{"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":"You're Only 48","slug":"you-re-only-48","published_at":"2026-06-16T00:16:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/you-re-only-48","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makotowillolympusmons/episodes/Youre-Only-48-e3ksvb8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fcce555c/podcast/play/121584424/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-17%2F7b2374e0-3c74-9100-9e99-2dd8867283a2.mp3","summary":"This episode reflects on a short trip with parents in their seventies, and how that time together quietly surfaces the passage of time — in a slower walking pace, a shift in energy, small things that didn't register before. It touches on a moment mid-trip when the subject of age came up, and the response came back without hesitation: "You're only 48." From a seventy-something vantage point, 48 looks entirely different — still in the middle of things, maybe even at a peak. There's also a pattern worth noticing: in your twenties, people in their thirties seemed like proper adults; in your thirties, forty felt far away. And yet when you actually arrive, it's never quite what you imagined. The same thing is probably happening now. The thought that a future 58-year-old self will look back and wonder, "Was I really only 48 then?" becomes a quiet reason to move — to go to the places, see the people, try the things. A small reflection on perspective, and how the clearest view of where you are often comes from people a little further along the road.","meta_description":"This episode reflects on a short trip with parents in their seventies, and how that time together quietly surfaces the passage of time — in a slower walki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yesterday-i-went-to-mars-7106663/episodes/you-re-only-48/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/you-re-only-48.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}