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Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Mythbusters' Veterans Kari Byron and Tory Belleci to Launch ‘Mythfits' Podcast (Exclusive)
Two of the co-hosts of the popular Discovery Channel series Mythbusters are launching a podcast that will take listeners behind the scenes of the show, while also touching on topics relating to science, history, and culture. Kari Byron and Tory Belleci will host Mythfits, which will launch June 2, and is being produced by Pionaire Podcast Network. The show 'reunites the longtime collaborators as they revisit behind-the-scenes stories from their MythBusters days, explore bizarre theories, and dive into experiments and curiosities across science, history, and culture. Each episode invites listeners to off-the-record conversations fans always wanted to hear.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Golden Globes: Best Podcast Award Coming in 2026 The New York Times' 'The Daily' Hires Two New Co-Hosts to Join Michael Barbaro (Exclusive) Tribeca Festival Audio Storytelling Slate: 'This American Life' 30th Anniversary Celebration, Live Tapings With Sandra Oh, Allison Williams (Exclusive) Belleci and Byron also co-hosted the Netflix series White Rabbit Project. 'After decades of working together on wild and weird projects from blowing stuff up to scraping chicken guts off the ceiling, Tory is my favorite person to laugh and wax nostalgic with.' Byron said. 'I always thought the real show wasn't what y'all saw on tv but what happened when the cameras were off. I am so excited for the Mythfits Podcast!' 'It's everything fans loved about the MythBusters mayhem—plus behind-the-scenes stories, experiments that never aired, and all the chaos you didn't see. If you're a fan of the madness, you're going to love this,' Belleci added. 'Kari Byron and Tory Belleci went from blowing things up on MythBusters to blowing minds with their upcoming audio and video podcast, Mythfits,' said Mike Morse, president of Pionaire Podcast Network. 'We're thrilled to partner with Kari and Tory, who are armed with just enough knowledge to be dangerous—and deliver laughs while challenging everything you think you know about life.' Byron and Belleci are repped by Buchwald and crowdMGMT. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Business Insider
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Ex-'MythBusters' host Adam Savage says taking a gap year may be the right move for your career
Adam Savage, the former "Mythbusters" host, says college is absolutely worth it — if you know what you're interested in learning. But there's nothing wrong with a gap year to give you more clarity on what you want to do with your career, he said on his YouTube channel, Adam Savage's Tested. Savage — a special-effects pro who starred in the hit Discovery Channel show "Mythbusters" alongside Jamie Hyneman for over a decade — said pursuing higher education depends entirely on the individual. "We encounter school so early that it is just this monolith, right?" Savage said. "We encounter school as literal babies, and then toddlers, and then children, and then young adults. And then we go through the slog of junior high and high school, and we're supposed to go to college." But we need to go to college, right? Well, Savage suggests students should intentionally decide to attend college, not feel like it's an unbreakable rule. It's up to each student, he said. "One of my sons took a gap year, and went and worked production in Los Angeles between graduating from high school and going to college," he said. "And that was a spectacular move for him. He got to live as an adult with a job that had to pay rent, he had a roommate — he got the full life experience at 18." Savage said his son came back from LA with a "thousand-yard stare," having been "raked over the coals" during his work on a series of independent films. The life experience, though, was "great," Savage added. "When you've had a little life under your belt, I think school means a fundamentally different thing than it does when you're just continuing the pipeline of going from child, to young adult, to adult, to school," he said. Savage's wife, he added, also took a break before finishing college. She dropped out and entered the workforce, eventually returning to school with a renewed sense of clarity. "She started watching her peers go on and graduate and move on, and she was working as a waitress, and she was like, 'Yeah, I want to get back into this. I think I'm losing time,'" he said. "And when she went back to school, she knew what she was going for." Going to college straight away can still be a great decision, he said. People who know exactly what they're interested in dive into higher education with a unique tenacity, Savage added. "Everybody I've ever met who went back to school knowing what they were going for — none of them ever got anything but an A in anything that they were doing," he said. "Because when you're interested in your subject, you're going to you're going to do really well at that." Ultimately, regardless of the individual choices someone makes, Savage believes there might be a bit too much dependence on "certain kinds of experience," and not enough recognition of the "mental frames" that people can bring to their jobs. "I have long said that there are people I have met, who don't make stuff for a living, who I would hire in a heartbeat to build stuff in this cave, on the clock for me," Savage said from his workshop. "Because I just know their skill. I can see it in them."
