Nick Polk (he/him)
@tolkienpop.substack.com
Educator | Production Editor for Mallorn
@tolkiensociety.org | Creator of Tolkien Pop! | Coffee Addict | Wannabe Punk Theologian
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@tolkiensociety.org | Creator of Tolkien Pop! | Coffee Addict | Wannabe Punk Theologian
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For those on here who are new friends, my name is Nick and I spend most of my time reading and writing about Tolkien, religion, and pop culture. I do most of my writing on my Substack Tolkien Pop! and have a book out if you are interested in Tolkien and Pop Culture! a.co/d/cFbzzH5
Mîm the Petty Dwarf leading Túrin to Amon Rûdh
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Mîm the Petty Dwarf leading Túrin to Amon Rûdh
Reposted by Nick Polk (he/him)
Very very excited to share this conversation I had with @tolkienpop.substack.com about my work for Tea with Tolkien and my forthcoming book, Into the Heart of Middle-earth!
You can listen to the full interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
You can listen to the full interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
Kaitlyn Facista of Tea with Tolkien:
Into the Heart of Middle-earth
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Very very excited to share this conversation I had with @tolkienpop.substack.com about my work for Tea with Tolkien and my forthcoming book, Into the Heart of Middle-earth!
You can listen to the full interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
You can listen to the full interview here:
open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
In the first Tolkien Pop! episode of 2026, I got to talk with @teawithtolkien.com about her upcoming book Into the Heart of Middle-earth: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
In the first Tolkien Pop! episode of 2026, I got to talk with @teawithtolkien.com about her upcoming book Into the Heart of Middle-earth: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Had the pleasure to contribute to Tom’s theology of amipotence. His theology has altered the trajectory of my theological journey towards the better and it was so fun to utilize amipotence in my own theological work. Go read my essay along with others’ and Tom’s response!
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The Decline of Omnipotencein Pop Culture - Center for Open & Relational Theology
The Decline of Omnipotencein Pop Culture By Nick Polk Pop culture illustrates the move from traditional power towards collective power through love. In a 2022 interview with the late night … Continue ...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Had the pleasure to contribute to Tom’s theology of amipotence. His theology has altered the trajectory of my theological journey towards the better and it was so fun to utilize amipotence in my own theological work. Go read my essay along with others’ and Tom’s response!
c4ort.com/essays/the-d...
c4ort.com/essays/the-d...
POV: You read The Ainulindalë for the first time
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
POV: You read The Ainulindalë for the first time
Was gonna toast with beer, but decided to go Gandalf and have a little red wine. The Professor! 🥂
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Was gonna toast with beer, but decided to go Gandalf and have a little red wine. The Professor! 🥂
Reposted by Nick Polk (he/him)
WORK IN PROGRESS: #TOLKIEN BIRTHDAY TOAST!
Events all across the world, collected via Google Maps!
Let me know if you want to be added!
maps.app.goo.gl/vCDSFPzAC6zd...
Events all across the world, collected via Google Maps!
Let me know if you want to be added!
maps.app.goo.gl/vCDSFPzAC6zd...
maps.app.goo.gl
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM
WORK IN PROGRESS: #TOLKIEN BIRTHDAY TOAST!
Events all across the world, collected via Google Maps!
Let me know if you want to be added!
maps.app.goo.gl/vCDSFPzAC6zd...
Events all across the world, collected via Google Maps!
Let me know if you want to be added!
maps.app.goo.gl/vCDSFPzAC6zd...
Happy 134th birthday to the man, the myth, and the legend that is J.R.R. Tolkien. Every year, today, we get to celebrate the man who gave us The Lord of the Rings and so much more. What brought you to Middle-earth? Cheers to the Professor! 🍻
January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Happy 134th birthday to the man, the myth, and the legend that is J.R.R. Tolkien. Every year, today, we get to celebrate the man who gave us The Lord of the Rings and so much more. What brought you to Middle-earth? Cheers to the Professor! 🍻
Perfect timing with the arrival of my membership card. This year marks my tenth year as a Tolkien Society member and I’m excited for the next ten! 🍻
Tomorrow is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
Tolkien Birthday Toast 2026
To celebrate Tolkien's 134th birthday on 3 January 2026, the Tolkien Society invites all Tolkien fans to raise a toast to the Professor. The Toast After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birt...
