On This Day: September 18

Kurt Heintz of Encyclopædia Britannica covers Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, Jimi Hendrix as a touchstone for emotional honesty in rock music, and the glamorous Greta Garbo for September 18. Plus, Jackie Chan's breakthrough American film and physicist Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault's birthday in Fast Facts.
Host: Kurt Heintz.

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