Global News
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Global News
Cosplay on display at 2025 edition of Calgary Expo
The Calgary Expo is fully underway at the BMO Centre, delighting thousands of fans. Scores of people lined the downtown streets Friday as the Parade of Wonders made its way along a new route from Haultain Park, to Centre Street, to 17 Avenue and ending at the BMO Centre. 'This is an annual tradition for many families — kids have grown up with this and now they're bringing their kids. It is incredible,' said Mayor Joyti Gondek. The mayor is known for putting in a big effort into dressing up for the parade each year. This year she came as Thor. 'This is the second biggest event that Calgary hosts after Calgary Stampede, and you can just see the amount of energy,' Gondek said. 'People are pumped for this.' Story continues below advertisement Indeed. Every genre is represented and both young and old dress up as their favourite characters to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'I love that the parade kicks off the event, and looking around at everyone in their costume makes me so happy,' gushed Adam Savage, the star of Mythbusters. He, along with many other celebrities, rode in cool cars to give fans a smile and a wave. 'It's good to be Shredder!' laughed Francois Chau, who plays Shredder in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. He and all the turtles, who rode in a giant green truck, took part in the parade. 'These events, you feel like a family. And I'm excited to meet more fans from Calgary,' said Peter Facinelli of Twilight fame. He was in Calgary with his co-star Kellan Lutz. Lutz said he is excited to take a trip to Banff after the convention wraps up. The Expo is a huge boost to the Calgary economy. Every year it brings in millions of dollars to the hospitality sector. Hotels, restaurants and more benefit from the influx of visitors. The Calgary Expo has earned a reputation as one many A-list celebrities want to attend. '(I) learned a little bit about the history of the city and of course about the Stampede and all of the things that go into that. So I want to come back in July when I can see that in person,' said Lucas Grabeel, a star of High School Musical. Story continues below advertisement Other celebrities attending the weekend event include Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, Heather Locklear, Steve Guttenberg, Nicholas Hoult and John Boyega. Marking the 40th Anniversary of Back to the Future, Michael J Fox is joining fellow co-stars Christopher Lloyd, James Tolkan and Claudia Wells for special panels for fans. Fox was born in Edmonton. The Calgary Expo continues all weekend until Sunday.
Buzz Feed
02-03-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
People Are Sharing The Theories They Can't Prove But Are 100% Convinced Are True, And I've Got My Tinfoil Hat On
Have you ever come across a conspiracy theory that felt just a little too plausible to ignore? Like, you pause for a moment, knowing there's probably no evidence to back it up, but it still sounds possible. It could be a gut feeling or perhaps, the pieces fit a little too perfectly to brush off as mere coincidence. Chances are, there might be a few theories lurking in your mind that feel way more believable than you'd like to admit. Note: These theories are the opinions of people on the internet and do not reflect the views of BuzzFeed or its staff. 1. "Here's the one I had that got me to post the question. I think the reason so many people read their horoscopes and find them oddly fitting and think their star sign describes their personality in some way is that it legitimately does, but the cause of this has nothing to do with the arrangement of the planets and stars and everything to do with how where your birth falls in the calendar year affects the way you are socialized." "How close is your birthday to major holidays in your culture? Did you start school this year or next year because you weren't old enough? Do you have your dawn of conscious memory in the winter or the summer? If the first years really do shape your personality as much as they say, then having all your significant first milestones at different times of the year probably plays a big part in how you're raised, how you view the world, and how you view yourself." – u/AlexG2490 2. "I believe there's a link between getting motion sickness and being able to tell which way is up underwater in low visibility. Like the inner ear is more accurate in people prone to motion sickness." Anadolu / Anadolu via Getty Images "I noticed in an episode of Mythbusters when Adam (super motion sick) was able to swim upwards every time when blindfolded and spun around underwater, but Jamie (iron gut) swam every which way. It's two data points, but I think there's something to be explored." – u/Wahooney 3. "The current push to return to the office is 100% about restoring the values of commercial office buildings. Banks get like 30% of their revenue from commercial real estate mortgage loans." "If companies start realizing they don't need a half-billion dollar building, the billionaires who bought the presidency won't add another zero to their portfolio this year." – u/starion832000 4. "The feds caught Luigi by spying on a large portion of Americans through the security cameras at self-checkouts. I think they were running AI searches for partial matches for his face, probably with the help of a Thiel company and definitely without search warrants, through the self-checkout camera of every store and restaurant in the Northeast. He was caught in a McDonalds, if I remember correctly, after using one of those kiosks." "The woman who called the cops said that a customer in the restaurant told her that Luigi looked similar to the United shooter, and that is what prompted her to call in her tip. I think that customer was a fed trying to construct a parallel narrative to explain how they identified him so quickly." – u/BachBelt 5. "I believe that Earth has shifted, or climate change has made the seasons about two months off. Winter starts later and goes into spring. Summer is later and goes into fall. Everything is pushed back." 6. "All billionaires are psychopaths who should be institutionalized and medicated. The lack of empathy and basic humanity mirrors serial killers." – u/Rustythebassman 7. "Some things that are considered paranormal may actually be real, and we just don't have the scientific knowledge or technology to understand