{"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":"The Invisible Line Between Two Pins on Google Maps","slug":"the-invisible-line-between-two-pins-on-google-maps","published_at":"2026-06-23T15:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/the-invisible-line-between-two-pins-on-google-maps","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/The-Invisible-Line-Between-Two-Pins-on-Google-Maps-e3l5np5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/121871589/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2Fdfa91fb5-7de0-3fc1-3fb3-f20c68678b2b.mp3","summary":"This episode reflects on a single sentence from a newsletter — about how physical safety in America depends entirely on where and when you are — and what it unlocks in memory. It draws on the experience of driving from Beverly Hills toward downtown Los Angeles, a journey of ten or fifteen minutes on a map, where the feel of the road, the buildings, and the way people move changes completely somewhere along the way. There's also a pattern noticed across other countries: a street that feels fine in the afternoon becomes somewhere else at night, or a single turn off a tourist thoroughfare into a side alley makes the previous minute feel very far away. Part of the episode turns toward why Tokyo rarely produces this same feeling — the Kabukicho-to-Nishi-Shinjuku gap being about as sharp as it gets — and what that contrast suggests about how cities are actually made: not of buildings, but of accumulated economic circumstances, history, and culture, none of which appear on any map. A quiet look at the invisible lines that run through cities, and the strangeness of living in a world where a single phone can reach anyone, anywhere, while a few blocks on foot can feel like crossing into another country entirely.","meta_description":"This episode reflects on a single sentence from a newsletter — about how physical safety in America depends entirely on where and when you are — and what…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":197,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/the-invisible-line-between-two-pins-on-google-maps/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/the-invisible-line-between-two-pins-on-google-maps.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}