Tim's Travails

July 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet Today’s Topic: A Semester at Sea — for grownups About our guest: A former principal of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. (PWC), Elaine Church spent her career 27-year working on Tax Quality and Risk Management, as well as tax policy and compliance issues. She educated clients on tax shelter regulati...

June 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet a wine expert who gives us insights into a popular industry Today’s Topic: The future of wine in the US Meet our guest: Elyse Kudo, Vice President, Spire Collection by Jackson Family Wines About Elyse: A tenured industry professional, Elyse specializes in relationship-building and networking a...

April-May 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet attorney Ronald Sharpe Our Topic: A powerful conversation with a former U.S. Attorney About our guest: Ronald is an experienced trial attorney with proven leadership who managed complex litigation matters and planned and implemented effective investigative and trial strategies. He is a former p...

March 29, 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet two Vietnam vets Monico Rodriguez and Josue Silva. Today’s Topic: Shining a light on American heroes Meet our guests:  Monico Rodriguez: In Vietnam, served in Company A, 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Vietnam Sept-Dec 1965) Josue Silva: In Vietnam, served in Co...

January 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet attorney turned award-winning noir author Christopher Chambers Today’s Topic: Author to Author • Attorney to Attorney Tim will talk with Chris about: How does being a life-long Washington, D.C., resident influence your writing? What allows you to capture the “gritty” aspects of...

January 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet school safety expert, author, and podcaster Luis D. Aponte. Today’s Topic: The Real Story Behind School Safety — How to Prevent the Next School Shooting About our guest: Some people talk about school safety — Luis D. Aponte actually studies it. A Northern Virginia librarian, Air Force veter...

December 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show, we meet Chen Wang, the co-founder and CEO of Steelike, and former Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory Affairs of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. This month’s topic: Women in Engineering Questions for Chen: How did you decide to enter this area? What were your interests an...

Podcast Special — If you are tracking the news, you’ll be fascinated by this interview with IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show and fellow author Joe Relk. Today’s Topic: How fiction imitates reality — now, more than ever! Some of the questions that Tim asks Joe include: Let’s talk about what’s happening today in the fall of 2025 here in the US...

October 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet GW Intellectual Property Law Professor Mark Traphagen Our topic: Artificial Intelligence and its impact on labor, with a focus on how AI impacts the creative/entertainment industries, including several recent developments: Anthropic’s decision to pay out $1.5 billion for downloading thousan...

September 2025 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we meet Chun T. Wright, law firm owner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia This month’s topic: The adventure of travel law Tim asks Chunnie: You’ve built a legal practice that covers copyright, trademark, technology and even something called “adventure travel law.” How...