2022 BIO – Maya May

Maya May


Maya May is a stand-up comedian and co-host of the Lincoln Project's streaming shows, We're Speaking and The Game We're In. She has interviewed dozens of the world's leading scholars on fascism and far-right extremism, infusing conversations with humor and thought-provoking questions to keep audiences sane and engaged. Civil war historian, Heather Cox Richardson, called Maya "smart and funny. A good follow" on Twitter. She has a BA in Political Science (Grinnell College), an MFA in Creative Writing (University of Miami), and lives in LA with her teenage daughter and two bunnies.

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