Coco Khan

Early life and education Khan was born in Barking and grew up in Dagenham, East London. She was born on 29 February in a leap year and calls herself a "leapling". Khan is of Punjabi heritage. She graduated from the University of Warwick. She was also the commissioning editor for Guardian B2B (Business to Business) and the editor of lifestyle magazine, the Kensington & Chelsea Review until 2017. She has contributed articles to The Independent, New York Magazine, the Huffington Post The Voice and Dazed and Confused.

Khan contributed a chapter to the book The Good Immigrant, a book of essays by 21 BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) writers about their experiences, published in 2016, edited by Nikesh Shukla. She later wrote about receiving a 'stream of apology emails' after the book's publication, from those she knew, apologising for their lack of understanding of how racism had impacted on her life. Her essay for the book "Flags" was recorded as a BBC Book of the Week, and broadcast in 2016.

Podcasting and broadcasting Khan is best known for co-hosting the British politics podcast Pod Save The UK with comedian Nish Kumar. Pod Save the UK, produced by Crooked Media, which also produces Pod Save America, began in May 2023. For her work on the podcast, Khan was awarded the inaugural Podcast Host of the Year award at the UK Audio Network (UKAN) Awards in 2024. Khan was also nominated for Best New Voice at the 2023 Audio Production Awards, while she and Kumar were nominated for Best Ensemble Cast at in 2023 and 2024. Pod Save the UK won the Podcast Champion Award at the 2025 British Podcast Awards.

She has appeared on radio shows such as the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and as a panelist on television shows such as Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.