Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital interviews Laura Bolte dietitian and PhD student from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands and Professor Rinse Weersma from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands. The Gut podcast is focussed on the paper "Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome" which is published in paper copy in Gut in July 2021.