1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - We are 99% the Same As Each Other...Even Iowa Fans: August 5th, 11:25am

Episode Date: August 5, 2025

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the heart of Lincoln America, a 93-7-a-ticket and the ticketfm.com. Here is your host, Derek Pearson, brought you by Canopy Street Market. Boom. It's a Tuesday, boom. 11 o'clock. Tuesday morning, Lincoln, Nebraska. 11.01 on your clock just to check and make sure you're where you're supposed to be when you're supposed to be.

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Did you ever see that pocket? I have not seen it yet. I know I'm behind. I probably should by now. Yeah. It's American history. Yeah. American history. Good stuff. Let's get entertaining. With some dancing and singing and fun, right. Hip hop, they did a little, there's a lot of tribute. There's a lot of tipping of the cap to hip hop in the rap game. Some of the, some of the storytelling. They said, well, what American hero would be closely identified with hip-hop culture?

and Alexander Hamilton, who, you know, an immigrant who came, uh, who went through a lot in his life before he got to America. And then he helped build America, uh, in several different ways. And of course, it is the great American tragedy because he, he, he lived hard young, did a lot for the revolution and the building of America and then, you know, died in a duel. Right. in New York and Aaron.

That's how they settled things. Well, you know, he did such a great job of explaining there's a 10 rule commandment for dual, 10 rule, dual commandment. And he goes through it, right? And the fact that his son was also lost in this, right, to the very same thing in the precursor of him knowing that, you know, he saw his death. And it's a big part of it in his writings, he saw his death because he lived at such a high non-stop pace that there was no way that he was going to live long. And I mean, that's an American tale that in those days, people didn't live long.

So when you find the forefathers who lived a long time, they beat not only beat the system. You know, it's a story and a story and a story. So it's always, and it's, I thought it was really good music, some great ballads, some great dancing, of course. Right. There's some, you know, and then recognizing, I've told the story, I think I've told the story on here that in finding out, so for the various TED talks, you have to do some investigative history, right? You've got to dive down. There has to be some data point to your story that connects it. And I was trying to find out who my father was, who my biological father was. And then that you become educated on how the science works and it takes you back. in history and you understand how many grandparents you have, right? So we think that we, you know, we have four grandparents, but then for every generation, that number doubles, because, you know, it doubles. That's the nature of it. But in my research in the investigation,

they found out that I share direct relatives with common assessors with 19 U.S. which is what started and then I found out it's actually 32 at last count and where if you go back six generations and it only takes six generations for for me to get to these presidents most of them are within the third generation of like a third great great great grandparent shares with these presidents but in it it goes back to telling the story of some of the first casualties in the American Civil War. And I am from, of course, Arlington, Virginia, right across the Potomac from D.C., the great connector, right?

That sitting across the Potomac, back in the 1800s, there was a moment at a hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, that the Confederacy took the hotel and they raised the the flag, the Confederate flag, to the top, on the rooftop of the hotel. And some military went to President Lincoln and said, hey, here's the thing you might want to pay attention to. They're right across the river, right? You know, is that a thing? He, of course, sends the military across the bridge.

And they go over to recapture the hotel. They sent a group up, the very first group who went up. into the hotel to the rooftop, captured the flag on the way down the stairs. And again, this is pre-elevator days. Down the stairs at the bottom of stairway, that soldier was shot and killed, one of the very first casualties of the American Civil War.

The person that were shot was my fourth cousin. Wow. And a strange twist of fate, the person that shot my fourth cousin was also my fourth cousin. So, you know, I quickly accepted, like, whatever, whatever happens in America, I can't finger point. Like, I can't blame anybody for, my people did it. Like, good or bad. And it just changes. It's an interesting perspective, right?

They just go, I can't blame. anybody for anything because I know because of the history and tracking of it, you find out historically, especially being from Virginia, that's so much of the connection and family and how many of them are directly related.