it." – u/GreenBorb 8. "Remember vaping-associated lung illness (VALI)? Vaping was like the worst thing ever and people were dying. What happened to that? Suddenly there's no more VALI and the News stopped reporting illness and deaths related to VALI." "Here's my theory on why it just went away: The likely cause of VALI was vitamin E acetate, an oily substance that was used in the unregulated market to adulterate vape juice so it would have the right consistency after being diluted. Turns out that although totally safe to eat, it's not safe to inhale. But before anything could be done about the issue, the unregulated market realized vitamin E acetate was the thing killing everyone and decided to stop using it because they didn't want to be held responsible for causing mass death. They just wanted to save money on selling their illegal products, not poison their customers. And so it was a case of the illegal market self-regulating to avoid the risk of more serious charges. That's what I think happened anyway." – u/ass_pee 9. "Hypothesis: Left-handed people are more likely to have better analytical and problem-solving skills." "Rationale: Whenever a left-handed person is taught a task (writing, throwing a ball, etc), they must dissect and reverse the task in their mind in order to replicate it. That lays the groundwork for analytical thinking from a young age. Supporting Data: Left-handed people make up 10% of the total population, yet they account for 20% of MENSA, implying a potential correlation between left-handedness and some level of intelligence." – u/Possible_Ad_4094 10. "Any child with the name Aiden/Ayden will have ADHD or some other behavioral problem. Aiden, Brayden, Caiden, Hayden, Kayden, Jayden, Xaiden, Zayden. They ALL HAVE ADHD. I'm a pediatrician and I treat ADHD…all of them. Now, you can have a different name and have ADHD, but if you have one of those names, you will have ADHD." – u/efox02 11. "Music is the most important thing in the universe and aliens are mining it from us." – u/thederevolutions 12. "Domestic animals and animals exposed to human language often (like in zoos or sanctuaries) can understand what we say a LOT." – u/serendipitycmt1 13. "Elon Musk stole the election for Trump." 14. "TikTok's existence kind of proved it, but for years before it came out, I was convinced so many YouTube videos like five-minute crafts (or that weird craft genre)/Facebook clickbait articles/long Snapchat stories from influencers were a psyop from other countries to constantly push major timewasters on social media and cut into American productivity." 15. "Mine is much lower stakes than a lot of these, but no matter what the venue, the city, the genre of music, or any other variable, at any concert you attend, someone will be wearing a Motorhead shirt, and someone will be wearing a Johnny Cash shirt. If you only have two people at the show, one will have on a Johnny Cash shirt; the other will have a Motorhead shirt. If one dude shows up, he'll be in a Johnny Cash T-shirt and a Motorhead hoodie." 16. " Washing machines and dryers cause localized disruptions in space-time through the effects of spinning metal drums in an electromagnetic field (motor) and heat." "Therefore, we shouldn't ask, 'Where are my socks' but rather 'WHEN are my socks?'" – u/AlaskaRoc 17. "There are cures for more diseases than we are there is more money in disease 'treatment' or 'management' than there are cures. It's all about 'shareholder value.' Gotta keep the line going up." 18. "The cost of everything is based on what people can just barely pay and will never go down without an exploding bubble." "Houses, cars, food and Disneyland. Just hear me out…Disneyland jacked up its prices to try to slow down traffic but keep profits up. It blew up in their faces and made it more desirable for people to go. Used houses are priced to a point where a married couple can just barely afford them and still be house-poor. At least, that's how our first house was. We buried ourselves in credit card debt trying to pay our mortgage, daycare, cars, and food. Thank god we are out of that and have things under control now, but young people are fucked in this country when it comes to housing and raising a family." – u/dewioffendu 19. "It's a stretch, but the recent amount of plane crashes will be a catalyst for Elon Musk to implement a new air traffic control system and/or commercial aircrafts. It all was set up for a money grab." 20. "I've always thought Jack The Ripper was multiple people committing murder. The five women were stabbed so many times (mutilated) to cover up the height difference and right hand/left hand of the multiple killers. If anyone happened to walk by, one could provide misdirection or an alibi for their murderous partners who ran off." "I don't believe it was one person. I think it was five victims each, one for every person involved in the cult murders. I have zero proof. Just theory." – u/JoeHazelw00d 21. "Everyone has a doppelganger, and I mean a very eerily similar doppelganger that looks and acts like an identical twin." 22. "Tea that comes in bags is a carcinogen. The bags that a lot of companies use have plastic in them, and you leave them in hot water for a prolonged amount of time. You wouldn't use other plastic items like plastic cups or cutlery when eating hot food or drinks, but you would for tea. I knew a lady who didn't even have a microwave but drank a lot of tea, and my Grandma lived her life with health as the focus and drank a lot of tea, and both of them got cancer. I know correlation isn't causation, and it was probably something else, but it's still weird it happened twice." 23. "Trump made a deal with Netanyahu when Bibi visited Mar-a-Lago in July 2024. 'No ceasefire until after the election,' Israeli captives be damned. October surprise redux." 24. "Cilantro tastes the same to everyone. Some just like it while some don't. 25. "There is no taste difference between Coke made with cane sugar vs corn syrup. It's a combination of the glass bottle and placebo effect. If you did a taste test and controlled all other variables, the average person couldn't find a difference." 26. "The United States is about 80 to 90 years behind Europe in cultural development. It has been going through stages of art and politics that Europe went through earlier. The reason for this lag in development was the cultural isolation caused by the War of 1812 and its sequel. Hence the current Nazi movement in America among other phenomena."
