{"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 Weather Forecasting Company That Brings In Billions of Yen","slug":"a-weather-forecasting-company-that-brings-in-billions-of-yen","published_at":"2026-07-20T05:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/a-weather-forecasting-company-that-brings-in-billions-of-yen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/A-Weather-Forecasting-Company-That-Brings-In-Billions-of-Yen-e3mbe9e","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/123107054/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-21%2F7e4dead7-d299-0003-035f-8aecd66636d2.mp3","summary":"This episode looks at the story behind WeatherNews — a company that has grown its revenue for seventeen consecutive years — and what that growth reveals about the real value of weather information. It traces the company's origins back to a cargo ship that sank in 1970, and the founder's belief that better information might have saved lives. From there, it explores how what WeatherNews actually sells is not forecasts, but the reduction of risk — for shipping routes, construction sites, logistics chains. There's also a reflection on Everest, where a single misjudged summit day can end months of preparation and cost millions of yen, and where the stakes of a weather forecast shift entirely. The episode then turns inward, drawing a quiet parallel to running an optician's shop — the idea that helping someone see clearly is also, in its own way, delivering a tool for moving through daily life with a little more safety and ease. A small reminder that the most ordinary-seeming services often carry a weightier purpose underneath, once you look at what they actually protect.","meta_description":"This episode looks at the story behind WeatherNews — a company that has grown its revenue for seventeen consecutive years — and what that growth reveals a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":182,"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-weather-forecasting-company-that-brings-in-billions-of-yen/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-weather-forecasting-company-that-brings-in-billions-of-yen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}