Fall 2026 Update: Above & Beyond Speaking, San Xavier Photo Prints, and Crispy Content Media.

In this Fall 2026 episode of the Podcast, I share three projects that have I've been busy building while still working full-time at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and running Five Star Productions Entertainment. A new release schedule—new episodes every third Thursday (around the 15th) each month—with upcoming dates including November 19 and December 17.

SPEAK: The first project is the Above and Beyond Confident Speaker Series, a six-session public speaking workshop refined since pre-COVID and currently in its fourth cohort, recently condensed into a four-hour workshop for the Yoeme Youth Council.

EXPLORE: The second is a San Xavier Mission photography series, selecting 12 top images from 15 years of photos to sell as high-quality digital prints, with plans for a 2027 calendar and more vendor events.

CREATE: The third is a soft launch of Crispy Content Media (crispycontentmedia.com), offering content creation services in video, photography, podcasting, and social media.

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Hello everyone!

In this episode, I sit down with Joaquin Martinez, a Houston-based Yaqui tribal member born and raised in Tucson, who studied engineering at the University of Arizona (graduated 1993), spent a 35-year career with Fortune 100 companies, and retired in 2020 to grow Mariposa Energy Consulting into a family-owned business with about 30 employees.

He shares how growing up in a single-parent household helped him develop life skills that translate into business strengths, and he introduces his new book, “The Super Generation,” a guide for first-generation professionals to build lasting success and generational prosperity.

Joaquin explains the book’s core ideas—supportiveness, uniqueness, passion, enterprise, and resilience—and uses the monarch butterfly “super generation” as a blueprint for consuming knowledge, shedding bad habits, transforming into leaders, overcoming barriers, protecting finances, building a supportive “huddle,” and multiplying success by giving back.

He closes with advice he would give to his "younger self" and anyone needs a little motivation and direction.

Connect with Joaquin Matinez

Website: The Super Generation

LinkedIn: Joaquin Martinez

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What does it take to grow food—and culture—in one of the harshest climates in America?

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Michael Johnson—also known as the “Hopi Farmer”—assistant professor at the University of Arizona and a leader with the Indigenous Resiliency Center.

Raised farming alongside his grandfather on the Hopi Reservation, Dr. Johnson shares how ancient dryland agriculture—built on just 6–10 inches of rain and zero chemical inputs—isn’t just about survival… it’s about identity, resilience, and sovereignty.

We dig into:

• The powerful connection between crops, culture, and community
• The urgent push to revitalize Indigenous food systems
• Soil safety, water challenges, and what’s really in our food
• The fight to protect Indigenous seeds as cultural heritage (“The Seed is Law”)
• How youth and intergenerational knowledge are shaping the future of tribal agriculture

From hands-on soil testing to groundbreaking irrigation trials, Dr. Johnson is bridging tradition and innovation to help Native communities reclaim control over food, land, and health.

If you care about sustainability, culture, or the future of food—this conversation will change how you see it.

Thank you,

Pete

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