Kari Byron: Star of Mythbusters and Host of Science Channel’s Head Rush
2014 “Future Is Here” Featured Speaker
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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.