{"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":"My Wife Sent Me a Link","slug":"my-wife-sent-me-a-link","published_at":"2026-07-17T14:10:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/my-wife-sent-me-a-link","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/My-Wife-Sent-Me-a-Link-e3m72ej","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/122963859/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2F98448ef7-3e64-e95c-aae5-038c377af921.mp3","summary":"This episode starts with something small: a link from a wife, a purchase application for a new MoonSwatch, and the Swatch phrase "Time is what you make of it." It traces back to 2005, when a space travel company called Ginga Hitchhikers was founded, watched it fail, and notes that more than twenty years later — now at 48 — not a single bit of that dream has faded. There's also a quiet tension at the center: a row of Omega Swatch Moon series watches lined up across a desk as a kind of accountability, a book written, things said out loud — and still the honest admission that the time spent hasn't really moved toward space. Not nearly enough. Completing an application form becomes, unexpectedly, a moment of sharpened resolve. Time, curiosity, and dreams turn out to be connected — and the act of pressing a button quietly becomes a question about identity: what exactly is worth stepping up to the plate for? A small reflection on how dreams don't fade on their own, and how even a link from a spouse can become a mirror.","meta_description":"This episode starts with something small: a link from a wife, a purchase application for a new MoonSwatch, and the Swatch phrase \"Time is what you ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":82,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/my-wife-sent-me-a-link/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/my-wife-sent-me-a-link.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}