{"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":"If Things Aren't Going Well, Try Reaching Out First","slug":"if-things-aren-t-going-well-try-reaching-out-first","published_at":"2026-07-28T15:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/if-things-aren-t-going-well-try-reaching-out-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/If-Things-Arent-Going-Well--Try-Reaching-Out-First-e3ml8js","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/123428924/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2Fdb36f2c7-d194-bb74-0d9f-088199b93945.mp3","summary":"This episode reflects on a line that landed hard: the people who feel like they're working hard but nothing good ever happens tend to be the ones who never invite anyone out themselves. It explores why reaching out first matters — how meetings lead to work, information, and opportunities that simply never arrive if you wait — while also pushing back against the opposite extreme: filling a calendar with drinks and networking events until nothing deepens and you've lost track of what you actually want. There's a distinction drawn between quantity and intention. What do you want to learn from this person? What are you taking home? Without that, it's just drifting. The episode also sits with the tension between time spent meeting people and time spent alone — thinking, building, developing the work. Both matter, and one without the other isn't enough. A quiet reminder that what changes a life isn't a wide network, but a handful of encounters with people you actually wanted to reach out to in the first place.","meta_description":"This episode reflects on a line that landed hard: the people who feel like they're working hard but nothing good ever happens tend to be the ones who neve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":128,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/if-things-aren-t-going-well-try-reaching-out-first/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/if-things-aren-t-going-well-try-reaching-out-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}