How many of them are cousins of some sort? Again, a smaller population pool to work from a more connected era, right? And so you just go, geez, weirdo. Like, don't figure a point.

there's no point there's no point like whatever whatever people like I found out I am fifth cousins with Johnny Appleseed. Hmm. And Sacchiaia several presidents in a long way. So it's been a learning process, but it's really cool that Hamilton kind of triggered some of the learning, right? The lessons in the timetable and you just go, wow. Did they let you know too? Like it's good to hear.

I mean, that's awesome to. to learn that history about, you know, yourself and stuff. But they let you know, because you kind of hit it on it there, and they'll let you know if you're related to some notorious folks as well. Oh, well, that was the thing. You go in to find out the good news, right? Well, all news was good news as far as I was concerned, right? Yeah.

That I wanted to know who I was. And it's the weird thing of you always saying that weird, you know, You always feel like there's more information. And you find out some, I mean, I'm Fifth Cousins with Aaron Burr as we talk about. Right? That you can't just, if you seek information, you can't just seek good information. Like, that's not how information worked. That's not how facts work.

You can't only accept facts, good facts. No, your people, your people did a thing and it's okay. Every family's got the uncle they're not proud of. Right. I fully had to accept that, you know, it's pretty interesting, right? That learning the good and the better. So I know, again, the generational divide. and going back, I know which of my grandparents

were slave owners and which ones were the slaves that they reproduced with. Like I know the house in Virginia in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. I know the house and the address, Bach. Wow. I actually know the room in which this thing happened

because it's still, it's a museum now. Oh, okay. It's a museum that people pay on weekends. to come and visit and hear the stories of this family. And you have to just go, okay, like, what do you say to your grandfather, who in his time did a thing that was diabolical, but for whatever reason, he's still your grandfather. So how do you, you can't just, I'm going to write off.

And I can, I can't just accept the grandfathers who did things that I'm proud of. My humanity and my truth and my character means that I have to accept that in the bloodlines that I carry, there are people that were capable of this and that. And as soon as people, all people, except that that's what it is, you become a much simpler, kinder person. Yeah. Right? You, you, it is, when we go to the break, I'll find that the actual thing that was sent to me by, by, by, by the, the, the, the societies. And there are these societies. There are crests, these family crests that exist. Um, you learn. All of it. And then you realize that in this value, in this journey of mine, I went through, this is what I found out. And Bach, it changed me.

that this is how science works, that each, so you and I, with all the chains of DNA cells, etc., that you and I share 99.1% of the same identical DNA. You and I, you and I, me and Jake, me and Jay, me and Nick, we all share 99% of the same identical DNA. DNA. So if it's a book, each of us is a book of a thousand pages. 990 of them are the same. Then on page 100, it gives this matrix of possibility for that extra 1%. Now, naturally, we should be curious that we can agree on 99% of things. It's just the 1%. And it doesn't matter what part of the world you're from, doesn't matter what religion you believe in, how much money you have, what your political beliefs are, we're all 99% the same. And if we ever get out

of our own way and realize that we can meet in the 99% and then be curious about the 1% and it doesn't have to be venomous. Like, your 1% is weird. Of course it is. It's supposed to be. It's supposed to be. And you're supposed to be curious about it. Like for all of your Iowa fans, hate to bust the bubble. You're 99% to save. The 1%, yeah, jokingly, jokingly, I can say they were cursed.

Right? Cowboy fans were 99% the same. They just, in the one, they're one percent, they have bad taste in NFL teams. Like I don't know, but that's the, Now, is, myself and LeBron James, are we 98% the same? Is there something, you get next year? You're 99, you're not, Bach, you and LeBron for all the people that hate LeBron,

guess what? He's 99% the same identical to you. I'm saying, is athleticism, all that stuff that goes into it. I feel like maybe he's 98.5% maybe. Isn't that really funny, right? Like, I find it funny in sports, right? that the two guys in the middle of the UFC octagon are 99% to say but that 1% oh my goodness what a difference it is right and you just say in a stadium right that it can be 90,000 people

and of the 99, 90,000 people they're 99% to say and it's just we get caught up in the silliness um of it Right, Ben, you're absolutely, right, but that's the right way. So Ben says this on the text, he goes, Jesus, what happened to the 1% that made Colorado fans act the way they do? Mainly, mainly, mainly it's because they don't think, they don't recognize that Nebraska is family still. You're, you're, you're, you're not, they're not, they're not,

rivals or villains. They're, they're just competitors. And think about it. Most of the Colorado fans who are up there acting as they do didn't play the game, aren't connected to the game. They're just being angry. I said a thing a couple of days ago.

Hurt people, hurt people. Healed people, heal people. If you've won a national title, you're a little bit more healed than the fan base that hasn't. Because they have to hurt. Bach, as an Arizona Cardinals fan, you're waiting. You're waiting for that.

one, you're waiting for that part, that part of your 1% to be healed. That's right. Right. Like, it makes, that's what you're waiting for. Like, if you're a Cleveland Browns fan, you are just like, why do you forsake me? Heel by 1%. Allow me, think about the Red, the Red Sox fans. For generations, they felt cursed, Cub's fans, they felt curse.

Oh, yeah. They were in pain. Sports fans just like, they're, Again, you guys know how I love my thirds. They're the third that understands what winning is and celebrate it in full. There's a third that has no idea. Their teams have never won the thing that they want to win. And then there's the middle folks.

There are folks who have won, but it's been a minute. And then there's that part of those that haven't won, but they can't wait. They're simply cheering. for the day that they will win. Right? And most of people in that middle, that middle third, man,

I'm telling you. Like Patriots fans fully engaged in that top third. Until. And now they're back in the middle third. They go, wait a minute. We want to be in that other. We want to be in the championship third. Well, that's what I appreciate.

Especially I say this all the time. Nebraska basketball has one of the, you know, the highest every year attendance. And it's just amazing to me as a Nebraska basketball thing. That year after year after year after we keep going, people show up and they cheer and they support. And what's been the payoff throughout the entirety of the time?

Yeah. It hasn't, you know, you've had, you know, I'm not going to say you haven't won big H. I mean, there's been moments, but it not the big one, you know, not the big way, which we don't even, you know, I think, I think it was, um, coach Izzo said, you know, He doesn't, winning one game in the tournament doesn't do anything for him.

He's won enough get like, that's not even, it's not even something he considers. And I'm over here as a Nebraska fan thinking, that's all I live for. Like you have to, you literally, I mean, there are people that it, it consumes so much of them. Oh, I found it. I found it. I found it. Okay. So here's the thing.

So two things. Kupsker says this on the Texas. So what's up, D.P. I'm related to a president on both sides of my family. My mom was related to Carter and my dad was related to. or Ulysses S. Grant. I definitely need to see who else I might be on there. Yes, you do.

And Kubsker. Guess what, bro? We're cousins. You and I are cousins. You and I are cousins. Like you learn and it's different degrees of relation, right? But I literally can tell you who the shared relative is when it comes to those presidents. Like it's just like I found, I know that Ulysses S. Grant is a cousin of mine.

I also know that Jimmy Carter is as well. I'll read the story so you get the point of reference. So Francis Brownell, Brownell received the first Civil War Medal of Honor were fighting for the Union Army. And then I want you to meet Elmer Ellsworth, the first conspicuous casualties to die in the Civil War. James Jackson, he flew the Confederate flagatatio, an Alexandria, Virginia

hotel that Abraham's Lincoln was informed about it in D.C. He sent folks over. Elmore Ellsworth was killed. He was then immediately killed by Brown Al. Those are both of my cousins. The first, and I actually had pictures of them.

I actually had pictures of them, Bach. I'll show them to you on the break. But it's, it's, this is the thing, right? that sports is a connector. Sports is a connector. That's literally what it's for. That's why all the way back to gladiator days, right, that people would get together and it would connect the community in an emotion.

Ideally, it's a positive emotion. It is a character's tale, right? That there's a good person and a bad person fighting or two good people. Right? Because in war, both soldiers are considered epic soldiers, right? Both are good. Both are fighting for good. Now, ultimately, they may or may not be. But the reality is those are those countries or communities, right? Tribal communities, it's their best that meet. Hopefully you can, again, meet on the bridge in the middle of the bridge and work out whatever you need to work out. But ultimately, they go to battle and that's what it is. And people cheer. They cheer the victor, they cheer the effort, they cheer the competition. Sports does that. Like if you want to know who Nebraska fans are, watch them when they get together to watch Husker Athletics.

That tells you what people gather for, what people run to defines the community. And when you talk about high school Friday nights in Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska, Each of those communities rally for themselves and each other. You're proud of your community. You're proud of your colors. You're proud of the name, right? Because listen, the links carry a different meaning in Lincoln. Right?

And the newer schools have less heritage because the originator, the matriarch of all this is Lincoln. High. And there's a pride factor involved for all the good things that happened at Lincoln High. Now, nobody who went to Lincoln High would tell you that everything that happened at Lincoln High was good. But they have ownership of it. You know what? We use that to get better.

We use that to get smarter. We use that to get wiser. And the community rallies at those stadiums around the city and the state on Friday nights for community. You get together for sports. And sports does that. sports and music do that as well as anything in our human makeup. And that's the beauty of sports. And that's why at a station like the ticket,

you get together to celebrate or commiserate or ponder or plan. Like how can we get better? Like, are we proud of ourselves? Every Saturday, we get together to be proud of ourselves, right? As Husker fans, be proud of yourself. and then ideally Sunday night we're prouder of ourselves and then if we're not

okay how are we going to get better that's literally what sports is on a fold and so it's been helpful for me to learn that right um Ben says some would call Nebraska fans a prime example of bettered wife syndrome

right that Nebraska fans love There is no fan base in all of college football that loves its football program in full like Nebraska. There is nothing. Now, there is also no football program in America whose fans carry the pain of their football program like Nebraska. And I'm telling you, I can say that from being at BYU where it is the thing. Let me, let me, Nebraska thinks it's the thing because there's no pro sports. BYU, when the church is involved, oh, brother, they will walk with it.

Ten toes down. Ten toes down. It means a thing. Go to Texas and watch A&M, watch the Aggies and the horns fight. Go to Montana and watch Montana and Montana State. But go and watch how they talk about it. It's different. Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State.

USC, UCLA. But sports does the thing. It brings us together. And it holds up a really clear mirror to who the people are. It sports is a great mirror to show up and go, okay, this is who we are. And Nebraska football at its best, is a wonderful thing for the people who stand in the mirror with it.

When it's not that, the people stand in the mirror and the shoulders drop and the smile fades away and the people hurt. 23 days, 23 days until August 28th. And it's spectacular to think about that Nebraska football And it's deep, right? It is deep. It is to the core and the heart of. We all know that Sunday morning after a Husker football win,

the weather's better, the food's better, the smiles are bigger, the hugs are bigger, they last longer, the high fives are more plentiful. We know. We know that. And that's what we want. That's what we want. And then the part of it, and this is literally my question to you, Bot, do Nebraska fans deserve, deserve another championship run?

Remember the folks who talk down about Nebraska football? Do they deserve another championship run? I know they want it. Do they deserve it? I would say with the almost 80,000, you know, that show up week in and week out for the last 20 years, I think they deserve it. Yep. Right. It's all the part of it.

So we'll go to break. When we'll come back, I'll ask you, Bach, I'm going to ask you for the, for the five, your five favorite things about Nebraska football. Your five favorite things, the things that when you think about Nebraska football, it helps tell the story about who you are and why you are. love. Give me those things. Backel, give me those things when we come back. Download our app by searching 93.7, the ticket in your app store. You're listening to one-on-one with DP on 937 the ticket and the ticketfm.com.