www.tolkiensociety.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Perfect timing with the arrival of my membership card. This year marks my tenth year as a Tolkien Society member and I’m excited for the next ten! 🍻
Reposted by Nick Polk (he/him)
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December 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Don’t forget to put out some Old Toby for Gandalf tonight, so he’ll leave you a legendary elvish blade under your white tree
December 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Don’t forget to put out some Old Toby for Gandalf tonight, so he’ll leave you a legendary elvish blade under your white tree
It’s hard to look on the bright side of life when American Evangelicals equate a 1st century, peace-building, Palestinian Jew with a fictional god of war created for a video game franchise
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It’s hard to look on the bright side of life when American Evangelicals equate a 1st century, peace-building, Palestinian Jew with a fictional god of war created for a video game franchise
Posted an audio version of my essay on Tolkien and South Park. Hope this brings you some enjoyment and laughter as we get closer to the New Year! open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
Middle-earth in South Park:
"The Return of The Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" as Parody
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Posted an audio version of my essay on Tolkien and South Park. Hope this brings you some enjoyment and laughter as we get closer to the New Year! open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
Just watched the John Candy documentary and it had me bawling lol
December 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just watched the John Candy documentary and it had me bawling lol
Shower beers exist in The Shire:
“O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.”
- Pippin, FR
“O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.”
- Pippin, FR
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Shower beers exist in The Shire:
“O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.”
- Pippin, FR
“O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.”
- Pippin, FR
I’ve been writing my ass off that past couple of years and wanted to show some of the works I’ve contributed to and my self-published book of Tolkien essays. Very proud of these and looking forward to more!
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’ve been writing my ass off that past couple of years and wanted to show some of the works I’ve contributed to and my self-published book of Tolkien essays. Very proud of these and looking forward to more!
Very stoked and proud of the next issue of Mallorn that should be arriving at people’s doors in the next coming weeks! Thanks to all who contributed art and scholarship! If you want an issue like this one, you can join the Tolkien Society and meet some awesome people www.tolkiensociety.org/join/
The latest editions of our magazine Amon Hen and our journal Mallorn are landing with our members. A Christmas treat!
Get yours too by joining the Society as a member at www.tolkiensociety.org/join. Print and digital options available, and we ship worldwide! #Tolkien #BookSky
Get yours too by joining the Society as a member at www.tolkiensociety.org/join. Print and digital options available, and we ship worldwide! #Tolkien #BookSky
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Very stoked and proud of the next issue of Mallorn that should be arriving at people’s doors in the next coming weeks! Thanks to all who contributed art and scholarship! If you want an issue like this one, you can join the Tolkien Society and meet some awesome people www.tolkiensociety.org/join/
New Tolkien Pop! post about facing the darkness in KPop Demon Hunters, Stranger Things, and The Lord of the Rings: open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New Tolkien Pop! post about facing the darkness in KPop Demon Hunters, Stranger Things, and The Lord of the Rings: open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
I know I’m way behind, but I finally watched KPop Demon Hunters and I, personally, prefer Soda Pop over Golden 🤷🏻♂️
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know I’m way behind, but I finally watched KPop Demon Hunters and I, personally, prefer Soda Pop over Golden 🤷🏻♂️
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks”
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks”
I’ve been returning to physical media lately because the digital-sphere doesn’t really let you own anything. Here are some of my recent pickups from purchases and gifts: the South Park game (plus a Kenny figure from 1998!), my first record player and vinyl ever, and a tape cassette player 🤘🏼
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I’ve been returning to physical media lately because the digital-sphere doesn’t really let you own anything. Here are some of my recent pickups from purchases and gifts: the South Park game (plus a Kenny figure from 1998!), my first record player and vinyl ever, and a tape cassette player 🤘🏼
This podcast episode is from a livestream that @trippfuller.bsky.social curated with Dr. Craig A. Boyd for Homebrewed Christianity, where Craig gave a lecture on Tolkien’s problem with those hungry for power and how he probably would have hated Trump: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This podcast episode is from a livestream that @trippfuller.bsky.social curated with Dr. Craig A. Boyd for Homebrewed Christianity, where Craig gave a lecture on Tolkien’s problem with those hungry for power and how he probably would have hated Trump: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Why shouldn’t I watch the extended editions again?
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why shouldn’t I watch the extended editions again?
You can call me Samwise…because I know my letters
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You can call me Samwise…because I know my letters