This podcast series provides an insight into what its like to be a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow. Each of our fellows are part of a PhD programme for primary care clinicians, which suppors the development of clinical academics through providing high quality training and internationally renowned applied research units (Keele University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Southampton University). Cover art photo provided by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt