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MythBusters takes a light-hearted look at modern misconceptions and the bizarre claims of Urban Legends. However this series doesn't just retell the stories… it puts them to the test! Can six packs of Pop Rocks and six cans of soda make your stomach explode? Is it possible to get stuck on an airplane toilet? What happens when you strap a JATO rocket to the roof of a '67 Chevy Impala? Each episode investigates three legends, but there's a catch… some of the stories aren't Myths at all. |
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Reed Timmer has intercepted over 250 tornadoes and a dozen powerful hurricanes during the last decade, Reed Timmer is well-known as the most successful and extreme storm chaser in the world. As a star on Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers in 2008,Reed became the first person in history to capture High Definition video inside a tornado. The eight episode series had a record 19 million viewers during the 2008 season, and was one of the highest rated shows on Discovery Channel. |
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The co-host of the hit Discovery Channel show Dual Survival, Cody Lundin is an internationally known professional survival instructor with more than 20 years of hands-on teaching experience. With his penchant for going barefoot, braided hair, quick wit, and alternative lifestyle, along with his dynamic understanding of the physics, psychology, and physiology of survival, Cody is an in-demand speaker nationwide. |
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As the creator and executive producer of Discovery Channel's Emmy®-nominated series Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Mike has spent years traveling the country, working as an apprentice on over 200 jobs that most people would go out of their way to avoid. From coal miners to roustabouts, maggot farmers to sheep castrators, Mike has worked in just about every industry and shot in most every state, celebrating those hard-working Americans who make civilized life possible for the rest of us. |
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Dr. Kara Cooney is an Assistant Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA. She earned her PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University in 2002. She has been part of archaeological excavations in Egypt at the craftsmen’s village of Deir el Medina, the royal temple site of Dahshur and various elite Theban tombs. She is published under the name Kathlyn M. Cooney, but called Kara by everyone. Kara is currently working on a new comparative archaeology series entitled OUT OF EGYPT, created with her husband Neil Crawford. |
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Best known as star of the highly-acclaimed hit TV series Survivorman on The Discovery Channel, Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. He has more than twenty years experience as a naturalist, outdoor adventurer and instructor in survival, white water paddling, sea kayaking, hiking, dog sledding and winter travel. Combining his love for the outdoors and his skills as a filmmaker, Stroud has appeared in and/or produced numerous television specials including hosting the twentieth anniversary of Discovery Channel's Shark Week. |
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Captain Sig Hansen born in Seattle, Washington is the first generation from his family born in the United States. He is a fourth generation fisherman and one of the featured Captain's on Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch. Sig currently serves as the full-time captain during King and opilio crab seasons as well as the Pot cod fishery on the Northwestern. His youngest brother, Edgar, works as the Engineer and Deck boss. Norman, the middle brother, returned to the boat as a deckhand. |
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Deanne Bell can recite many digits of pi, but her talents don't stop there! She received her B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2002 from Washington University in St. Louis. Her work experience ranges from designing FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) and LADAR optical navigation systems for the aerospace industry to doing product development for a CAD software startup. Deanne is passionate about working with the next generation of scientists and engineers. When Deanne's not analyzing the destruction at Smash Lab, she seeks out global travel and outdoor adventure. |
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Sometimes, when Danny Forster finds himself suspended hundreds of feet in the air or wedged beside a stone crusher a hundred feet below ground, he wonders why he hadn't focused more on his schoolwork. Of course, as host of Build It Bigger, it is Danny's great honor to give Discovery Channel viewers a closer look at some of the world's largest engineering projects - from the Arizona Cardinals stadium to the tallest building in Madrid. Given his morbid fear of heights and his healthy suspicion of giant stone crushers, though, it's just not always his great pleasure. |
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