Exploding Kittens
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This product by Exploding Kittens has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2023-02-03 and the most recent from 2025-08-06. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I found this game, Poetry for Neanderthals, and holy [ __ ] had so much fun with that with my friends.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Elan Lee: Co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the self-described number one independent game studio (60 million games sold), former chief design officer at Xbox; co-designed the game Coyote with Tim Ferriss. Exploding Kittens CEO Elan Lee walks Tim Ferriss through designing, testing, and selling their card game Coyote and what makes bestselling games.
“of all the games tested so far, one game has stood out as a friend favorite, and that is Poetry for Neanderthals”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Elan Lee: Co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens; former chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios; co-founder of 42 Entertainment; Emmy and Peabody Award winner who pioneered alternate reality games. Exploding Kittens founder Elan Lee on game design, his record-breaking Kickstarter, and building an end-to-end gaming company.