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Artwork for Nine Keys & Co: the art, soft-business, activism, and mystery of death work

Nine Keys & Co: the art, soft-business, activism, and mystery of death work

Narinder Elizabeth Bazen
Death Work
Grief
Grief Work
Grief Literacy
Authenticity
Art
Death Midwifery
Soft Business
Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival
Inner Saboteur
Death Care
Instagram
Caregiving
Mental Health
Community Engagement
Atlanta
Sustainability
Maine
Community Support
Transformation

Formerly known as Vulture Culture, this podcast is landing with full-hearted clarity as host Narinder Bazen refines her vision. Nine Keys is an exploration of death midwifery as an art form, a calling seen through the mystic’s soul-eyes, and a force for collective healing. Here, we weave together activism, art, grief literacy, soft-business structures, decolonized death care, and the deep wisdom o... more

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Artwork for Nine Keys & Co: the art, soft-business, activism, and mystery of death work

Latest Episodes

What happens when death workers bring the same willingness for difficult conversations to each other that they bring to the families they serve?

In this roundtable discussion, Narinder is joined by death workers, artists, and activists, Misha Murphy,... more

In this grounding episode of Nine Keys & Co., Narinder sits down with somatic therapist, astrologer, and grief worker Sam X (xe/they) for a conversation about the somatic realities of death work.

Together, they explore practitioner trauma, nervous s... more

In this episode of Nine Keys and Co., Narinder Bazen sits down with death workers and artists Meghan Allynn Johnson and Rebecca Lopez-Mullins for a contemplative and unfiltered conversation about the modern death doula movement, comfort aesthetics, m... more

What does it mean to tend grief, death ed, and end-of-life planning in late-stage capitalism?

This is death work beyond the bedside.

In this episode of the Nine Keys & Co. podcast, I speak with grief and death tenders Abby Goelzer and Venessa Green... more

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Recent Guests

Sam X
The alchemist, the trauma alchemist, and death worker
Death work and trauma healing practice
Episode: The Somatic Realities of Death Work with Sam X
Megan Allen-Johnson
Death worker and artist
Episode: The Liability of Comfort Aesthetics in the Death Doula Movement: A Conversation with Meghan Allynn Johnson and Rebecca Lopez-Mullins
Rebecca Lopez Mullins
Death worker and artist
Episode: The Liability of Comfort Aesthetics in the Death Doula Movement: A Conversation with Meghan Allynn Johnson and Rebecca Lopez-Mullins
Abby Goelzer
Co-facilitator for TenderNest; death worker
Prism Death Care
Episode: Tending the Collective: Grief Care and Death Preparation in Late-Stage Capitalism with Abby Goelzer & Venessa Greenheron
Venessa Greenheron
Co-facilitator for TenderNest; death worker
Garnet in the Moon
Episode: Tending the Collective: Grief Care and Death Preparation in Late-Stage Capitalism with Abby Goelzer & Venessa Greenheron
Melissa Word
artist and death worker, collaborator with Nine Keys and Co
Nine Keys and Co.
Episode: Devotion Mode with Melissa Word + Death Work as an Art Practice
Kirsten Hedges
Admin Angel, admin and operations expert for spiritual and creative entrepreneurs
Spirit (administrative services for clients)
Episode: Business is Magic: A Conversation with my Admin Angel Kursten Hedgis
Paula Hernando
Death worker, mourning artist from Madrid
Self-described mourning artist; Doula Project founder
Episode: Mourning Artist Paula Hernando’s Grief Dolls - Death Work in Madrid
Annie Wilson
Lead instigator of the Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival, death worker, and artist.
Episode: Death Work and Art with Annie Wilson and the Philadelphia Death & Arts Festival - May 29-June 1

Host

Narinder Bazen
Host of the show, creator and founder of the Nine Keys School of Death Arts; focuses on death midwifery as art and life-practice.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 38 ratings
  • looooooove this podcast

    Anytime I put on one of these episodes, I know I’ll leave feeling inspired and stirred up in a good way :’)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Owen Lytle
    United States4 months ago
  • Lovely

    The final episode is so lovely. Thank you

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Poppyinbloom
    United States6 months ago
  • Wonderfully nourishing

    So deliciously filled with compassion, creativity and genuinely good guidance and support for those who work directly for and with death as well as those yearning for a deeper spiritual companionship within its company. 💗

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    deepwateryaya
    Canadaa year ago
  • what i needed

    i love narinder’s work so much and am so grateful this podcast has landed. what a gift ❤️

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sam1987.2
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Narinder, you are a gift!

    I am so grateful for this podcast. Narinder offers much needed insight and wisdom on the potential of holistic death work. This work is SO needed. Thank you for guiding us, Narinder 🙏🏼

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    jsbgixiej
    United States3 years ago

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Audience appreciates the blend of somatic practice with radical, community-focused death care ideas.
Listeners describe the show as deeply compassionate and practically useful for death workers and care practitioners.
Guest collaborations are seen as insightful and thoughtful, with strong emphasis on ethics and aesthetics.

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Devotion Mode with Melissa Word + Death Work as an Art Practice
Q: What's death work been teaching you lately?
Melissa describes a shift toward embracing the embodied, patient, and pause-filled aspects of death work, emphasizing the value of lingering in emptiness and the need to stay present with patients and their families without rushing to certainty.
Mourning Artist Paula Hernando’s Grief Dolls - Death Work in Madrid
Q: What would you tell listeners who feel called to weave death work into their art?
She urges listeners to dive into the call rather than resist, acknowledging that art as a career is hard and requires community support, but that following the call brings alignment, opportunity, and the chance to inspire others.
Mourning Artist Paula Hernando’s Grief Dolls - Death Work in Madrid
Q: Can you explain to my listeners what these dolls are and how they work?
The dolls are vessels for individual grief, constructed from personal letters, natural materials, and recycled clothes, with animal faces and personal symbols; they function as intimate, portable rituals that invite people to engage with grief and memory.
Mourning Artist Paula Hernando’s Grief Dolls - Death Work in Madrid
Q: What other griefs are you holding in 2025 there?
She lists COVID-era grief, Civil War legacies, and ongoing historical traumas as collective griefs that are becoming more openly addressed, alongside a growing awareness of death and dying in the culture.
Mourning Artist Paula Hernando’s Grief Dolls - Death Work in Madrid
Q: Can you tell me a little bit about what death work is like? What's the death culture, like the overarching death care culture?
Paula explains that Madrid has a very medicalized death culture with little informal death conversation, and she envisions death work as a communal, artist-led practice that rekindles collective rituals, memory, and care through her grief dolls and the Doula Project.

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This show centers on death work as both a craft and a movement, pairing intimate conversations with practitioners who blend somatic care, art, and community organizing. Episodes frequently explore burnout, boundaries, grief literacy, and sustainable ways to practice care, often weaving in facilitation, mutual aid, and soft-business concepts. Notable is the consistent emphasis on embodiment, ritual, and making death work accessible through aesthetics, education, and collective healing. For potential listeners, it's a thoughtful, credo-driven space that blends practical techniques with radical perspectives on mortality, care economies, and cultural rituals around dying and grieving.

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1. Sam X
2. Megan Allen-Johnson
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7. Kirsten Hedges
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