{"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":"Surrounded by Rain, Yet Running Dry","slug":"surrounded-by-rain-yet-running-dry","published_at":"2026-07-04T21:56:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/surrounded-by-rain-yet-running-dry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/Surrounded-by-Rain--Yet-Running-Dry-e3llkcb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/122392395/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-4%2Fb3c45b1a-f7cb-8334-5735-1f7498cf5d3e.mp3","summary":"This episode looks at the gap between how a place appears and what it quietly depends on — prompted by a visit to Singapore's Changi Airport, with its glass ceilings, open greenery, and the famous waterfall at Jewel. It touches on a surprising fact: despite receiving 2,000 to 2,500 millimeters of rain each year — roughly one and a half times Tokyo's annual rainfall — Singapore has long been counted among the world's most water-stressed nations. The reason is simple but easy to miss: abundant rain means nothing without somewhere to store it, and a city the size of Tokyo's 23 wards has almost no rivers, lakes, or groundwater to speak of. There's also a look at the political weight of water — a 1962 agreement with Malaysia that at times covered 40 to 50 percent of Singapore's needs, and the tension that surfaced in the 2000s when pricing became a point of conflict. The agreement runs until 2061, and what follows remains uncertain. The waterfall at Jewel, remembered as clean and pleasant, looks a little different once the history behind it comes into focus. A quiet reflection on why surfaces and context so rarely match — and what changes when you learn the story behind something that looked simple at first glance.","meta_description":"This episode looks at the gap between how a place appears and what it quietly depends on — prompted by a visit to Singapore's Changi Airport, with its gla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":290,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/surrounded-by-rain-yet-running-dry/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/surrounded-by-rain-yet-running-dry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}