1. A method for providing a topic room, the method comprising: recording audio utilizing a first computer, the first computer participating in a topic room with a second computer over a network, the topic room comprised of web-accessible audio and shared chat messages including references to index points of the web-accessible audio; adding the recorded audio to the web-accessible audio; generating index points of the recorded audio on the first computer or a server computer; generating references to the index points of the recorded audio; communicating the references in chat messages to the second computer participating in the topic room, wherein the references are communicated as textual information; and enabling selection of one of the chat messages by the second computer to play back the recorded audio on the second computer based on a corresponding index point referenced in the selected chat message, wherein the second computer accesses the recorded audio from the web-accessible audio, wherein the second computer is capable of replying to the recorded audio through the topic room by recording additional audio.