Podcast technical glitch report

Is anybody else having a recurring problem playing the podcasts directly from the richsoil.com podcast main page?

Right above the link where you can download each podcast, it gives you the option to just play the audio file streaming live. I have listened to 180some of Paul's podcasts in this way through my computer speakers. But for the last several - #183, 184, 185 - over the last week or so, I have consistently encountered the problem that every 5 to 10 minutes as the audio file is playing, the page loses the audio stream and stops playing it. The page does not crash, it merely stops playing the podcast and will not restart. The only solution when this happens is to refresh the page and then re-locate the spot in the podcast near where it had been playing when the feed cut out, using the slider bar. And then you can listen for 5 to 10 minutes... and then it cuts out again. I have only been able to listen to each of the last several podcasts by refreshing the page a dozen or more times in the course of a 60-minute podcast. It is becoming quite frustrating. My internet has given me problems occasionally in the past, but that cannot be the issue here. No other web page is suddenly displaying such symptoms; only richsoil.com.

Any suggestions?

~ Matthew N., southern transplant

yes, I did have that happen a few times, but eventually after reloading was able to listen to them

I haven't tried it but which browser are you using?

@Brenda - Yes, I am able to listen to the podcast after refreshing the page, also, but only for a matter of minutes until it inevitably cuts out again.

@Jaikiran - I use Google Chrome. But I have used Google Chrome to listen to podcasts directly through my computer from richsoil.com for two years now, as each podcast is released. It's only been in the last week or two that I suddenly, and consistently, have this problem. So far as I am aware, Chrome did not upgrade itself right at the same time the problem began. Nor, as I wrote above, did I notice any other problems with my internet connectivity in general at the same time the problem began.

Having the same problem here. Ubuntu and Google chrome. My fix? Download the file and play it directly rather than streaming. That way I can hook Paul up to the stereo when the wife is out and listen to him ramble while I do house work.

@Joshua - Are you insinuating that Paul is prone to rambling? LOL!

Not in a bad way, but like listening to a favorite professor. While the rest of the seminar is about to pass out, you are nodding along. Sometimes in agreement, other times in disagreement, but enjoying the journey.