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Coco Khan

@cocobyname.bsky.social

Host, Pod Save the UK; freelance writer (mostly Guardian). Books: The Good Immigrant (and more). Repped by: Aitken Alexander(📚) and Soho Agency (🎤🎬)

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One look at my baby’s dungarees was all it took to give me the rage Why should he, an eight-month-old boy, have more pockets on his clothes than I do?

Very much enjoyed guest columning for G2 this week!

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12.01.2026 17:49 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

really must start using this platform more before I am truly brain damaged by X. So let’s start with something jolly - any PSUK listeners have any guest suggestions for our Xmas / NY episodes? Who would you love to hear from?

10.12.2025 12:54 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 5    📌 0
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Can you end racism by giving ground to racists?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood seems to think so.

New PSUK out now - we explore Labour’s cruel new immigration plans, continued Your Party chaos + more. Link in bio!

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UKPolitics #News #UK

20.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 4
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It’s great to see pregnant women in the public eye – but must they all be so gorgeous? | Coco Khan Call me cynical, but I have a feeling Victoria’s Secret wouldn’t have sent a heavily pregnant model down the runway if she looked like most of us do at that stage, writes Coco Khan

Annnnd the shortie that runs at the bottom www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

24.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We were on the brink of a big bush revival - then Kim K released her pubic hair thong | Coco Khan The beauty industry has mastered selling us back an ersatz version of our own nature for enormous profit. Never has this been clearer than in the case of a sold-out modern-day merkin, says Coco Khan

Late to post but had fun covering for the inimitable Arwa Haider this week

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Also just want to point out my original piece said bedhead hair could be getting out of bed and giving it a quick brush, not no brush at all. That is frankly madness

24.10.2025 13:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Lovely write up in the bbc about it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.10.2025 19:34 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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blown away to have received a British podcast award, thank you to everyone who listens xxx

04.10.2025 19:34 — 👍 37    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1
Anger, Rage and Love - Trump’s visit to the UK and Tommy Robinson’s far right rally
YouTube video by Pod Save the UK Anger, Rage and Love - Trump’s visit to the UK and Tommy Robinson’s far right rally

Make sure you set aside some time to watch @podsavetheuk.crooked.com w @cocobyname.bsky.social and Nish Kumar www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUrJ... as they cover djt horrific visit

20.09.2025 16:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pissed off with Politics?

Our headline panel at @forwardsbristol.bsky.social, Aug 24th.

Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social

Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social

Zarah Sultana @zarahsultana.bsky.social

Coco Khan (host) @cocobyname.bsky.social

It’s us against the billionaires.

31.07.2025 15:32 — 👍 20    🔁 10    💬 5    📌 0
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Has Donald Trump been snubbed?

Listen to @MrNishKumar.bsky.social and @Cocobyname.bsky.social chatting about the US President's upcoming UK state visit, where he won’t be able to address Parliament.

New Pod Save the UK out tomorrow morning!

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #UK #NishKumar #Trump

16.07.2025 15:32 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Really enjoyable live episode of @podsavetheuk.crooked.com to finish ‘Crossed Wires’ Festival. @garyseconomics.bsky.social excellent and spot on - Tax Wealth Not Work! 🎯 Oliver Coppard representing South Yorkshire well @mrnishkumar.bsky.social and @cocobyname.bsky.social very funny hosts. 👌🏼

06.07.2025 21:28 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

💖 thanks for coming! 💖

08.07.2025 12:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What quintessentially British images should go on the new banknotes? Our panel has some ideas | Athena Kugblenu and others The Bank of England is redesigning money with new themes. So how about Lincoln Cathedral, the London Marathon … or wheelie bins, suggest Athena Kugblenu, David Reynolds, Coco Khan, Connor Myers and He...

My pitch to get the ‘what a sad little life Jane’ guy on the new banknotes - from yesterday’s Guardian

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08.07.2025 12:26 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is the government trying to end civil disobedience?

MPs have voted in favour of banning Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. @MrNishKumar.bsky.social and @Cocobyname.bsky.social discuss what a move like this says about Labour's values.

#Politics #News #UK #Trending #PalestineAction #Gaza

03.07.2025 12:12 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

Really lovely chat with @mrnishkumar.bsky.social and @cocobyname.bsky.social today recording @podsavetheuk.crooked.com After the chaos of the vote, I worry I do very much sound like a woman who was still drunk from last night’s bender. But for the record: I was just high on codeine. Out tomorrow!

