{"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":"Where the Wrong Way Becomes the Right Way: Ice in Your Beer in Chiang Mai","slug":"where-the-wrong-way-becomes-the-right-way-ice-in-your-beer-in-chiang-mai","published_at":"2026-05-14T11:44:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/where-the-wrong-way-becomes-the-right-way-ice-in-your-beer-in-chiang-mai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/Where-the-Wrong-Way-Becomes-the-Right-Way-Ice-in-Your-Beer-in-Chiang-Mai-e3jf02n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/120077847/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-16%2Fc126f1e2-ce5f-e154-933e-29cb439c0594.mp3","summary":"This episode reflects on a habit that seemed wrong until it suddenly made complete sense — putting ice in beer, something encountered for the first time in Chiang Mai's heat. It touches on the practical logic behind it: daytime temperatures above 35 degrees, a beer that goes lukewarm in under five minutes, and the way ice becomes a form of quality control rather than a shortcut. There's also a small detail about Thai beers like Singha and Chang being brewed slightly stronger to account for dilution — so the crispness holds even as the ice melts. The episode also considers the physical side of drinking in tropical heat, and how slowing down the pace and rehydrating a little as you go made for a noticeably better morning after. What runs through it is a quiet shift in thinking — that the sense of how things "should" be done is often more local than it feels. A practice that might look careless at a bar in Tokyo turns out to be something the people of Chiang Mai refined over a long time, for good reason. A small reflection on the difference between a wrong answer and an answer shaped by a different place.","meta_description":"This episode reflects on a habit that seemed wrong until it suddenly made complete sense — putting ice in beer, something encountered for the first time i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":160,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/where-the-wrong-way-becomes-the-right-way-ice-in-your-beer-in-chiang-mai/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/where-the-wrong-way-becomes-the-right-way-ice-in-your-beer-in-chiang-mai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}