Companion audio-essay series to the book "Hello, World. I’m the Dad of a Trans Kid."
I could never have anticipated the journey my family would be on when our young son made it painfully clear there was something very wrong with his assigned gender. I would spend the last decade and a half dismantling my old worldview and constructing a new one that actually matched with reality. I also watched as enormous political energy and resources were poured into a campaign to dehumanize that child and falsely portray him and the trans community as a threat to God and country.
This podcast series is based on a soon-to-be-published book of the same title. But it is not just about my trans son, although his existence is the reason I'm speaking. It is about a country that has become increasingly addicted to certainty. Certainty about who counts as a real American. About what a real family looks like. About whose children have the right to exist and whose don't. About what God wants and what God forbids and which laws should be written to enforce the answers.
What we could use now, more than ever, is a superpower. Luckily, we already have one. Every one of us. It has just gone largely unrecognized and under-utilized.
Consider for a moment the uniquely human capacities for curiosity and critical thinking—traits that are powerful, transformative, and too often under-appreciated. Traits that in combination, produce the closest thing we have to a superpower. The ability to make informed decisions based on facts and evidence. The ability to see the world as it truly is, while also imagining the possibilities of creating a better world.
This is the superpower we must urgently embrace today if we are to prevent the rise of authoritarian regimes. Regimes that sow fear and rage in an effort to divide us, and that thrive on disinformation and an uninformed public.
Scientific Rebellion is a movement dedicated to restoring critical thinking as a foundational principle of American democracy. To reviving the spirit of curiosity and critical inquiry, that when embraced, has resulted in extraordinary achievements — and that when suppressed, has led to some of the darkest periods in our history. It is a movement unafraid to confront the manufactured certainty currently being weaponized against transgender kids, teachers of honest history, climate experts, and doctors who follow the evidence.
Are you ready?
This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion.
Peter Tchoryk explores the genesis of the Scientific Rebellion Movement, tracing its roots to personal experiences and the socio-political climate surrounding the trans community.
20 Mar 2025
The Case for Scientific Rebellion
Send us a text Season Two, Episode One. Hello world. I’m the dad of a trans kid. That was how I started my first post to address the explosion of false accusations and conspiracy theories stemming from another parent outing our family on Facebook. I went on to explain that our young trans son was not actually a threat to God and country, or his 2nd grade class. That was back in the Spring of 2016. It seems like another lifetime ago when our son first made it clear that someone got it wrong on...
19 Nov 2024
Addendum II: Christian Nationalism and the Trump Effect
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is the second addendum to the series, "Christian Nationalism and the Trump Effect." The next addendum is called, "A Call to Action for Scientific Rebels." We hope you join us. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion. Four Words to Start a Rebellion is the property of me and the Scienti...
19 Nov 2024
Addendum III: A Call to Action for Scientific Rebels
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is the third addendum to the series, "A Call to Action for Scientific Rebels." Stay tuned for further episodes. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion. Four Words to Start a Rebellion is the property of me and the Scientific Rebel team.
19 Nov 2024
Episode 9: Accountability
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 9, "Accountability." Rampant child sexual abuse in many of the most powerful churches in America is a national crisis, yet journalists are often stonewalled by church lawyers, lobbyists, and sympathizers. Not only that, the churches involved have been actively covering up these crimes -- all while condemning ...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 8: A Very Slippery Slope
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 8, "A Very Slippery Slope." In this episode, we examine how conservatives have taken every single good thing from the Bible, melted them down in the flames of hell, added in the seven deadly sins, and forged it into a weapon. A ring. One ring to rule them all. Don't believe me? Just listen. This ...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 10: The Mother of all Inconvenient Truths
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the ScientificRebel.com website. This is Episode 10, "The Mother of All Inconvenient Truths." In this series, I've tried to give my raw, unfiltered view of reality, and it is not for the faint of heart. But if I was at all successful, it has liberated you from feelings of helplessness and replaced those feelings with a confidence that there is a way to fight back....
19 Nov 2024
Addendum I: A Personal Letter to Scientific Rebels
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is the first addendum to the series, "A Personal Note to Scientific Rebels." The next addendum is called, "Christian Nationalism and the Trump Effect." We hope you join us. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion. Four Words to Start a Rebellion is the property of me...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 2: Introduction
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 2, "Introduction." This podcast series is dedicated to planting the seeds of Scientific Rebellion to hold organized religion accountable for all the trouble they've caused over the last couple thousand years. And the threat they present today to our democracy. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to t...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 4: From Fear to Science
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 4, "From Fear to Science." In this episode, we explore how critical thinking led to the Scientific Revolution and the birth of the scientific method. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion. Four Words to Start a Rebellion is the property of me and the Scientific Rebel team.
19 Nov 2024
Episode 7: Weaponized Religion
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 7, "Weaponized Religion." In this episode, I provide some background on how our family and others like ours have been targeted by Christian nationalists and the power-groups behind their faux grassroots "uprisings" against the trans community. We'll see how conservatives have adopted the playbook of fascist r...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 3: Driven by Fear
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 3, "Driven by Fear." In this episode we explore how fear of the unknown and fear of not fitting in often compel people to put aside critical thinking. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the rebellion. Four Words to Start a Rebellion is the property of me and the Scientific Rebel team...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 5: Morality from Religion? Nah.
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 5, "Morality from Religion? Nah." In this episode, we challenge the notion that religion is responsible for morality. This is one of the myths that organized religions perpetuate to give the false notion that social order cannot exist without religious influence. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, to the ...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 6: Trans Kids in the Crosshairs
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This is Episode 5, "Morality from Religion? Nah." In this episode, we challenge the notion that religion is responsible for morality. This is one of the myths that organized religions perpetuate to give the false notion that social order cannot exist without religious influence. This is Peter Tchoryk. Welcome, t...
19 Nov 2024
Episode 1: Preface to the Rebellion
Send us a text "Four Words to Start a Rebellion" is a multi-episode series available on the Scientific Rebel podcast and on the Scientific Rebel.com website. This episode is the Preface to "Four Words to Start a Rebellion." Do you feel powerless and have you given up hope in a political process that continually seems to fail you? Are you exasperated that so many people seem to be sleepwalking as our country is being dragged back into the Dark Ages?...
6 Jul 2024
TEASER for the Scientific Rebel Podcast Series
Send us a text Do you feel powerless, and have you given up hope in a political process that continually seems to fail you? Are you exasperated that so many people seem to be sleepwalking, as our country is being dragged back into the Dark Ages? Are you facing persecution because of the color of your skin? Desire for bodily autonomy, gender identity, or sexual orientation? Or perhaps for a general nonconformance to a white patriarchal Christian ethos? Do you consider yourself religious or spi...
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