Summary: <p>Welcome to season 3! On this episode of <a href="https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/"><strong>MICRO BREAK</strong></a> (Episode 84), following on the heels of episode 83, guest spotlight with Leo Allen, I cover the rise and fall of Boston, Massachusetts' Radio Shack retail electronics stores.</p> <p>The company was started as in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, who wanted to provide equipment for the then-nascent field of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">amateur radio</a> (also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio" title="Etymology of ham radio">ham radio</a>). The brothers opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in the heart of downtown Boston at 46 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brattle_Street_(Boston)" title="Brattle Street (Boston)">Brattle Street</a>.<br> <br> <strong>Follow the Host<br> </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/MICRO_BREAK"><strong>Linktree</strong></a><strong>: </strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/MICRO_BREAK"><strong>https://linktr.ee/MICRO_BREAK</strong></a><strong><br> </strong><a href="https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/"><strong>Website</strong></a><strong>: </strong><a href="https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/"><strong>https://www.podpage.com/micro-break/</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Resources<br> </strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack#:~:text=The%20company%20was%20started%20as,Boston%20at%2046%20Brattle%20Street."><strong>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack#:~:text=The%20company%20was%20started%20as,Boston%20at%2046%20Brattle%20Street.</strong></a><strong><br> </strong><a href="https://www.zippia.com/radioshack-careers-60612/history/"><strong>https://www.zippia.com/radioshack-careers-60612/history/</strong></a><strong><br> </strong><a href="https://www.cwit.com/blog/so-long-radioshack-we-ll-miss-your-electronics-and-epic-commercials"><strong>https://www.cwit.com/blog/so-long-radioshack-we-ll-miss-your-electronics-and-epic-commercials</strong></a><strong><br> </strong></p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>
