BUILD Series

In February 2018, figure skater Adam Rippon won an Olympic bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event, thus becoming the first openly gay U.S. male athlete to win a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Join Rippon as he takes the stage to talk about his career, his PyeongChang Olympic experience and more.

Ben Harper and harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite talk about their forthcoming album, out March 30th. "No Mercy In This Land" marks the second collaboration between the two following their first shared effort, the Grammy-winning album "Get Up!" in 2013. Check out Harper and Musselwhite, as they talk about the collaboration and upcoming tour.

With "Tomorrow Will Be Different:" Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality," along with a foreword from former vice president Joe Biden, Sarah McBride delivers a powerful and emotional story that serves as an entry point for understanding the issues that the trans community faces and fights each day. The book is an informative, affecting, and empowering story of McBride's life, love and loss. Through her inspiring work as an activist, the book serves as an insightful and educational look at the LGBTQ community’s battles for equal rights. From issues that have blazed across television screens and newspaper headlines, Sarah weaves together political and cultural milestones with her own personal journey, opening hearts and minds along the way.

Elizabeth Graves is the Editor in Chief of Martha Stewart Living magazine, where she has successfully been the brand’s content leader since January of 2016. Graves leads the "Change The Day" campaign which highlights a major initiative each month, such as clean water, energy efficiency, wellness, education/literacy, and charitable efforts, and introduces “Change Makers” and shareable and impactful pledges. Across the brand’s platforms, this campaign is designed to teach and motivate people to live cleaner, greener, healthier, and happier lives by sharing inspiring stories, achievable ideas, and committing to small changes that will amount to a big difference in the world.

Check out J.R. Ramirez, as he discusses joining the cast of Marvel’s "Jessica Jones" for season 2 of the hit show. "The Power" and Arrow" actor is a series regular as Oscar, a devoted single father who moves into Jessica’s building as the new superintendent. While his young son becomes enamored with Jessica and her powers, Oscar keeps his distance, worrying about the trouble that follows people like her.

When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, influence and illusion — the FBI. Using every trick in the book and inventing new ones, he will help the government catch the world’s most elusive criminals while staging the biggest illusions of his career. The new ABC series "Deception" is from writer/executive producer Chris Fedak (“Chuck”) and stars Jack Cutmore-Scott as Cameron Black/Jonathan Black and Ilfenesh Hadera as Kay Daniels.

During his many years as an entrepreneur, consultant and star of Spike TV's hit show "Bar Rescue," Jon Taffer has witnessed the destruction that results when people bullsh*t themselves. He argues that excuses are the root cause of nearly every business and personal problem. Fortunately, Taffer knows how to fix that excuse habit for good. His new book is almost as good as having Taffer in your face telling you the hard truths you've been avoiding. "Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!" is a brutally honest, no-nonsense guide that will help you kick excuses to the curb.

Created by Charlie Grandy and Mindy Kaling, “Champions” is a half-hour, single-camera comedy that centers on Vince, a washed-up high school baseball star who reluctantly gave up his dreams to take over the family gym in Brooklyn. Vince lives with his sweet, naive younger brother, Matthew (Andy Favreau), and is on the verge of secretly selling the gym and moving to Florida when his high school fling, Priya unexpectedly drops off their 15-year-old son, Michael, on his doorstep. Watch Favreau discuss the series during his appearance on BUILD.

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year-old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t actually know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing. Directed by Greg Berlanti and based on Becky Albertalli’s acclaimed novel, "Love, Simon" is a funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about the thrilling ride of finding yourself and falling in love. Watch Berlanti and the cast as they discuss the film.

Eli Young Band’s impressive trajectory includes No. 1 smashes "Drunk Last Night,” “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” and “Crazy Girl” featured on their chart-topping last album, "10,000 Towns." With previous singles earning Billboard’s #1 Country Song of the Year and ACM Song of the Year, the talented foursome have scored numerous nominations from Grammy, CMA, CMT, ACA and Teen Choice Awards. Eli Young Band has also appeared on NBC's "Today", "Conan," "Late Show With David Letterman", "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and more. The band is coming off their 2017 album release "Fingerprints."