Using the address you gave me, I tried to get to this podcast and had the same trouble. It brings up an error message from Adobe, but when you click the links, it won’t tell you what the problem is.
Wrong Podcast Address
The problem you’re having is that the address for this podcast is wrong. By doing a little Internet search, I found another way into this podcast on History.org. Click on this link and then scroll down to the bottom of the page. At the very bottom, you’ll see the podcast for August 18th, 2008 which is titled “Charlton’s Coffeehouse” and the caption starts off with “A long-absent address returns to Duke of Gloucester Street. . .” I clicked on the “Listen Now” button and it came right up. If you have Quicktime 7 on your computer, you can view the enhanced podcast.
Ways to Find Internet Information
The longer the Internet address, the more likely that something is going to be transcribed incorrectly. A way around this is to click on links directly, like the one we have embedded into this article. Another way is to highlight an address that you find printed on the web, right click it to Copy and position your cursor on the address bar of your Internet homepage. Right click again, choose Paste and the address will appear just as it was in the original document.
Google Search
If you know what you want, but you don’t know where it is located, just do an Internet search on Google and chances are, you’ll find what you need. I found this podcast by typing in “Charleton’s Coffeehouse, podcast” (without the quotes). The history.org site was the third one on the list in the search results. If you know the website you want, you can expand your search criteria as in “Charleton’s Coffeehouse, history.org” and it will narrow it down even further.
As a history buff, I found this website really interesting. I’m going to go and listen to a few of these podcasts and learn a little bit about Colonial Williamsburg. I hope this helps you and that you are soon doing the same.
Kat Delong | October 21st, 2008
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