Does Planet Money’s game pass the shelf test? We go undercover to find out

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  NPR.

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  Picture four people huddled suspiciously in front of a big box retail store in Los Angeles.

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  Feels like we're about to do something bad.

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  It does.

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  It feels like clandestine somehow.

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  That first voice might sound a little familiar.

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  That was...

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  That was me.

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  Surprise.

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  Planet Money's Kenny Malone.

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  Hello.

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  I'm so excited to be here, Waylon.

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  I am so excited you're here.

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  Yes.

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  So with me that day, on that dubious day, Ilan Lee, who is the co-founder of the game company Exploding Kittens.

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  And Ilan and I were about to do...

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  I guess you'd call it the opposite of shoplifting.

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  We were about to go into this big box store and sneak a new board game onto the shelves

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  because Elan was giving us an inside look at the very real secret shelf testing process

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  that Exploding Kittens, a very popular party game company, uses in the real world.

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