I first encountered Rich Dad, Poor Dad while listening to a podcast called If Books Could Kill—a show that picks apart “airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.” The book, a hodgepodge of allegory and financial advice, apparently leaves a lot to be desired. But Robert Kiyosaki, the man who wrote it, is absolutely fascinating. You’ll learn as much from Christopher Cox’s absorbing profile of Kiyosaki, which was catalyzed by a baffling declaration: that he was $1.2 billion in debt. How could that be possible? Cox went to his home in Arizona to find out—and discovered a story wilder than he ever could have imagined. (You think that description is hyperbolic enough for the back of an airport bestseller?)
Elsewhere, we’re mourning a universally beloved screen icon—goodbye, Tim Curry; we’ll pour out a bunch of Clue pieces in your honor—and looking forward to what may be the most Vanity Fair–screaming movie ever made: one starring Helen Mirren as Talented Mr. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith. | 
