Kari Byron: Star of Mythbusters and Host of Science Channel’s Head Rush

2014 “Future Is Here” Featured Speaker

(Kari Byron)

smithsonian.com
May 17, 2014

Kari Byron is star of Discovery Channel’s flagship show, Mythbusters, and host of Science Channel’s Head Rush. Fostering her curious nature, she spent a lifetime acquiring odd skills and interests. An internship at M5 industries soon turned into the beginning of Mythbusters, and a career in television.

Kari Byron was a featured speaker at Smithsonian magazine’s 2014 The Future is Here Festival.

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