping and the pulmonary effects of new cancer treatments, Kwun explains why this Monograph is relevant to all in respiratory medicine, from bench to bedside.

"This condition is really overlooked. The point of the Monograph is that it should, hopefully, raise awareness."

In the latest instalment of the ERS Monograph podcast series, Editorial Board member Holly Keir talks to James H. Hull, one of the Guest Editors of the Monograph on Complex Breathlessness. In a conversation that focuses on the need for robust investigation when faced with unexplained breathlessness, James and Holly discuss: the use of physiological tests and CPET for assessment; postural tachycardia syndrome and autonomic dysfunction; the importance of developing breathlessness clinics in the future; and therapy-based treatments, such as physiotherapy and speech and language therapy.