Tim's Travails

Tim's Travails

For more than three decades, Tim focused on intellectual property issues for government agencies and in the private sector; his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world. But writing books has always been his passion.

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Ep16 Tim’s Travails: This month we interview journalist and children’s book author Karen Leggett Abouraya

August 10, 2026 • 46 mins
August 2026 — This month on IP attorney and author Timothy Trainer’s podcast/video show we talk about the art of writing books for kids and adults with journalist and children’s book author Karen Leggett Abouraya Today’s Topic: What it means to write well! Tim asks: How did you go from being a broadcast journalist to writing children’s books? Your book talks about the similarities among all people &mda...
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Ep15 Tim’s Travails: This month we interview Elaine Church at the Semester at Sea program — for grownups!

July 1, 2026 • 44 mins
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 regulations. Previously, she se...
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Ep14 Tim’s Travails: This month we raise a glass with wine industry expert Elyse Kudo, Vice President of the Spire Collection by Jackson Family Wines

June 4, 2026 • 34 mins
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 and has an in-depth knowledge ...
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Ep13 Tim’s Travails: This month, our guest is attorney Ronald Sharpe, former United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands

April 15, 2026 • 41 mins
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 partner at Jones Day who pract...
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Ep12 Tim’s Travails: This month, Tim honors our heroes on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2026

March 28, 2026 • 33 mins
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 Company B, 2nd Battal...
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Ep9 Tim’s Travails: Today we invite you to listen to two attorney turned authors talk about their journeys, art and craft as Tim welcomes award-winning noir author Christopher Chambers

January 8, 2026 • 46 mins
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 your novels? Washington, D.C....
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Ep10 Tim’s Travails: School safety is the theme of this month’s interview with Luis D. Aponte, author of “A Safe Place”

January 1, 2026 • 50 mins
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 veteran, and author, L...
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Ep8 Tim’s Travails: Meet Chen Wang, CEO of Steelike, Inc., and former Deputy Executive Director for Regulatory Affairs of the American Intellectual Property Law Association

December 22, 2025 • 50 mins
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 and influences as a child? How ...
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Ep7 Tim’s Travails: Meet dystopian author Joe Relk talking about how fiction imitates reality in his book series, “Sins of our Saviors”

October 9, 2025 • 73 mins
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, including the abandon...
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Ep6 Tim’s Travails: Meet GW Law Professor Mark Traphagen, the U.S. contributing author to the legal treatise, “Copyright Throughout the World”

September 15, 2025 • 47 mins
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 thousands of books in violation of c...
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