{"podcast":{"title":"*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”*","slug":"yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","podcast_index_feed_id":7106663,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://makoto-hoshino.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42313807/42313807-1729942256050-67940c9698ba4.jpg","author":"MakotowillOlympusMons","episode_count":644,"summary":"*“Yesterday, I Went to Mars ♡”* Makoto Hoshino, CEO of Makoto Co., Ltd. and Galactic Hitchhikers, shares his journey of pursuing heart-moving experiences and embracing the unknown. In 2017, he summited Everest and all Seven Summits and completed the 250km Gobi Desert Ultramarathon. His future goal: to stand atop Olympus Mons on Mars by 2049. Through this podcast, Makoto reflects on his life’s adventures, celebrating family, global friendships, and the joy of trusting intuition and living freely. Join him as he explores the excitement of breaking free from conventions","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T02:17:25.711616+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663"},"episode":{"title":"A Crowdfunding Campaign That Has Lasted 144 Years","slug":"a-crowdfunding-campaign-that-has-lasted-144-years","published_at":"2026-06-12T10:41:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/a-crowdfunding-campaign-that-has-lasted-144-years","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/A-Crowdfunding-Campaign-That-Has-Lasted-144-Years-e3kmnht","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/121379837/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-12%2Feb2acfe0-419d-3d93-f754-998b1fe84ce6.mp3","summary":"This episode looks at the Sagrada Família — currently in its 144th year of construction — and what it means that a building has been continuously built across generations, with full completion not expected until the early 2030s. There's a surprising detail at the center of it: the construction isn't funded by the Spanish government or the city of Barcelona, but by ticket sales, donations, and merchandise. When tourism fell during the pandemic, construction slowed. In that sense, it's a crowdfunding campaign that has been running since 1882. It touches on the contrast between the Apollo program — massive institutional funding, a hard deadline, a goal achieved within a decade — and a cathedral that has outlasted every person who ever worked on it, with contributors for most of its history giving money toward something they knew they'd never see finished. There's also a quiet observation about the LEGO lunar rover sitting nearby, and how both projects, as different as they are, involve building something larger than any single lifetime. A small reflection on whether it's only finished things that move us — or whether there's something particular about the act of continuing, year after year, that pulls at something deeper.","meta_description":"This episode looks at the Sagrada Família — currently in its 144th year of construction — and what it means that a building has been continuously built ac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":189,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/a-crowdfunding-campaign-that-has-lasted-144-years/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/a-crowdfunding-campaign-that-has-lasted-144-years.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}