Radio Shack forgot what made it Radio Shack

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Radio Shack matters to Dr. Dave and Evil Steve personally: Dr. Dave worked for Tandy in the early 1980s and remembers its affordable multi-user systems as a practical small-business alternative. Looking back from the bankruptcy filing, he argues that the company could have modernized the identity it already owned—the hack store, project store and fun store—instead of repeatedly drifting away from its strengths.

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Proposed recording date: 2015-02-07. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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