THE TRUTH ABOUT MONEY WITH RIC EDELMAN engages, educates and entertains public television viewers about a variety of personal-finance topics. Host Ric Edelman, a leading authority on personal finance and a New York Times best-selling author, dispenses the must-know rules of personal finance and offers timely and practical advice about handling investments, financing a college education, comparing mortgages and preparing for a comfortable retirement – in any market environment. Episodes also feature Edelman fielding questions from seminar audiences and radio show callers and welcoming guests from the worlds of business, politics and entertainment, including BET founder and entrepreneur Bob Johnson, fitness gurus Denise Austin and Jillian Michaels, CNN correspondent and anchor Ali Velshi, and Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media.