02.07.2025 12:05 — 👍 39    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pod Save the UK — Crossed Wires Festival 2025 Pod Save the UK is coming to Sheffield! Join hosts Nish Kumar and Coco Khan alongside special guest Gary Stevenson for a live podcast recording full of sharp political insight, humour and hope. The UK...

Still tickets for our live show in Sheffield! Come down for a pint of Nish Kumar themed beer (I kid you not) and some top chat with @garyseconomics.bsky.social and Mayor of South Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard

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02.07.2025 15:13 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are delighted that PSUK won the Best Podcast at the @BASW_UK Social Work Journalism Awards 2025 - supported by the Social Workers Union @SWU_UK!

The winning episode featured care experienced campaigners @RebekahPierre92 and @sissaylemn.

Listen here: tinyurl.com/hzszyzsk

20.06.2025 08:01 — 👍 29    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Give @Cocobyname.bsky.social a platform and she'll use it!

Jeremy Hunt wasn’t convinced by her passion for tax - but @GarysEconomics is. Catch PSUK live at Crossed Wires festival on 6th July to hear radical ideas for fixing our broken system. It'll be good!

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #NishKumar

13.06.2025 16:08 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Former First Minister of Scotland @humzayousaf.bsky.social shares the daily reality of staying in touch with his partner's family in Gaza,.

Listen to the full conversation with @MrNishKumar.bsky.social and @cocobyname.bsky.social now.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #UK #FYP #Trending #Gaza

05.06.2025 16:08 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

On tomorrow’s episode we talk abortion with @stellacreasy.bsky.social and reunite with @humzayousaf.bsky.social to discuss Gaza, and the rise of the right in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Subscribe subscribe and get it while it’s hot 👆🖱️

04.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Nigel Farage thinks the laws around abortion needs to change. @cocobyname.bsky.social and @MrNishKumar.bsky.social have some strong feelings about his "pro choice" attitudes.

Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your podcasts.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UK #News #Trending #NishKumar

29.05.2025 12:56 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
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David Lammy accuses Labour MP Zarah Sultana of "click baiting" after she quizzed him on continued arms exports to Israel.

Is it click bait to hold the government to account or is it just doing your job as an elected representative?

@Mrnishkumar.bsky.social
@cocobyname.bsky.social

21.05.2025 17:34 — 👍 26    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2
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This week, @Mrnishkumar.bsky.social heads to Westminster to witness democracy in action, @cocobyname.bsky.social discusses plans to fix youth unemployment, and the Government's language on Gaza has finally shifted.

Interviews:
Alison McGovern MP
@nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social
@elliechowns.bsky.social

22.05.2025 09:45 — 👍 25    🔁 4    💬 5    📌 1
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Is Starmer playing to the far right?

The PM's incendiary language intentionally or otherwise has evoked the ghost of Enoch Powell.

Listen to @Mrnishkumar.bsky.social & @cocobyname.bsky.social tomorrow on Pod Save the UK

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #UKPolitics #CurrentAffairs #Trending #Starmer

14.05.2025 17:32 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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🧹ICYMI🧹
From ‘cleanfluencers’ to home gurus, the ideal of a spotless home has never been so aspirational. But why are women still being told that inner peace is only a bottle of disinfectant away? @cocobyname.bsky.social discusses with @emmahcasey.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

20.04.2025 12:11 — 👍 52    🔁 12    💬 6    📌 1
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Labour are wanting to get down with the public by upping their social media game. @mrnishkumar.bsky.social & @cocobyname.bsky.social just wonder whether they'll be able to land the tone.

From the latest episode of Pod Save the UK.
Listen here: http://go.crooked.com/PodSaveTheUK

#PodSaveTheUK

04.04.2025 13:31 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 4

Fascinating chat re our alarmingly fragile food supply. Maybe it’s the feature writer in me but I love subjects like these - it’s the ‘where the rubber hits the road’ stuff of politics, it’s abt people’s daily lives. Check it out on today’s episode 🎙️ and pick up some extra tins later!🥫

03.04.2025 10:14 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

But people like Tate have crossed a line. The man literally coaches men to dominate through humiliation /abuse. Like I know lefties don’t wanna be seen as censorious (and have a bad habit of being too much so) but there has to be a line. At the very least such content should not go to kids, surely?!

27.03.2025 23:43 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One thing i’d add, having seen criticism that progressives should be wary of supporting censorship: I hear that point. Would def want any online harms regulation to be meticulously scrutinised to avoid political dissent being scooped up with it

27.03.2025 23:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

new episode out now! discussing the spring statement and whether its austerity, and the political impact of Netflix’s Adolescence

27.03.2025 23:22 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0