Gut Podcast
The Gut Podcast is your go-to source for the latest discussions in gastroenterology and hepatology. Each month Dr. Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, dives into key issues in the field by discussing articles with their authors.
Gut - gut.bmj.com - is an international journal from BMJ Group and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) publishing research and review articles in gastroenterology and hepatology.
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Episodes
Aug 7, 2026
Aug 7, 2026
19 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Soeren Ocvirk, from the Research Group WESTGUT, ZIEL - Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany and the Gnotobiology Research Unit, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany, on the paper "Secondary bile acid production by gut bacteria promotes Western diet-associated colorectal cancer" published in paper copy in Gut in August 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
Jul 22, 2026
17 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Seong Ho Jeong, Assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Healthcare System, Yongin-si, and the Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea, on the paper "DPP-4 inhibitor alleviates gut-brain axis pathology in Parkinson’s disease" published in paper copy in Gut in July 2026 (https://gut.bmj.com/content/75/7/1307).
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Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
17 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Wei Wang from the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China and the Department of Gynaecology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Foetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Foetal Medicine and Gynaecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, on the paper "Intraperitoneal translocation of gut microbiota induces NETosis and promotes endometriosis" published in paper copy in Gut in June 2026.
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May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
14 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Amanda Muir from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on the paper "FOXM1 inhibition reduces IL-13-induced epithelial remodelling and inflammation in eosinophilic oesophagitis" published in paper copy in Gut in May 2026.
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Apr 16, 2026
Apr 16, 2026
17 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Shanshan Wu from the Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Health, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing, China, and Professor Yuanjie Pang from Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China, on the paper "Long-term prognosis of lean MASLD: evidence from three population-based prospective cohorts" published in paper copy in Gut in April 2026.Please subscribe to the Gut podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3UOTwqS) or Spotify (https://bit.ly/4rRJeUI).
Mar 2, 2026
Mar 2, 2026
20 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Xiaolong Qi from Centre of Liver Disease, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China on the paper "Two-step clinical care pathway to predict MASLD-related advanced fibrosis and long-term outcomes in type 2 diabetes" published in paper copy in Gut in March 2026.Please subscribe to the Gut podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3UOTwqS) or Spotify (https://bit.ly/4rRJeUI).
Feb 2, 2026
Feb 2, 2026
14 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Zhi-Gang She from the State Key Laboratory of New Targets Discovery and Drug Development for Major Diseases, Gannan Innovation and Translational Medicine Research Institute; School of Pharmacy; First Affiliated Hospital, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China. Professor She is also the Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University. Professor She is interviewed on the paper "Discovery of a carboxyl fullerene derivative as a new lipid droplet regulator inhibiting MASLD" published in paper copy in Gut in February 2026.
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Jan 6, 2026
Jan 6, 2026
15 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Professor Jun Li from the State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China on the paper "Performance of the China-CLIF framework in acute-on-chronic liver failure: a multicohort study across all aetiologies" published in paper copy in Gut in January 2026.Please subscribe to the Gut podcast on your favourite platform to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, you can leave us a review or a comment on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3UOTwqS) or Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3Ifxq9p).
Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
15 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Fernando Lucas-Ruiz from the Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia, Murcia, Spain on the paper "Intrahepatic donor microbiota-based metataxonomic signature detected in organ preservation solution enables prediction of short-term liver transplant outcomes" published in paper copy in Gut in December 2025.
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Nov 3, 2025
Nov 3, 2025
22 min
Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Jyh-Ming Liou from Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan on the paper "Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for gastric cancer prevention: Taipei Global Consensus II" published in paper copy in Gut in November 2025.
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* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.









