Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, interviews Dr Lu from the Department of Respiratory Care, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, and Drs Lai and Dr Lin from the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, and Microbiota Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan.

The Gut podcast is focused on the paper "Gut microbiota modulates COPD pathogenesis: role of anti-inflammatory Parabacteroides goldsteinii lipopolysaccharide", which is published in paper copy in Gut in February 2022, and is available here: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/2/309