As part of the December issue, Breathe presents a podcast of early career members' highlights from the ERS Congress. Chief Editor Brian Kent discusses highlights from the ERS Congress with Joana Cruz, Siyu Dai and Sarah Alami.

Conflict of interest: B.D. Kent has participated in advisory boards and/or received speaker fees from AstraZeneca, Chiesi, GSK, Novartis, and Teva; has received educational travel bursaries from Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, and Napp; and has received research funding from Itamar Medical. J.Cruz reports support from ERS to attend the ERS Congresses in 2022 and 2023 as the early career member (ECM) Representative of Assembly 9, and was the ECM Representative of Assembly 9 of the ERS until September 2023. S. Dai has no conflicts to declare. S. Alami reports grants or contracts from Air Liquide Healthcare.